Regimental motto:
Overgne always! (Auvergne toujours!)
The regiment dates back to 1597. It was deployed from Rgt.d'Auvergne, Rgt. Royal-deux-Ponts (N 99),
Participated in the battles: Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau, Heilsberg, Tann, Ekmühl, Esling, Wagram.
The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th battalions of the regiment took part in the campaign to Russia.
To reinforce the regiment located in Russia, 2 companies of the 5th reserve battalion were sent from the regiment depot (on July 1, 1812 - 5 officers and 332 lower ranks). They were in the 1st marching semi-brigade of the 1st brigade of the 1st 1st March Reserve Division, and also following the main forces of the regiment crossed the border of the Russian Empire as part of the following units:
-- 2nd marching battalion of the First Army Corps - 1 officer and 99 lower ranks.
-- marching company of the First Army Corps - 10 lower ranks.
-- 3rd marching battalion of the First Army Corps, which left Berlin on August 8, 1812, - 16 lower ranks.
- marching detachment of the 17th line infantry regiment, which left Mainz on August 14, 1812 - 72 lower ranks.
The 17th Regiment was part of the 1st Infantry Division under Divisional General Sh.A. Moran (This division was the first to cross the Neman River on June 24, 1812 in the area of the city of Kovno), the First Army Corps of Marshal Davout.
The regiment was commanded by Colonel Louis Vassero. On June 25, 1812, under his command there were 96 officers and 3,498 lower ranks.
In the Russian Company, the regiment took part in the battles of Shevardino, Smolensk, Borodino, Vyazma, Krasny. At the battle sites of the 17th regiment, buttons from the 41st regiment can be found. The 41st regiment was disbanded in 1803, and the personnel were poured into the 17th line infantry regiment Therefore, theoretically, soldiers could remain in the regiment who wore out their buttons left over from the uniforms of the 41st regiment. All 5 battalions that took part in the Russian Company were defeated or destroyed.
After the campaign of 1812, the regiment took part in the battles of Stetin, Kulm, Dresden, Leipzig, Waterloo.
After the defeat of Napoleon and the first abdication, the regiment was vacant in the army of King Louis XVIII in 1814.
In 1815, after the "100 days" the unit was called Legion-de la Cote du Nord.