3rd Swiss Regiment Reding
The 3rd Swiss Regiment Reding was a unit of Swiss soldiers in the Spanish Army and one of several Swiss regiments serving the Spanish Crown in the 18th century. The regiment was founded by a royal proclamation of Philip V in 1742 and recruited from the Canton of Schwyz in central Switzerland.
| Regimiento Suizo de Reding n.º 3 | |
|---|---|
 Regimiento Suizo de Reding nº 3 (2008 re-enactment, Málaga) | |
| Active | 1742 - 1829 |
| Disbanded | 1829 |
| Country |  Spain |
| Allegiance | Crown of Spain |
| Branch |  Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Role | Front-line |
| Engagements | American Revolutionary War War of the First Coalition |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Theodor von Reding |
It was the third Swiss regiment in service at the time (out of about a dozen or so Swiss Regiments historically) and was the second raising of a regiment under a colonel named Reding. It is therefore either referred to as the 2nd Regiment Reding or the 3rd Swiss Regiment.
See also
Notes
- Foy, p. 335
References
- Chartrand, René (1999). The Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85532-765-8.
- Foy, Maximilien Sébastien (1827). History of the war in the Peninsula under Napoleon. II. S. and R. Bentley.
- Gates, David. The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War. Da Capo Press 2001. ISBN 0-306-81083-2
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