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8th Dragoon Regiment (France)
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For the 8th Dragoons in the British Army, see 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars.
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8e régiment de dragons | |
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Active | 1674 – 1977 |
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Type | Dragoon |
Size | Regiment |
Motto(s) | "Which rubs against the pricks itself." "And of the land and sea." |
Engagements | Anglo-Dutch War War of the Reunions French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars Franco-Prussian War World War I World War II |
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The 8th Dragoon Regiment (8e régiment de dragons or 8e RD) was a cavalry regiment in the French Army created under the Ancien Régime in 1674 by the Marquis of Heudicourt.