107th Infantry Regiment (France)

107th Infantry Regiment (France)
Regimental insignia of the 107th infantry regiment
Active	1469–1989
Country	France France
Allegiance	French Armed Forces
Branch	French Army
Type	Infantry regiment
Role	Infantry
Garrison/HQ	Angoulême
Colors	Red, White, Blue
Anniversaries	Saint Maurice celebrated 29 June (formed 1794)
Decorations	Croix de guerre 1914–1918

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 originally created as the Francs Archers Angoumois. In 1755, the Augoumois battalion was stationed in Louisiana on a harbor defense mission. The regiment was later stationed—similarly—on a mission in 1772 led by the Pondicherry regiment in India. The 107th was one of many regiments created under the Ancient Regime to serve on board naval ships and in the colonies, and subsequently, all such regiments were—in 1791—given a number in the line-infantry order of battle. This means that the 107th could be considered as "ancestors" of the naval infantry regiments.

They are:

The regiment was set up in 1772. It was disbanded and re-established many times throughout the years before finally dissolving in 1989.

In 1914, the 107th shared barracks at Angoulême with the 46th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division (France) (), and 12th Army Corps (France). The 107th was part of the 23rd Infantry Division from August 1914 to November 1918. They participated in the Battle of the Marne, Artois and the Somme.

In 1916, the 107th was assigned to defend Verdun. After the mission, they immediately proceeded, during the rigorous winter of 1916-1917, to Champagne. 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 the 107th managed a daring crossing of the Piave. The bugler Artagilas died getting hit by a bullet in the forehead when he rang the charge of the 2nd battalion and subs.