The regiment was raised in 1667 by Michel De Fisicat, as Le Dauphin (nr.
[1] Initially, the regiment served in the Army of the Center, at Metz.
Following the Battle of Valmy on 20 September 1792, the regiment was assigned to the Army of the Ardennes.
[2] Colonels of the Revolutionary Period In 1797, the regiment was part of the Armée de Sambre-et-Meuse.
In 1799, as part of the Army of Mayence, it was transferred to the Army of the Danube, under the general command of Jean-Baptiste Jourdan; the regiment was part of the I Division, under the immediate command of Pierre Marie Barthélemy Ferino, and participated in action at the Battle of Ostrach (20–21 March 1799), and the Battle of Stockach, 25–26 March 25–26, 1799.