Le Regiment du Saguenay

Armorial Description

A shield surmounted by the Crown and supported on each side by a dolphin; on the upper portion of the shield, three fir trees, on the lower portion the representation of the waters of the Saguenay; below, a scroll inscribed DIEU ET PATRIE; the whole resting upon a scroll inscribed LE REGIMENT DU SAGUENAY.

Official Abbreviation: R du Sag

Motto: Dieu et Patrie (God and country)

Battle Honours (None)

Order of Precedence: 31

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Today in Military History

August 30

1813:

Battle of Kulm - French forces defeated by Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.

1862:

Battle of Richmond, Kentucky - Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout a Union army under General Horatio Wright.

1914:

Battle of Tannenberg

1922:

Battle of Dumlupinar, final battle in Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) ("Turkish War of Independence")

1941:

Siege of Leningrad begins.

1944:

MONTECCHIO, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 31 Aug 44)

1945:

British naval fore arrives in Hong Kong to reoccupy colony

1945:

Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.

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