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The 4th Marine Infantry Regiment () was a French marine regiment of the troupes de marine within the
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. This regiment was part of the « Quatre Grands » of the Marine Infantry along with the
1st Marine Infantry Regiment The 1st Marine Infantry Regiment () is a French regiment heir of the colonial infantry. The regiment is one of the regiments of the Troupes de Marine, with the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment 2e RIMa, the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment 3e RIMa, as ...
1er RIMa, the
2nd Marine Infantry Regiment The 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment () is an infantry regiment of the Troupes de marine in the French Army, the only regiment to bear 16 battle honours inscriptions of the regimental colors. The regiment is one of the "quatre vieux" regiments of th ...
2e RIMa, the
3rd Marine Infantry Regiment The 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment () is a unit of the French Army. The 3e RIMa is one of the oldest of the troupes de marine. This regiment is one of the "Quatre Grands" of marine infantry once garrisoned within the four military ports, ready to ...
3e RIMa, however was dissolved in 1998. Along with the
1st Marine Artillery Regiment The 1st Marine Artillery Regiment () is one of the oldest marine artillery units in the military of France, as part of the troupes de marine within the French Army . History With two infantry marine regiments it formed the 2nd Brigade of the ...
1er RAMa and 2nd Marine Artillery Regiment 2e RAMa, the 4th Marine formed of the two brigades of the
Blue Division The 250th Infantry Division (), better known as the Blue Division (, ), was a unit of volunteers from Francoist Spain operating from 1941 to 1943 within the German Army () on the Eastern Front during World War II. It was officially designated t ...
. On June 14, 2001, the GSMA of Mayotte, heir to the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment, received the color guard of the regimental colors.


Creating and different nominations

* The origin of this regiment is the "
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" () founded by the
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in 1669. * The 4th Marine Infantry Regiment was created from elements of the regiment of Brest. * The 4th Marine Infantry Regiment of August 31, 1854, until December 31, 1900, traditional garrison of Tolulon. * In 1857 : the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment had 22 companies in Toulon, 5 in the Reunion, 5 in the Senegal, and 2 in Gorée. * In 1870 : 4th Marching Marine Infantry Regiment. * On January 1, 1901 : became the 4th Colonial Infantry Regiment 4e RIC. * In 1914 : the regiment was part of the 2nd Colonial Division 2e DC under orders of général Leblois. At the end of the war, the regiment was part of the 16e DIC. * 4th Colonial Infantry Regiment 4e RIC until April 30, 1923. * On May 1, 1923 : became 4th Colonial Tirailleurs Regiment 4e RTC by designation change. * 4th Colonial Infantry Regiment on October 15, 1939. * Recreated at Toulon for the campaign. * July 1940. The regiment was part of the 2nd Colonial Division, général Maignan: 4e RIC with various constituents. * May 1, 1947, to 31 March 1949: 4th Colonial Infantry Battalion 4e BIC. * May 1, 1949 : 4th Colonial Infantry Regiment 4e RIC. * November 30, 1958: regiment at Toulon. * December 1, 1958, to January 31, 1959 : 4th Marine Infantry Regiment 4e RIMa. * February 1, 1959 : 1st battalion of the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment. * At the cease-fire on March 19, 1962, in Algeria, the I/4e RIMa created among 91 other regiments, part of the 114 local forces. The I/4e RIMa was a local force of the Algerian order of battle, 420°UFL-UFO at Canrobert, composed of 10% metropolitan military and 90% of Muslim military, and which during the transition period were at the service of the executive provisional Algerian authority, until the independence of Algeria (Evian accords of March 18, 1962). * At Toulon on June 15, 1962. * June 16, 1962 : center of instruction of the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment * June 30, 1972 : at Toulon. * July 1, 1977 : 4th Marine Infantry Regiment 4e RIMa. * July 14, 1977 : The regiment left the garrison at Toulon to join
Fréjus Fréjus (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Var (department), Var Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It neighbours Saint-Raphaël, Var, Saint-Raphaël ...
. * During garrison at Toulon, the regiment consisted of the Corniche Bournazel preparatory class to the Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint Cyr. * The regiment was separated in two in 1980, one-half of the regiment joined
Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ; ) is the prefectures in France, prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales departments of France, department in Southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the Me ...
where they incorporated the forming effectifs of the 24th Marine Infantry Regiment 24e RIMa dissolved. The other half of the regiment was founded at the corps of the GITDM at Fréjus which became the depository of the regimental colors of the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment 4e RIMa. * On July 1, 1986 : the regiment at Perpignan and marines joined Fréjus while the 24th Marine Infantry Regiment reconstituted formation in the original respective garrison of the 24e RIMa. * On June 30, 1998 : the regiment was dissolved after 144 years of presence. * On June 14, 2001 : the color guard of the regimental colors was entrusted to GSMA of Mayotte and that of the 6th Senegalese Tirailleurs Regiment 6e RTS, whose color guard regimental colors were entrusted and transferred to the 21st Marine Infantry Regiment 21e RIMa.


