2nd Marine Infantry Regiment - Second Empire

Second Empire

  • 31 August 1854: the 2nd RIMa stationed at Rochefort moved to Brest.
  • Crimean War.

Campaign

  • China and Indochina.
  • Mexican Expedition siege of Puebla.

Pacification

  • Far East.
  • 1869: it is divided between Brest, the Cochinchina and Guadeloupe
  • For the first time, the 2nd Marine fighting on the soil of the motherland. 31 August and 1 September 1870, engaged in the "Blue Division" the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment sacrifices itself at Bazeilles in a heroic battle against the Prussians, until the "last shot".

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