THE 22nd REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS
| AUSTERLITZ | 1805 |
| JENA | 1806 |
| EYLAU | 1807 |
| OPORTO | 1809 |
The 22nd Regiment of Dragoons was raised in 1635 under the name of “The Orleans Regiment,” and took part from 1639 to 1756 in all the great wars in which the French were engaged before the Revolution. From 1793 to 1814 the regiment was continually at work, first under the Republic and then in Napoleon’s armies.
It saw service in the Army of the Sambre and Meuse, 1794-1796; the Army of the Rhine, 1800; the Grande-Armée, 1805; in the war in Spain, 1808-1813; the Campaign in Saxony, 1813; the Campaign in France, 1814.
The regiment was disbanded in May, 1815, and was not raised again until September, 1873.