History


Ancien Regime


Wars of the Revolution & Empire

* 1813 :
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** October 16–19 :
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* 1814 : Campaign of France ** February 14, 1918 :
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1815 to 1848


Second Empire

* 1854 : 4th Marine Infantry Regiment, stationed at Toulon * 1869 : the regiment was spread between Toulon, Cochinchinem Guyana, and Japan. The 4th Marine Infantry Regiment illustrated capability first in Crimea (1854–1855) participating to the
Siege of Sebastopol A siege () . is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or by well-prepared assault. Siege warfare (also called siegecrafts or poliorcetics) is a form of constant, low-intensity conflict characte ...
. Following this campaign, the Emperor decided that the regimental colors of the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment would bear the golden inscriptions letters of « Sébastopol ». In 1859, the Regiment took part in the
Second Italian War of Independence The Second Italian War of Independence, also called the Sardinian War, the Austro-Sardinian War, the Franco-Austrian War, or the Italian War of 1859 (Italian: ''Seconda guerra d'indipendenza italiana''; German: ''Sardinischer Krieg''; French: ...
against the
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. Starting in 1855, and for the next fifteen years, 4 out of the Regiment's 34 companies were stationed in
Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...
. Under the leadership of the French governor
Louis Faidherbe Louis Léon César Faidherbe (; 3 June 1818 – 29 September 1889) was a French general and colonial administrator. He created the Senegalese Tirailleurs when he was governor of Senegal. Early life Faidherbe was born into a lower-middle-cla ...
, they took part in various wars against local Kingdoms and Empires. From 1855 to 1858, the companies were involved in the Second Franco-Traza War, notably at the
Battle of Dioubouldou The Battle of Dioubouldou (sometimes spelled Jubuldu, Dioubouldy or Dybuldu) was fought on 25 February 1855 between French forces of Colonel Louis Faidherbe and the combined Waalo and Trarza forces under Queen Ndaté Yalla Mbodj. Background Alth ...
and the Battle of Leybar Bridge. From 1855 to 1860, they had various encounters with the forces of
Oumar Tall Hadji Oumarûl Foutiyou Tall (ʿUmar ibn Saʿīd al-Fūtī Ṭaʿl, , – 1864 CE), born in Futa Tooro, present-day Senegal, was a Senegalese Tijani sufi Toucouleur Islamic scholar and military commander who founded the short-lived Touco ...
's Toucouleur Jihad in the
Futa Tooro Futa Toro ( Wolof and , , ; ), often simply the Futa, is a semidesert region around the middle run of the Senegal River. This region, along the border of Senegal and Mauritania, is historically significant as the center of several Fulani states, ...
, the most notable one being the Siege of Fort Médine. Between 1861 and 1870 they took part in the conquest of
Cayor The Cayor Kingdom (; ) was from 1549 to 1876 the largest and most powerful kingdom that split off from the Jolof Empire in what is now Senegal. The Cayor Kingdom was located in northern and central Senegal, southeast of Waalo, west of the kingdom ...
against the
Damel Damel was the title of the ruler (or king) of the Wolof kingdom of Cayor in what is now northwest Senegal, West Africa. The most well-known ''damel'' is probably Lat Dior Diop (1842–1886) who was killed by the French after decades of resisting t ...
Lat Jor Lat Jor Ngoné Latir Jop (; ; c. 1842–1886) was a nineteenth-century damel (king) of Cayor, a Wolof state that is today in Sénégal. He is today a national hero of Senegal for his resistance to French colonialism. Ancestry Lat Jor was the son ...
, notably at the Battle of Loro in 1864 and the Battle of Louga in 1869. In April 1870, the 4th was replaced in Senegal by the
1st Marine Infantry Regiment The 1st Marine Infantry Regiment () is a French regiment heir of the colonial infantry. The regiment is one of the regiments of the Troupes de Marine, with the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment 2e RIMa, the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment 3e RIMa, as ...
. The Regiment was involved in China, during the
Second Opium War The Second Opium War (), also known as the Second Anglo-Chinese War or ''Arrow'' War, was fought between the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and the United States against the Qing dynasty of China between 1856 and 1860. It was the second major ...
and the
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. Following, the regiment was called to battle in the
Cochinchina Campaign The Cochinchina campaign was a series of military operations between 1858 and 1862, launched by a joint naval expedition force on behalf of the Second French Empire, French Empire and the History of Spain (1808–1874), Kingdom of Spain against ...
and then in the Tonkin Campaign which valued the regiment with new inscriptions on the regimental colors :
Saigon (1859)-Ki Hoa (1861)-Langson (1884)-Tuyen Quan (1885). Sébastopol 1854–1855 - Saïgon 1859 - Ki Hoa 1861 - Langson 1884 - Tuyen Quan 1885, battles also inscribed on the regimental colors of the 22nd Colonial Infantry Regiment, 22e RIC.


