LUGGAGE TAG BELONGING TO COLONEL TOREL OF THE 3rd LANCERS REGIMENT, Second Empire. 26953
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BAGGAGE TAG OF COLONEL TOREL FROM THE 3rd LANCERS REGIMENT, Second Empire. 26953
Oval brass tag engraved with "Mr. TOREL COLONEL OF THE 3rd LANCERS". Height 5.4 cm, width 8 cm. It is pierced with five holes for attachment to luggage.
France.
Second Empire.
Very good condition.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
The charge of the 3rd Lancers regiment
General Frossard orders the 3rd Lancers to be the first to throw themselves into the encounter with the assailant, while the cuirassiers support the charge from behind and to the left. The commander of the 2nd corps personally transmits this order to General du Preuil, who will direct the movement, instructing him to push the charge up to the Prussian artillery if possible. The staff captain La Pommeraye brings the order from General Frossard to Colonel Torel of the 3rd Lancers. Immediately, the regiment mounts their horses and the colonel commands: "By half-regiment, change front to the right wing, at a gallop, march!"
As a result of this movement, the 3rd and 5th squadrons are on the right and the 1st and 2nd on the left. The regiment sets off: there is nothing more martial and elegant at the same time than these oilcloth schapskas, these short blue tunics with yellow collars and white epaulettes, these long lances with white and red flames fluttering all around in the wind.
Several terrain accidents cause some disorder in the ranks during the galloping march. However, the regiment reaches the crest and finally sees the enemy with whom they are about to engage when a new staff officer stops the movement. The lancers turn back, reform, and, upon a new order, dash forward once more.
At the moment this brave regiment begins the charging gallop and passes like a whirlwind near the right reserves of the 55th line infantry, there is a cheer: "Long live the lancers!" shout the infantrymen. Our cavalrymen answer back and disappear into the smoke. It is no longer a whirlwind, but a veritable whirlwind of horses, running, galloping at a dizzying pace.
The 1st squadron (Captain Hydien; Lieutenants Cheyton, Raimond; Sub-lieutenants Adrian, Laroche), and the 2nd squadron (Captains de Rasac, Brulin; Lieutenants Rey, Rossi; Sub-lieutenants Pesson-Maisonneuve and Bergasse), guided by Lieutenant Colonel Wolbert, squadron leaders d'Yanville, and Captain Adjutant-Major Chelin, follow Colonel Torel, who is heading straight towards the enemy infantry formed in a square.
The charge is vigorously carried out and pushed to the limit with the repeated cries of "Long live the Emperor!"
The two squadrons maintain great cohesion, lances lowered, and present a magnificent alignment. Everything indicates that nothing will resist this disciplined storm. At only sixty meters, the Prussians open fire, but most of the projectiles hit the cuirassiers of the guard who are behind, explaining the enormous losses they suffered in this engagement.
On the other hand, the artillery causes more damage to the lancers. A shell explodes between Colonel Torel and the front of the 1st squadron, right in the middle of the group of officers following closely behind the regiment's leader.
Through the cloud of smoke and dust raised by the explosion of this projectile, several riders are seen falling to the ground with their horses. Captain Adjutant-Major Chelin is hit in the head, Captain Hydien in the chest.
The trumpeter sergeant Gouvenel is wounded in the right forearm, the brigadier Paul in the heel; the sergeant Coupey has his left thumb removed. This is a noble baptism of fire for our lancers, who continue to advance under a hail of projectiles; unfortunately, as no specific point of attack was indicated, the direction gradually changes: they veer to the right; part of the 2nd squadron alone strikes the corner of the square that the Germans formed upon seeing the charge approach. Some lancers in this encounter successfully execute the lance thrust on a group of enemy infantrymen who threw themselves flat on the ground to avoid the impact. Skillfully aimed, the bluish tips of our long lances pierce the backs of these Germans and literally pin them to the ground.
Racing forward, the first two squadrons of the 3rd Lancers regiment pass the square and are then hit from the side by a deadly fusillade that forces them into retreat. In this charge, the sergeant Barian; the brigadiers Paul and Claudel; the lancers Chaillot and Boufil stand out. While rallying his men, Colonel Torel has his horse killed underneath him, but immediately the sergeant Bouvier dismounts and gives his own to his chief, at the risk of being captured or killed himself.
