News of the 3rd infantry regiment

Sirs,

Many of you were promoted to a superior rank these last days but too much taken by this offensive, I neglected to congratulate you.

I thus congratulate you collectively on these promotions (and these units in more for the 3rd regiment)
Besides, joined us Captain JR Coignet and his 4 companies as well as the Sous-lieutenant Wol_oif who has the peculiarity to be an American volunteer in the service of the Emperor ( He speaks regrettably only English). I wish them welcome to the 3rd. Welcome Mr Wol_oif.

Sirs, I want to repeat you my pride to be in the head of a regiment which is more successful every day.

Major Arcole
Commanding the 3rd infantry regiment
" Of Granite and Steel "
1st army/ " Rhine and Volga "

The 3rd in some figures

The 3rd it is today:

32 Battalions - 92 Companies - 14500 men 47794 XP 686 Russian Companies destroyed among which 117 for the Major Exelmans 40 Flags taken to the enemy among whom 8 for the Major Arcole

Composition 2 Majors 3 Chefs de bataillons 2 Capitaines 6 Capitaine adjudant-major 11 Lieutenants 8 sous-Lieutenant.

It is already a strength and very respectable results. However, I insist on the necessity of recruiting about ten supplementary battalion to be able to compete with the best and hold a sector enough important to influence a wider portion frontally. I thus renew you my demand, to try EACH to recruit a new officer for the Battalion.

Arcole

"Wol_oif who has the peculiarity to be an American volunteer in the service of the Emperor ( He speaks regrettably only English). "




ROTF

Reorganization of the 3rd Regiment.


Sirs, the size of our regiment and the promotions of some officers in superior ranks imposes us a new organization.
I thus took the following measures:

EM (Etat Major = General staff) of the regiment

Commander of the Regiment : Major Arcole
Second-in-command : Major Exelmans
Staff Officer : Chef de bataillon Gilles Saint-Amaury
Officer in charge of the communication and of the recruitment : Capitaine adjudant-Major Corbineau
Officier in charge of the Newspaper of our regiment : Lieutenant Imrik
Officier treasurer : Lieutenant Zucchi
Security Officer : Lieutenant Perrin

1st Brigade (10 batallions)
Commander of the Brigade : Major Exelmans
second-in-command : Capitaine JR Coignet
Quiot
Saint-Amaury
Bastien
Bulaire
JM Lamarque
Zucchi
Jaguar
Gigilome


2nd Brigade (10 Batallions)
Commander of the Brigade : Chef de bataillon Jean Montferrat
second-in-command : Capitaine adjudant-major André
Defrance
Suchet
Perrin
Sparrow
de Bruay
Cariouf
Armand Grenier
Mac Lusky


3rd Brigade (11 Batallions)
Commander of the Brigade : Chef de bataillon Durutte
second-in-command : Capitaine Curial
Corbineau
Masterchief
Imrik
Manhes
Robespierre
Voltigeur
Le wac
Pariente
Wol_oif (US Volonteer)

Sirs, I wish that henceforth brigades find a real existence and I thus ask you to follow the orders of your commanders of brigade as mine.

Arcole.

Sweet !!! Yesterday the Emperor Napoleon himself gave me a medal :

http://www.campagne-de-russie.com/officier.php?id=21095



Medal of the Nation :



"For his calm in front of danger, his sense of the discipline and his irreplaceable efficiency in first line."

(sorry for the transation, i use a translator)

Hail Victor