1870 to 1914

On August 17, 1870, the 4th Marching Marine Infantry Regiment was part of the Armée de Châlons (1870) () of
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de MacMahon. * With the 1st Marching Marine Infantry Regiment of colonel Brière de L'Isle, the 4th, formed the 1st brigade at the orders of général Reboul. This first brigade with the second brigade of général Martin des Pallières, three batteries de 4, two batteries de 4 and one mitrailleuses of a marine artillery regiment, one engineer company constituted the 3rd Infantry Division, the
Blue Division The 250th Infantry Division (), better known as the Blue Division (, ), was a unit of volunteers from Francoist Spain operating from 1941 to 1943 within the German Army () on the Eastern Front during World War II. It was officially designated t ...
commanded by division général de Vassoigne. This infantry division evolved at the corps of the 12th Army Corps with commander-in-chief division général Lebrun. - August 23 to 26 1870 - March towards the east.
- August 31, 1870 -
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. * From 1873 to 1885, the regiment was in Tonkin. Eight companies were at Madagascar, participating to campaigns of île, until the end of 1885. * March 1, 1890 : by doubling, the 8th Marine Infantry Regiment () was created. * In 1900, the regiment was designated as 4th Colonial Infantry Regiment and was regrouped at Toulon. The same year, the regiment integrated a section of colonial sapeur télégraphiste. * From 1907 to 1913, the regiment partook the campaigns of Morocco. * In 1914, the regiment was still stationed at Toulon, part of the 4th Colonial Brigade. * On April 1, 1915, the first contingents of colonial troupes disembark at Fréjus. All troupes from outre-mer were present: African, Malagasy, Indochina. Provisionary camps were rapidly installed for the welcome. These installations constituted quickly a vast ensemble which gathered 45000 men. Attachments: * 4th Colonial Brigade and 2nd Colonial Infantry Division 2e D.I.C in August 1914. * 16th Colonial Infantry Division 16e D.I.C from November 1916 to November 1918. Image:Wikipedia-infanterie-marine.jpg, Garrison of the marine infantry at Toulon.


World War I


Division attachment

* garrison in 1914 : Toulon 4th Colonial Brigade. * 2nd Colonial Infantry Division 2e DIC : August 1914 – November 1916 * 16th Colonial Infantry Division 16e DIC : November 1916 – November 1918


1914

* Operations of the IIIrd Army and IVth Army: * August 22 :
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* August 24 : Saint-Vincent * September 6–7 : Battle of the Marne: Matignicourt-Goncourt, Cote 15 * December 20 : remounting of the offensive in Champagne: north of Beauséjour


1915

* February 3: Champagne: fortin de Main Massiges * February 23–27: Fortin de Beauséjour * September 25 :
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: Main-de-Massiges


1916

* January 29 – February 2 :
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* July 1 : Frise * September 12 – November 19 : Batte of Monastir


1917

French Army of the Orient, AFO: * May 9: Piton Rocheux and Piton Jaune


1918

* September 18–30:
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:
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Interwar period

The installation have known their full developments after the war. The garrison of Fréjus became a center of formation and perfection as well as a transit center.
On May 1, 1923, the regiment was designated as 4th Colonial Tirailluers Regiment (, , 4e RTC) by change designation.
During the
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, the regiment participated to the campaign of the Levant in 1925.


World War II

The 4th Colonial Infantry Regiment 4e RIC recreated at Toulon for the campaign of October 15, 1939.
The 4e RIC with various elements was integrated in the 2nd Colonial Division, under the orders of général Maignan. The regiment was engaged on the Rhin then in Aisne at the beginning of the second world conflict. Dissolved on July 14, 1940.
On March 1, 1943, the « 4 » was reconstituted in Senegal at the corps of the
9th Colonial Infantry Division The 9th Colonial Infantry Division () was a French Army formation which fought in World War II. History A 9th Colonial Infantry Division was being formed in June 1940, but the formation wasn't finished when France surrendered after the Battle ...
9e DIC.
The regiment participated to the conquest of île Elbe, on June 17, 1944
Two months later, it was the disembarking in provence at Saint-Tropez, Saint-Raphaël and then Toulon. The regiment was of all combats of the Liberation until October 31, 1944.
With second world war, Fréjus maintained. The camps were brought back to their initial missions since 1945, taking the role of training and transit centers. Arbitrating the center of organization of the French far east expeditionary corps. Then the precolonial center of instruction, before rejoining Indochina, Madagascar and later North Africa. File:CAMP ROBERT A FREJUS.jpg, File:CAMP ROBERT.jpg, File:LA MOSQUEE EN FACE DU CAMP ROBERT A FREJUS.jpg,


Post World War II

* The regiment was dissolved in February 1946. * The regiment was recreated on April 1, 1949, at Toulon. The regiment partook to the operations of North Africa, Suez in 1956 then Algeria.


