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The3rd Marine Infantry Regiment (French:3e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine, 3e RIMa) is a unit of theFrench Army. The 3e RIMa is one of the oldest of thetroupes de marine. This regiment is one of the "Quatre Grands" of marineinfantry once garrisoned within the four military ports, ready to embark : the « Grand Un », the « Grand Deux », the « Grand Trois » and the « Grand Quatre ». The regiment fought in the expeditions of the 19th century inAfrica, theAmericas,Oceania and the Orient. Surnamed also the "3rd Marine", the unit was part of the « Blue Division » which fought at theBattle of Bazeilles on August 31 and September 1, 1870. The regiment is part of the9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade.
1854 : the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment was stationed at Rochefort.
1869 : the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment was spread between Rochefort, Cochinchine, Réunion, New Caledonia and Tahiti.
1870 : the 3rd Marching Marine Infantry Regiment.
1890 : the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment was doubled and formed the 7th Colonial Infantry Regiment (French:7e Régiment d'infanterie coloniale, 7e RIC).
1900 : the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment was designated 3rd Colonial Infantry Regiment (French:3e Régiment d'infanterie coloniale, 3e RIC).
1914 : the 3rd Colonial Infantry Regiment was garrisoned at Rochefort. The regiment was part of the 3rd Colonial Brigade;3rd Colonial Infantry Division 3e DIC.
left arm insignia, with anchor of the marine infantry.
TheCompagnie Ordinaire de la Mer was created byCardinal Richelieu in 1622. A Royal Ordinance ofKingLouis Philippe I, theKing of the French reconstituted in 1831 two regiments of marine infantry (French:régiments d'infanterie de marine) from the 45th, the 51st Line Infantry Regiment (French:51e Régiments d'infanterie de ligne) and 16th Light Infantry Regiment which was garrisoned at the time in the colonies; a new decree ordinance dated November 20, 1838 created a third regiment of arms (French:troisième régiment de l'arme). Each regiment counted 30 active companies, out of which four were grenadier companies, 4 de voltigeurs and 22 du centre, a headquarter staff and a company hors rang. The 3rd Regiment was garrisoned at Toulon, Cayenne, Senegal and the Bourbon island (current Reunion island).
Accordingly, the origin of the 3e RIMa dates back to 1831. With the actual2nd Marine Infantry Regiment 2e RIMa, the regiment is the oldest of the "quatre vieux". The regiment garrisoned in Rochefort from 1838 to 1946.
Napoleon III expressed a plentiful of solicitude for the troupes coloniales; a decree of 1854 reorganised the marine infantry by creating four regiments each associated with its home port.
Crimean War and during the expedition of the Baltic (1854).
Campaign of China (1855–1860).
Campaign of Senegal (1863).
Campaign of Annam, Cochinchine and Cambodia (1858–1868).
1869 : dispersed between Rochefort, Cochinchine, the Reunion, New Caledonia and Tahiti.
For a first time, the 3rd Marine engaged in combat on metropolitan soil. On August 31 and September 1, 1870, engaged at the corps of the Blue Division, the 3e RIMa disappeared at Bazeilles during a combat until the "dernière cartouche".
With the2nd Marching Marine Infantry Regiment of colonel Alleyron, the 3e under the orders of the colonel Lecamus, formed the 2nd Brigade at the orders of général Charles Martin des Pallières. This 2nd Brigade with the 1st Brigade of général Reboul, three batteries de 4, two batteries de 4 and one machine gun battery of the marine artillery regiment, one engineer company, constituted the 3rd Infantry Division commanded by division général De Vassoigne. This infantry division evolved at the corps of the12th Army Corps, commanded by division general Lebrun.
– August 23 to 26 1870 – March towards the east. – August 31, 1870 –Battle of Bazeilles.
The regiment illustrated capability during the war, at theBattle of Rossignol,la Marne, and at Beauséjour prior to being engaged on the Orient front until June 1919.
February 26 around 1500 : more than half of the regiment (5 companies) were lost at sea while in transit to Thessaloniki, to join the17th Colonial Infantry Division (France).
Serbia: Sokol,Dropolje, Kravtiza, battles during which the regiment was cited at the orders of the armed forces. During these five years of war, the 3e endured the loss of 4750 men.
September 15 to 18 : Vetrenik
September 23 to 24 : Gradsko
The regiment endured the loss of 4617 men morts au champ d'honneur.
The 3rd Infantry Colonial Regiment 3e RIC was one of the three infantry regiments of the1st Colonial Infantry Division. This division was placed in reserve of theIInd Army which was the first in line to protect theMaginot Line in a turning manoeuvre.
