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The Albanian Regiment ((フランス語:Régiment albanais)) was a military unit of the First French Empire formed in 1807 in Corfu. It was commanded by Colonel and served mainly as defence unit in the Septinsular Republic, then a ''de facto'' protectorate of the French Empire. It was disbanded in 1814.〔http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/infantry_Napoleon_3.htm〕 == History == In 1807 per the treaties of Tilsit the Russian Empire abandoned the Ionian islands, which had been captured by admiral Fyodor Ushakov at the Siege of Corfu (1798–99). During their rule the Russians maintained two units, one composed of about 3,000 (Muslim Albanian) refugees that had resettled in the islands after losing conflicts against Ali Pasha in the Pashalik of Yanina and another one that comprised 500 Greeks. After the French army took over the administration of the area the Albanians were enrolled as the ''Albanian Regiment'' ((フランス語:Régiment albanais)) and the Greek refugees as the''Battalion Greek Infantry Skirmishers'' ((フランス語:Bataillon de Chasseurs à Pied Grecs)) sometimes known as the ''Indigenous Battalion of Ionian Islands'' ((フランス語:Bataillon indigène des îles Ioniennes)) and after the enrolment of Albanian refugees also as the ''Pandours of Albania'' ((フランス語:Pandours d'Albanie)). In the Albanian Regiment later local Greeks, Italian and Dalmatians would be recruited but the desired total number of 3,254 soldiers was never reached.〔 The Albanian Regiment served as a garrison unit, while the Greek Infantry Skirmishers as an auxiliary unit. In July 1809 the latter unit was regrouped to the former one as a means to increase its stability as the troops of the ''Albanian Regiment'' responded only to the orders of their clans's leaders and often came into conflict with the inhabitants of the islands.〔 The reformed unit of about 3,000 men was divided into six battalions led by 160 officers. Auguste Boppe mentions that the regiment had a chaplain (''Arsenio Yanucco'' from the Morea) and a surgeon (Ducca Zappa).〔(Boppe Auguste, ''Le régiment Albanais (1807-1814),'' Paris, 1902, p. 22 )〕 In 1813 the Regiment was re-organized and its force was reduced from six to two battalions. Its staff was as follows:〔(Boppe, p. 26 )〕 :1 colonel, 2 battalion chiefs, 2 adjutant warrant officers, 2 French administrative officers , 1 quarter-master, 1 officer surgeon, 1 assistant surgeon, 1 priest, 4 adjutant sub-officers. The same year some men from the Albanian Regiment were transferred to the newly reorganised Mameluke Regiment. After the islands came under the control of the British Empire in 1814 the regiment was initially reformed but in 1815 it was disbanded and many of the men were transferred to units organized by the British. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albanian Regiment (France)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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