Ancien Régime Wars of the Revolution & Empire • 1813:
German Campaign of 1813 • October 16–19:
Battle of Leipzig • 1814:
Campaign of France • February 14, 1814:
Battle of Vauchamps 1815 to 1848 In 1846, elements of the 1er RIMa were at Tahiti. The regiment was present in the battle of Fatahua (inscribed on the regimental colors of the
2e RIMa) of December 17, 1846 (3rd Company, Captain Masset).
Second Empire ;
Crimean War, Franco-British campaign in the
Baltic Sea • 1854 –
Battle of Bomarsund ;
Second Opium War, Franco-British campaign • 1860 – Forts du Pei-Ho ;
Cochinchina Campaign • 1861 -
Ki-Hao ;
French intervention in Mexico • 1863 –
Puebla ;
War of 1870–1871 On August 17, 1870, the 1st Marching Marine Infantry Regiment was part of the
Armée de Châlons (1870) () of
Marshal de MacMahon. • With the
4th Marching Marine Infantry Regiment of colonel d'Arbaud, the 1er formed the first brigade under the orders of général Reboul. This 1re brigade, with the 2e brigade of général Martin des Pallières, three batteries of canons de 4, and one engineer company, constituted the 3rd Infantry Division commanded by division
général Élie de Vassoigne. This infantry division evolved at the corps of
12th Army Corps with commander-in-chief
Lebrun. • August 23 to August 26 – March towards the east • August 31, 1870 –
Battle of Bazeilles 1870 to 1914 During the
Paris Commune in 1871, the regiment participated with the Armée Versaillaise. • 1878: Saint-Louis, Senegal • 1883: Tonkin Expedition •
Sơn Tây Campaign World War I Attachments ; August 1914 – February 1916:
3rd Colonial Infantry Division 3e DIC In 1914, at the eve of the great war: the
2e,
3e, 7e and 1er RIC, were part of the 1st brigade under the orders of général
Montignault, the 3rd colonial infantry division under the orders of
général Raffanel. The 3e DIC:
Generals Raffanel, Leblond, Goulet (1914), Gadel (1915), Puypéroux (1916–1918). Engaged in the same sectors as the 2nd Colonial Infantry Division 2e DIC (
4e, 8e, 24e R.I.C), to the first battle of Champagne (Ville-sur-Tourbe) and the second battle of Champaign (Ville-sur-Tourbe and Massiges). ; February 1916 – November 1918:
17th Colonial Infantry Division (France), 17e D.I.C of the 1st Colonial Infantry Regiment at Akritas in Central Macedonia in August 1916.
1914 • August 22:
Battle of Rossignol • August 24: Saint-Vincent • September 6–7:
Battle of the Marne: Écriennes, Vauclerc
1915 • July to August 1915: Operations in Argonne • September 25 – October 6:
Second Battle of Champagne, Souin, September 28 Somme-Py
1916 •
Macedonian front • Disembarkation at Salonika in February 1916 • With the 17e D.I.C.,
Battle of Monastir 1917 • April to May:
Battle of the Crna Bend (1917) 1918 • 1918: Sokol,
Battle of Dobro Pole, Kravitza • September 15–18: Vetrenik • September 23–24: Gradsko
Interwar period World War II Mobilization of coloniales troupes in 1939–1940 On May 10, 1940, the 1st Colonial Infantry Regiment was under the command of colonel Fauchon and part of the
3rd Colonial Infantry Division which reinforced the sector of Montmédy. The 3rd Colonial Division,
général Falvy, consisted of the 1st,
21e, 23e R.I.C and
3e and 203e R.A.C. The 3rd Colonial Division disappeared. The division immediately engaged the theatre, in the sector of Sun-sur-Meuse, Stenay, Martincourt, Aviot, Breux north of Verdun, at the level of cote 304 and
Mort Homme, lieu of harsh combats in 1916–1917, where combats concentrated. On June 14, the 1er and 23e RIC were engaged in the ravine which separated cote 304 from Mort Homme. At 0630, the cote was crowned, despite a relentless resistance, the armoured contingents crossed the bridge of Bethoncout in direction of Esnes. The bridge was blown-up in the evening and redressed in the same night. The 1st company of the 1er RIC of captain Bertrand counter-attacked. At 17 hours, attacks were ceased. At 19 hours, the French Marines () gave their part to other engagements.
Combats of free France The regiment was made
compagnon de la Libération, June 28, 1945.
1945 to present The regiment was found in A.F.N from 1952 to 1962. Garrisoned in several places, the regiment was part of the
9th Brigade, then 9e DIMa, then
9e BLBMa. The regiment was deployed to
Lebanon at the corps of the
Multinational Force in Lebanon in 1983, then
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon UNIFIL in 1984. In 1986 the regiment transitioned to the armored role. In July 2009, the regiment joined the 3rd Mechanised Brigade which became designated in March 2014 as
3rd Light Armoured Brigade. The regiment has participated in all major operations of the French Army (Lebanon, Bosnia, Kosovo, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Central African Republic, Afghanistan). In 2010 members of the regiment were deployed in
Guadeloupe and
Djibouti or in operations in
Kosovo and
Afghanistan. == Organisation ==