The regiment was installed in garrison Eblé designated after the général whose men perished while constructing the bridges on the Bérézina.

During the campaign of 1914-1918, 17 companies of the regiment were cited 72 times (out of which 47 citations at the orders of the armed forces).

15 companies of the regiment were awarded the right to wear the fourragere of the Croix de guerre 1914-1918.

In total, there were 120 men at the war depot of the 6th Engineer Regiment which supported the combats of the Cadets of Saumur.

To recall the commitment, fidelity and hardship work of the sapeurs of the "6", the writer Hervé Bazin, nominated the motto of the regiment "Je continuerai".