History Garrisons Fighting and Battle
The 4th Marine Infantry Regiment first illustrated in the Crimea (1854-1855) where he participated in the siege of Sebastopol. At the end of this campaign, the emperor decided that the flag of the 4th regiment of marines door in gold letters "Sebastopol. " It then Cochin (1859-1861) that the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment are called to fight, then Tonkin (1884-1855), which earned the regiment campaigns for new entries in the flag: Saigon (1859) Ki-Hoa (1861)-Langson (1884) Tuyen-Quan (1885). (Sevastopol 1854-1855 - Saigon 1859 - Ki Hoa 1861 - Langson 1884 - Tuyen Quan 1885, the battles are carried on the flag the 22e RIC). Between two colonial campaigns, the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment illustrated in 1870 in Bazeilles and helped to save the honor in this war Franco-German untimely, unfortunate and wrong conduct.
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