The Algerian Tirailleurs (later:Algerian Tirailleurs Regiments) (RTA), are infantry units formed in Algeria at the time of "French Algeria" and created in 1842.
History
* 1842:creation of the Battalion of Native Tirailleurs of Algiers.
* 1856:Creation of the 1st Regiment of Algerian Tirailleurs.
Outfit
From 1853 until the end of the First World War[edit]
* Arab-shaped jacket in sky blue cloth edged with a flat 12 mm wide daffodil wool braid. The front is adorned with an arabesque in 12mm daffodil braid ending in a cloverleaf under the hollow of the collarbone.
* The braid makes a loop simulating a false pocket (tomb) whose color is distinctive of the regiment.
* The sleeve has a pointed facing marked by a 12mm daffodil braid
* The Arab-shaped trousers (Séroual) are in sky blue cloth adorned with a daffodil cord on the side seams.
Main engagements and fights
Classified by regiment and date:
1st Regiment of Algerian Tirailleurs
* 1914
o Charleroi
o Battle of the Marne - Race to the sea:Montmirail, Château-Thierry, Fismes
o Battle of Flanders:the Yser, Luyghem, Bixschoote, the Maison du Passeur
* 1915
o Armies of the North - Canal de l'Yperlée:Yser, attack by the gas of April 22
* 1916
o Battle of Verdun:Hill 304
o Battle of the Somme:Maurepas
* 1917
o Champagne:Mont-Haut (April 17)
* 1918
o Grivesnes, Montdidier
o West of Reims:Hill 240, Saint-Thierry
o La Vesle, Aisne, Hundling-Stellung
2nd Regiment of Algerian Tirailleurs
* 1914
o Towards Charleroi:Oret, Mettet (August 23), Florennes (August 24)
o Retreat of the Third and Fourth Armies:Courgivaux, Petit-Morin
o Battle of the Marne:Cuts-la-Pommeraye (15-17 September)
* 1915
o First and Third Armies in Argonne and on the Meuse:Plateau des Loges
o Battle of Champagne:attack of September 25, Epine de Védegrange
* 1916
o Battle of Verdun:Louvemont, Côte-du-Poivre (February), Souville (July)
o Recapture of the Forts of Douaumont and Vaux:Bois le Chaume, Bezonveaux (15 December )
* 1917
o Verdun:Cote 304
* 1918
o Moreuil (8 August), Noyon (August 28)
o Chauny, Ternier
3rd Regiment of Algerian Tirailleurs
* 1914
o Towards Charleroi:Oret, Mettet (August 23), Florennes (August 24)
o Retreat of the Third and Fourth Armies:Courgivaux, Petit-Morin
o Battle of the Marne:Cuts-la-Pommeraye (15-17 September)
* 1915
o First and Third Armies in Argonne and on the Meuse:Plateau des Loges
o Battle of Champagne:attack of September 25, Epine de Védegrange
* 1916
o Battle of Verdun:Louvemont, Côte-du-Poivre (February), Souville (July)
o Recapture of the Forts of Douaumont and Vaux:Bois le Chaume, Bezonveaux (15 December )
* 1917
o Verdun:Cote 304
* 1918
o Moreuil (8 August)
o Noyon (August 28)
o Chauny, Ternier
4th Regiment of Tunisian Tirailleurs
* 1914
o Towards Charleroi
o Battle of the Marne and Race to the Sea:Montmirail, Château-Thierry, Fismes
o Resumption of the offensive, Reims sector:La Bertonnerie (22 December)
* 1915
o Secondary offensive in Flanders:Great dune near Nieuport (28 January )
o Artois Offensive:Hill 140, Vimy Ridge (May 9)
o Battle of Champagne:Butte de Souain, Bois Sabot (September 25)
* 1916
o Battle of the Somme:Belloy-en-Santerre (July 4)
* 1917
o Mont Sans-Nom, Auberive (April 17)
* Verdun
* 1918
o Villers- Bretonneux, Bois de Hangard (April 26)
o Montagne-de-Paris, M issy-aux-Bois, Chaudun (29 May-1 June)
o Amblény (12 June)
o Saint-Pierre l'Aigle, Dommiers, Chaudun ( July 18)
o Vauxaillon Tunnel, Neuville-sous-Marginal (August 28-September 17)
6th Regiment of Algerian Tirailleurs
* 1914
o Retreat of the Third and Fourth Armies:towards the Marne
o Battle of the Marne, 5 to 13 September
o Battle of Flanders:the Yser
* 1915
o Armies of the North - Canal d l'Yperlée:the Yser, 1st German attack using asphyxiating gas ( Ypres sector)
* 1918
o Reims sector:Saint-Thierry, Cote 240
o La Vesle, l 'Aisne
7th Regiment of Algerian Tirailleurs
* 1914
o Retreat of the Third and Fourth Armies:towards the Marne
o Battle of the Marne, 5 to 13 September
o Battle of Flanders:Triangular Wood, North of Ypres (November 12)
* 1915
o Flanders:Great Dune near Nieuport (January 28)
o Artois Offensive:Hill 140, Vimy Ridge (May 9)
o Battle of Champagne:Butte de Souains, Bois Sabot (25 September)
* 1916
o Battle of the Somme:Belloy-en -Santerre (July 4)
* 1917
o Mont-sans-Nom, Auberive (April 17)
o Verdun
* 1918
o Villers-Bretonneux, Bois du Hangard (April 26)
o Montagne de Paris, Missy-aux-Bois , Chaudun (May 29 - June 1)
o Amblémy (June 12), Saint-Pierre-l'Aigle, Daumiers, Chaudun (July 18)
o Vauxaillon tunnel, Neuville-sous-Marginal (August 28 - September 17)
8th Regiment of Algerian Tirailleurs
* Took part in all the battles of the 4th Zouaves Regiment.
9th Regiment of Algerian Tirailleurs
* Took part in all the battles of the 1st Zouaves Regiment.