107th Infantry Regiment ( France ) The 107th Infantry Regiment ( " 107e régiment d ' infanterie " ; shortened to " 107e RI " or " 107th RI " ) was a French Army infantry regiment that dates back to 1469 where it was created as the Francs Archers Angoumois . In 1755 , the Augoumois battalion was stationed in Louisiana on a harbor defense mission . There was another similar mission in 1772 led by the Pondicherry regiment in India . It was one of many regiments created under the Ancient Regime to serve on board naval ships 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 . They are : The regiment was set up in 1772 and disestablished in 1963 , then reconstituted as a battalion in 1964 before finally dissolving in 1989 . Battles . World War I . In 1914 , the regiment was in barracks at Angoulême , with the 46th Infantry Brigade , , 12th Army Corps ( France ) . The regiment was part of the 23rd Infantry Division from August 1914 to November 1918 . It participated in the Battle of the Marne , and in Artois and the Somme . In 1916 , it was Verdun that the regiment was assigned to defend . After the mission , they immediately proceeded to Champagne where men had to bear the rigor of winter in 1916 – 1917 . In October 1917 , following the disaster of Caporetto , the whole 23rd Infantry Division and 12th Army Corps became part of the Tenth Army , known as the " French Expeditionary Force " responsible for plugging the breach opened by the Austrians on the Italian front . It was during this campaign on October 26 , 1918 that it managed a daring crossing of the Piave . The bugler Artagilas was killed , hit by a bullet in the forehead when he rang the charge of the 2nd battalion . Interwar period . The 107th RI is stationed in Angouleme in January 1939 , when it is required to implement the " plan de barrage " ( lit . " plan of the dam " ) in the Pyrénées - Orientales . The plan aimed to prevent the soldiers of the Spanish Republican Army , defeated by the Francoist rebels , in full retreat ( or " " in Spanish ) , to go to France . The prohibition to enter ceased from 5 February to 9 February of that year . World War II . In 1939 , the 107th Infantry Regiment , under the command of lieutenant - colonel Laffont , was integrated into the 23rd Infantry Division . On August 24 , 1939 , the 107th left the barracks Gaspard - Michel for Lorraine where it participated in one of the few offensive actions of the " Phoney War " , that of Sare . The 107th RI embarked on the Somme and the Crozat Canal where from 18 to 30 May 1940 , the Germans are content , but after the fall of Dunkirk and the resumption of the Wehrmacht on the Somme , the regiment was forced to retreat on June 7 order , first on the Oise and the Marne , where it continued to fight . Under pressure from the enemy , it found itself in Châteauroux where , having retained its cohesion , it is organized to defend the city . The armistice with Germany was signed , and the regiment was once again dissolved , this time on 21 August 1940 . The 107th RI was re - established in 1944 and participated in the liberation of France . It was once again dissolved in 1945 . In spring 1945 , the unit was attached to the Army commanded by General Larminat and responsible for the reduction of pockets of German resistance on the Atlantic coast . It was assigned to the reconquest of the tip of the Coubre . In Royan , the 107th RI was attached to the southern group of Colonel Adeline under the Frugier group . April 14 , 1945 , in the Royan pocket , in a " vulnerable operation , " the regiment attacked towards Meschers and Talmont . On April 15 , the regiment moved towards the Compin and dropped Suzac , focusing on the German fortifications . It held the position until the fall of Royan . 1945 to 1989 . The regiment is briefly restored in 1963 as the 107th Infantry Battalion , then reborn in 1980 as a reserve regiment of the 22nd Marine Infantry Regiment . The 107th Infantry Regiment was disbanded once again , this time for good in June 1989 . Refrain . " Allons 107 , il faut partir sans courir . " ( lit . " Come , 107th , we must go without running . " )