page_title: Régiment d'Auxonne
section_title: Invasion of Hanover
hierarchical_section_title: Régiment d'Auxonne / Seven Years' War / Invasion of Hanover
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Fortifications de la citadelle Vauban de Le Palais (Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, France), juillet 2011. Ensemble situé au lieu-dit Haute-Boulogne, bâti du XVIe au XIXe siècle, classé aux Monuments historiques. Voir aussi autre cliché. English: The Citadel Vauban. Deutsch: Die Zitadelle von Vauban.
context_page_description: The Régiment d'Auxonne was an artillery regiment of the Ancien Régime Army, formed during the Seven Years' War the regiment saw service in many of the major campaigns until being, re-organised in 1794, and later served in the Grande Armée. The regiment's successor, the 6th Artillery Regiment would continue to serve until 1993 when it was disbanded after the end of the Cold War.
context_section_description: The 6éme Bataillon de Royal-Artillerie was formed by ordinance on 1 January 1757 by the Marquis de Cosne by means of a detachment of 120 men from each of the other five battalions of artillery.  As soon as the regiment was organised, it was sent into Germany to join the Army of the Lower Rhine commanded by Louis Charles César Le Tellier, Comte d'Estrées for the upcoming Invasion of Hanover.  Shortly after the army launched into Hanover, and swiftly captured almost all of the major cities, causing the Hanoverians to sign the Convention of Klosterzeven, where Hanover agreed to pull out of the war.  After the convention, the battalion moved with the army, new lead by Louis François Armand du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, who encamped in Halberstadt in Prussian territorial from 28 September to 5 November.  At the end of the year, the battalion took winter-quarters in the first line in Braunschweig (Brunswick).
caption: La Citadel de Le Palais on Belle Île, where the detachment of the battalion was stationed during the battle.  Although the detachment surrendered at the end, they were able to keep the British at bay during the siege until 8 June when the siege ended.
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