3rd Swiss Regiment Reding

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|image=Regimiento Suizo de Reding nº 3.jpg

|caption=Regimiento Suizo de Reding nº 3 (2008 re-enactment, Málaga)

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|type=Infantry

|branch=22px Army

|dates=1742 - 1829

|country={{ESP}}

|allegiance=Crown of Spain

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|specialization=Front-line

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|battles=American Revolutionary War
War of the First Coalition

Peninsular War

|notable_commanders=
Theodor von Reding

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|disbanded=1829

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The 3rd Swiss Regiment Reding was a unit of Swiss soldiers in the Spanish Army and one of several Swiss regiments serving the Spanish Crown in the 18th century. The regiment was founded by a royal proclamation of Philip V in 1742 and recruited from the Canton of Schwyz in central Switzerland.

It was the third Swiss regiment in service at the time (out of about a dozen or so Swiss Regiments historically) and was the second raising of a regiment under Theodor von Reding. It is therefore either referred to as the 2nd Regiment Reding or the 3rd Swiss Regiment.

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References

  • {{cite book|title=The Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars|first=René|last=Chartrand|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year=1999|isbn=978-1-85532-765-8|ref=Chartrand}}
  • {{cite book| last = Foy| first = Maximilien Sébastien| author-link = Maximilien Sébastien Foy| publication-date = 1827| year = 1827| title = History of the war in the Peninsula under Napoleon| volume = II| publisher = S. and R. Bentley}}
  • Gates, David. The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War. Da Capo Press 2001. {{ISBN|0-306-81083-2}}

Category:Infantry regiments of Spain

Category:Military units and formations of the Peninsular War

Category:Military history of Spain

Category:Spain–Switzerland military relations

Category:Military units and formations established in 1742

Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1829

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