page_title: 43rd Infantry Regiment (France)
section_title: Franco-Prussian War of 1870
hierarchical_section_title: 43rd Infantry Regiment (France) / Creation and Evolution / Second Empire / Franco-Prussian War of 1870
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Képi Infanterie de Ligne
context_page_description: The 43rd Infantry Regiment was a French infantry regiment which dated back to the creation in 1638 of the Régiment Royal des Vaisseaux - one of the regiments of the Maison militaire du roi de France created to serve on boats and in the colonies: all such regiments were, in 1791, given a number in the line-infantry order of battle meaning that they could be considered historically as the "ancestors" of the naval infantry regiments.
context_section_description: On 1 August 1870 the 43rd Infantry Regiment was part of the Army of the Rhine.
  With the 5th Battalion of chasseurs under Commandant Carré and the 13th Infantry Regiment under Colonel Lion, the 43rd formed the 1st brigade under the orders of General Véron called Bellecourt.
  This 1st brigade together with the 2nd brigade under General Pradier, two batteries of 4 guns and one machine-gun, and one company of engineers constituted the 2nd division of infantry commanded by Major-General Grenier.
  This division operated under the IVth Army Corps commanded by Major-General de Ladmirault.
  On 16 August 1870 the 4th battalion, formed mostly from new arrivals, left the depot to create the 8th March Regiment which formed the 2nd brigade of the 1st division of the XIIIth Army Corps
  Detailed article
  March battalion
caption: A Kepi or Cap for the Infantry of the Line
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