1st Artillery Regiment (France)

1st Artillery Regiment
Insignia of the 1st Artillery Regiment
Active	1671–
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	Artillery
Part of	7th Armoured Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Belfort
Motto(s)	Royal d'abord premier toujours
Conflicts	War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War War of the First Coalition War of the Second Coalition Egyptian Campaign War of the Third Coalition War of the Fourth Coalition Peninsular War Invasion of Russia War of the Sixth Coalition Siege of Antwerp Crimean War Sino-French War World War I World War II Algerian War
Decorations	Croix de guerre 1914-1918 with two palms

Croix de guerre 1914-1918

The 1st Artillery Regiment is a regiment of artillery in the French Army.

It was raised as the Régiment de la Fère in 1765, from the 1st battalion of the Régiment Royal-Artillerie. In 1791, after the French Revolution, it had the title of its aristocratic patron removed and was given the number 1, as the seniormost French regiment of artillery. In 1785, Napoleon Bonaparte was commissioned into this regiment as a sous lieutenant. He officially served until 1790, but he spent most of that time on leave in Corsica, where he led a battalion of Republican volunteers.