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Following the Battle of San Domingo, Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, newly knighted, gathered a small squadron in anticipation of the arrival of the second French force under Willaumez. Based at Carlisle Bay, Barbados , Cochrane's forces patrolled the Leeward Islands for the French force during the spring, eventually locating Willaumez's ...
The 2nd Dragoon Regiment (French: 2 e régiment de dragons, 2 e RD) is the only NBC Defense Unit of the French Army, stationed at Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, by Saumur in Maine-et-Loire. The current regiment is an amalgamation of the old 2nd Dragoon Regiment and the groupe de défense NBC , which took effect in July 2005.
Many of the former and active Squadrons of the French Air and Space Force have direct lineage links to many of the "dissolved" squadrons. In addition, each Squadron has for military awards and decorations, and a Fanion (squadron standard).
By the end of the battle, the regiment had suffered severe losses: 17 officers and 170 cavalrymen were killed, wounded or missing. Many of them rejoined their units in the following days, bringing the total loss to 27 killed, 75 wounded and 48 missing. The 2nd squadron, down to 35 men, was the hardest hit.
2 e Régiment Etranger d'Infanterie (2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment), 6 e Brigade Légère Blindée (6th Light Armoured Brigade) - Nîmes. 3 e Régiment Etranger d'Infanterie (3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment), Unités des départements et territoires d'Outre Mer Français (Units in French overseas departments and territories) - Kourou (French Guiana).
2nd Fighter Wing (French: 2 e Escadre de chasse), recreated on September 3, 2015 at BA116 Luxeuil-Saint Sauveur Air Base, operates Dassault Mirage 2000-5F air defence fighters 3rd Fighter Wing ( French : 3 e Escadre de chasse ), recreated on September 5, 2014 at BA133 Nancy – Ochey Air Base , operates Dassault Mirage 2000D fighter-bombers
The Free French Air Forces (French: Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres, FAFL) were the air arm of the Free French Forces in the Second World War, created by Charles de Gaulle in 1940. The designation ceased to exist in 1943 when the Free French Forces merged with General Giraud 's forces.
While the covering force engaged El Hank Battery west of Casablanca, seven ships of the French 2nd Light Squadron sortied from Casablanca harbor at 09:00 [25] under cover of a smoke screen to attack the troopships anchored off Fedala to the east. [24] The French destroyer Milan sortied with destroyers Fougueux and Boulonnais.