The regiment dates back to 1772. It was deployed from Rgt.de i'Lle de France,Rgt.Bourbonnas (N 13), Rgt. Vivavras (N 71)

Participated in the battles: Engen, Möskirch, Biberach, Friedberg, Hohenlinden, Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau, Landshud, Eckmühl, 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's depot. They were in the 2nd marching semi-brigade of the 1st brigade of the Marching Division of Lagrange, the Eleventh Army Corps and also, following the main forces of the regiment, crossed the border of the Russian Empire in composed of the following divisions:

-- 2nd marching battalion of the First Army Corps - 2 officers and 105 lower ranks.

-- 1st marching company of the First Army Corps - 2 lower ranks.

-- 3rd marching battalion of the First Army Corps - 45 lower ranks. It left Berlin on August 8, 1812.

The 108th Regiment was part of the 3rd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division of Divisional General Count Joseph Marie Dessay, First Army Corps.

The regiment was commanded by Colonel Jean Michel F. Ashar. Under his command on June 25, 1812 there were 103 officers and 3,647 lower ranks.

In the Russian Company, the regiment took part in the battles of Mogilev, Borodino, Vyazma, Krasny, Berezina.

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 Hamburg, Antwerp, Ligny, and Waterloo.

After the defeat of Napoleon and the first abdication, the regiment was named the 89th Regiment of Line Infantry in the army of King Louis XVIII in 1814.

In 1815, Napoleon restored the regiment's number to 108.

In 1815, after “100 days,” the unit was disbanded.