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 War of the Pyrenees Peninsular War Battle of Bailén[1] Battle of Valls
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 Theodor von Reding. It is therefore either referred to as the 2nd Regiment Reding or the 3rd Swiss Regiment.

See also

• Army of Spain (Peninsular War)