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The pantalon rouge were adopted by the French Army on 26 July 1829, to encourage the rose madder dye-growing industry in France. [3] [4] By the 20th century the synthetic dye alizarin, imported from Germany, was used to colour the cloth of the pantalons rouge. The French infantry wore the same pattern of trouser from 1867 to 1914. [5]
Pages in category "French military uniforms" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Pantalon rouge; U. Uniforms of La Grande Armée
Until the end of 1914 the capote was produced in dark blue cloth and the breeches were red (pantalon rouge). [4] These highly visible uniforms were replaced in early 1915 by light blue/grey (bleu horizon) uniforms for metropolitan troops and khaki for colonial troops. [5] French soldiers during the Battle of the Somme, 1916
26 July – Red trousers (pantalon rouge) adopted as standard Army uniform. [4] [5] 17 November – Jules de Polignac becomes president of the council of ministers. Barthélemy Thimonnier invented the "sewing machine"
Berteaux was accidentally killed on 21 May 1911 at the start of the 1911 Paris to Madrid air race, when a monoplane piloted by Louis Émile Train made a forced landing, running into a group of people including Berteaux, the oil tycoon Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe, the French Prime Minister Ernest Monis, and his son, all of whom were also injured.
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Chasseurs do not say rouge (red) but bleu-cerise (cherry blue - The color of blood on their blue uniforms), except when speaking of the color of the lips of a beloved, the red in the Legion of Honour's insignia (including its fourragère which is called la rouge), and the red of the French flag.
The 2nd Parachute Chasseur Regiment (French: 2 e Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes) or 2 e RCP, is one of the most decorated French units of the Second World War, the only land unit awarded the red fourragère in that war, including six citations at the orders of the armed forces. [1]