Combats in the region of Bouzanville and Beaumont-en-Argonne. At the corps of 21st corps, movement towards the north of meuse to intercept. Accordingly, the 3e was found engaged in combat for a third time in the same region. Following, the 3e protected the unfolding of the 1re DIC on Saulx. During these engagements, the 3e endured the loss of 500 men. The 3e RIC was cited at the orders of the armed forces.
1940 : the 3e RIC was dissolved.
1944 : battalion formed fromMaquis of the south-west which gave formation to the 3e RIC. Action in dordogne. Occupation of Bergerac and entry into Bordeaux. These units participated to the operations in North Africa.
From 1955 to 1957 : the regiment participated, under the form of a marching battalion, to operations in Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria.
Absorbed by other colonial regiments, the battalion's regiments would not bear the insignia of the 3rd Marine. On December 31, 1957, the 3e RIC was transformed into the center of instruction of the 3e RIC which became that of the 3e RIMa, on December 1, 1958.
Passed under the "motorized" type since 1969, the regiment was the first to be completely professionalized. With the DEVOM (Volunteer Detachment for Outre-Mer) destined to assume, during fifteen month, the relief of the2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment2e REP in Tchad. The 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment was accordingly able to participate to all major exterior theatres of operations.
The first regiment to be professionalized in 1973.
From 1978 to 1980 : Opération Tacaud in Tchad. During this operation, the 3e RIMa endured the loss of four with twelve wounded. The regiment was accordingly cited at the orders of the armed forces.
1991 : the regiment participated in the Gulf War as a unit ofDivision Daguet. The regiment was cited at the orders of the armed forces.
1995 : the 3e RIMa illustrated capability at theBattle of Vrbanja Bridge. Actions led by the regiment allowed the blue helmets of theFORPRONU to exit from a passive position due to a first time engagement in hostile responses. Two casualties resulted from this event with seventeen others wounded.
2002 : the regiment was deployed to Kosovo at the corps of TF-MN north from October 2002 to January 2003 and formed first the BIMOTO 9 prior to constituting the BatFra 1 within the cadres of forces restructuration and the BiMéca.
2003 : following the launching of a Guepard alert, the regiment was projected to Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo from June to September 2003 with the cadre ofOperation Artemis under the guidance of the EU. The deployment was reinforced by a M120 battery of the11th Marine Artillery Regiment 11e RAMa, a squadron of the1st Parachute Hussard Regiment1er RHP and an engineer combat company of the6th Engineer Regiment 6e RG.
2009 : the 3e RIMa integrated the corps of theGTI Kapisa since June 15, 2009, for six months. Until September 5, 2009, the GTIA led four main combat operations. Missions endured the loss of 5 and nine wounded.
The 3rd Marine has also deployed to Soudan, Rwanda, Republic of Central Africa and Albania...
Regularly projected in outre-mer missions (notably Guyana) and Africa (Chad, Gabon, Central) as all units that used to be referred as the "Colonial", the 3e RIMa distinguished capability within Division Daguet during the first Gulf War and the former Yugoslavia, particularly in Sarajevo at the capture of the Vrbanja bridge in May 1995.
Since 2002, personnel of the regiment are deployed six months per year:
2002: NATO Kosovo Operation Trident – Bimoto then BATFRA 1
2003: Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire
2003: Democratic Rep. of Congo Ituri Bunia – En Ops Fr MAMBA + EU ARTEMIS
The anniversary is celebrated for combats inBazeilles, the village which was apprehended and abandoned four consecutive times under orders, respectively on August 31 and September 1, 1870.
Et au Nom de Dieu, vive la coloniale !
In the Name of God, vive la coloniale !
The Marsouins and the Bigors have for Saint, God. This war calling concludes intimate ceremonies which part life in the regiments. Often also at origin as an act of grace toCharles de Foucauld.
"Debout les Morts". This sentence, which became the motto of the regiment is credited to Adjudant Péricard (3e RIC) who voiced on February 27, 1915, to stimulate the troops, during the reapprehension of a fort. For this battle, the regiment endured the for the 1st and 2nd battalions of the 3e RIC: 189 killed, 575 wounded and 250 missing.
A Marine anchor with inscription "Bazeilles", aFrench Imperial Eagle, and the number 3. In 1975, during a regimental inspection, colonel Jean Joubert, regimental commander of the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment noticed a sketch drawing realized by sergent-chef De Muynck of the 3rd section, 3rd company; accordingly the new insignia of the 3e RIMa was created.
The 3e RIMa was cited at the orders of the armed forces in 1978 and in 1991. The regiment was awarded on October 16, 2014, theFourragere with colors of the Croix de guerre 1914–1918.
Erwan Bergot,La coloniale duRif auTchad 1925–1980, imprimé en France : décembre 1982, n° d'éditeur 7576, n° d'imprimeur 31129, sur les presses de l'imprimerie Hérissey.
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