The 8th Dragoon Regiment (8e régiment de dragons or 8e RD) was a cavalry regiment in the French Army

French Army

The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre , is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces.As of 2010, the army employs 123,100 regulars, 18,350 part-time reservists and 7,700 Legionnaires. All soldiers are professionals, following the suspension of conscription, voted in...

. It was set up in 1674 by the marquis of Heudicourt under the Ancien Régime. After a final African campaign (its 1st squadron landed during Operation Musketeer

Operation Musketeer (1956)

Operation Musketeer was the Anglo-French-Israeli plan for the invasion of Egypt to capture the Suez Canal during the Suez Crisis. Israel had the additional objective to open the Straits of Tiran.-The operation:...

), its standard and number were transferred to the 4th Hussar Regiment, then based at Morhange, on 1 February 1964. Its battle honours were , , , , La Mortagne 1914

Battle of the Frontiers

The Battle of the Frontiers was a series of battles fought along the eastern frontier of France and in southern Belgium shortly after the outbreak of World War I. The battles represented a collision between the military strategies of the French Plan XVII and the German Schlieffen Plan...

, Flanders 1918 and Aisne 1918

Third Battle of the Aisne

The Third Battle of the Aisne was a battle of the German Spring Offensive during World War I that focused on capturing the Chemin des Dames Ridge before the American Expeditionary Force could arrive completely in France. It was one of a series of desperate offensives, known as the Kaiserschlacht,...

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