Algerian War

After 1960, the garrison lost the African detachments, which the last left Puget in September 1964. The camps of south-east were composed of almost 12000 men, then four hospitals, cemeteries were created (annamite cemetery, African cemetery of Baume). Accordingly, the military domain was restrained, camps were left over (camp Galliéni, camp Robert, Camp Caïs). These lands in 2011 are today occupied by a sporting complex and by the Memorial of Indochinese Wars (). At the cease-fire on March 19, 1962, in Algeria, the I/4e RIMa created among 91 other regiments, part of the 114 local forces. The I/4e RIMa was a local force of the Algerian order of battle, 420°UFL-UFO at Canrobert, composed of 10% metropolitan military and 90% of Muslim military, and which during the transition period were at the service of the executive provisional Algerian authority, until the independence of Algeria (Evian accords of March 18, 1962). * The regiment would be at Toulon until 1979. * In 1979, the regiment garrisoned at
Fréjus Fréjus (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Var (department), Var Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It neighbours Saint-Raphaël, Var, Saint-Raphaël ...
(camp le Coq), in 1978, the regiment was part of the 5th military region, 53rd territorial military division. * Then in 1980, the regiment would be at
Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ; ) is the prefectures in France, prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales departments of France, department in Southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the Me ...
. * In 1985, the regiment as a whole would come back to Fréjus. * On June 30, 1998, the regiment was dissolved. * The
21st Marine Infantry Regiment The 21st Marine Infantry Regiment () is an infantry regiment of the Troupes de Marine issued by filiation from the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment, 2e RIC. Creation and different nominations * 1831: creation of the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment 2e ...
(* Initially referred to as camp de la Lègue, baptized following the Second World War after an officer killed fighting for France in Indochina on Mars 1945. Having served in Soudan and Mauritania, colonel Le Coq was referred as the Grand Méhariste and Compagnon de la Libération.) ** Filiation of GITDM : (). * In 1954, the Extrême-Orient center of organization of the French Expeditionary Corps (CEFEO), by designation change of the instruction groups of troupes coloniales in metropole (GTIC Métro). * In 1958, by designation change of the instruction groupment and transit of troupes in outer-mer (G.I.T.T.O.M.) * In 1961, by designation change of the instruction groupment and transit of troupes de marine (G.I.T.T.D.M.) * In 1965, by designation change of the instruction group of troupes de marine (G.I.M.T), dissolved in 1970. File:Insigne du Groupe d’Instruction des Troupes Coloniales en Métropole.jpg, File:Insigne du Groupe d’Instruction et Transit des Troupes d’Outre Mer.jpg, File:Insigne du Groupe d’Instruction Troupes De Marine.jpg, Image:Photo du quartier le coq 4e R.I.M.a.jpg, * On June 14, 2001, the adapted military service groupment of Mayotte GSMA, inherited the patrimony of the 4e RIMa and received the color guard of the regimental colors. * The detachment of the SMA in Mayotte was created on January 1, 1988.


Organisation


Traditions

The anniversary is celebrated for combats in
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, 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 to
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.


Motto


Regimental Colors


Decorations

The regimental colors of the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment 4e RIMa is decorated with: *
Croix de guerre 1914-1918 Croix (French for "cross") may refer to: Belgium * Croix-lez-Rouveroy, a village in municipality of Estinnes in the province of Hainaut France * Croix, Nord, in the Nord department * Croix, Territoire de Belfort, in the Territoire de Belfort depa ...
with: ** 2 palms Fourragere: * with colors of the croix de guerre 1914-1918 awarded October 1919.


Honours


Battle Honours

* Sébastopol 1854–55 * Saïgon 1859 * Bazeilles 1870 * Tuyen-Quan 1885 * Maroc 1907–1913 * la Marne 1914 * Champagne 1915 * la Cerna 1916 * AFN 1952–1962


Regimental Commanders


Notable Officers & Marines

*
Joseph Gaudérique Aymerich Joseph Gaudérique Aymerich (20 February 1858 – 11 June 1937) was a French military officer in its colonial empire. Biography Aymerich was born in Estagel, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, the eldest of three sons of Férréol-Vincent Aymerich ...
, chef de bataillon in 1897.


Sources and bibliography

* Erwan Bergot, ''La coloniale du
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