The first two squadrons of the 3rd Lancers carried out this brilliant charge with perfect enthusiasm after covering about eight hundred meters before engaging the enemy.
Oval brass tag engraved with "Mr. TOREL COLONEL OF THE 3rd LANCERS". Height 5.4 cm, width 8 cm. It is pierced with five holes for attachment to luggage.
France.
Second Empire.
Very good condition.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
The charge of the 3rd Lancers regiment
General Frossard orders the 3rd Lancers to be the first to throw themselves into the encounter with the assailant, while the cuirassiers support the charge from behind and to the left. The commander of the 2nd corps personally transmits this order to General du Preuil, who will direct the movement, instructing him to push the charge up to the Prussian artillery if possible. The staff captain La Pommeraye brings the order from General Frossard to Colonel Torel of the 3rd Lancers. Immediately, the regiment mounts their horses and the colonel commands: "By half-regiment, change front to the right wing, at a gallop, march!"
As a result of this movement, the 3rd and 5th squadrons are on the right and the 1st and 2nd on the left. The regiment sets off: there is nothing more martial and elegant at the same time than these oilcloth schapskas, these short blue tunics with yellow collars and white epaulettes, these long lances with white and red flames fluttering all around in the wind.
Several terrain accidents cause some disorder in the ranks during the galloping march. However, the regiment reaches the crest and finally sees the enemy with whom they are about to engage when a new staff officer stops the movement. The lancers turn back, reform, and, upon a new order, dash forward once more.
At the moment this brave regiment begins the charging gallop and passes like a whirlwind near the right reserves of the 55th line infantry, there is a cheer: "Long live the lancers!" shout the infantrymen. Our cavalrymen answer back and disappear into the smoke. It is no longer a whirlwind, but a veritable whirlwind of horses, running, galloping at a dizzying pace.
The 1st squadron (Captain Hydien; Lieutenants Cheyton, Raimond; Sub-lieutenants Adrian, Laroche), and the 2nd squadron (Captains de Rasac, Brulin; Lieutenants Rey, Rossi; Sub-lieutenants Pesson-Maisonneuve and Bergasse), guided by Lieutenant Colonel Wolbert, squadron leaders d'Yanville, and Captain Adjutant-Major Chelin, follow Colonel Torel, who is heading straight towards the enemy infantry formed in a square.
The charge is vigorously carried out and pushed to the limit with the repeated cries of "Long live the Emperor!"
The two squadrons maintain great cohesion, lances lowered, and present a magnificent alignment. Everything indicates that nothing will resist this disciplined storm. At only sixty meters, the Prussians open fire, but most of the projectiles hit the cuirassiers of the guard who are behind, explaining the enormous losses they suffered in this engagement.
On the other hand, the artillery causes more damage to the lancers. A shell explodes between Colonel Torel and the front of the 1st squadron, right in the middle of the group of officers following closely behind the regiment's leader.
Through the cloud of smoke and dust raised by the explosion of this projectile, several riders are seen falling to the ground with their horses. Captain Adjutant-Major Chelin is hit in the head, Captain Hydien in the chest.
The trumpeter sergeant Gouvenel is wounded in the right forearm, the brigadier Paul in the heel; the sergeant Coupey has his left thumb removed. This is a noble baptism of fire for our lancers, who continue to advance under a hail of projectiles; unfortunately, as no specific point of attack was indicated, the direction gradually changes: they veer to the right; part of the 2nd squadron alone strikes the corner of the square that the Germans formed upon seeing the charge approach. Some lancers in this encounter successfully execute the lance thrust on a group of enemy infantrymen who threw themselves flat on the ground to avoid the impact. Skillfully aimed, the bluish tips of our long lances pierce the backs of these Germans and literally pin them to the ground.
Racing forward, the first two squadrons of the 3rd Lancers regiment pass the square and are then hit from the side by a deadly fusillade that forces them into retreat. In this charge, the sergeant Barian; the brigadiers Paul and Claudel; the lancers Chaillot and Boufil stand out. While rallying his men, Colonel Torel has his horse killed underneath him, but immediately the sergeant Bouvier dismounts and gives his own to his chief, at the risk of being captured or killed himself.
The first two squadrons of the 3rd Lancers carried out this brilliant charge with perfect enthusiasm after covering about eight hundred meters before engaging the enemy.
Reference :
26953
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