Editing Swiss Guards (section)

===Following the Restoration===
The French Revolution abolished mercenary troops in its citizen army. After the Revolution, [[Napoleon]] and the [[Bourbon Restoration in France|Bourbon Restoration]] both made use of Swiss troops. Four Swiss infantry regiments served with Napoleon in both Spain and Russia. Two of the eight infantry regiments included in the [[Royal Guard (France)|''garde royale'']] from 1815 to 1830 were Swiss and can be regarded as successors to the ''Gardes suisses''.<ref>{{cite book|first=Douglas|last=Porch|pages=3, 4, 14|title=The French Foreign Legion. A complete History|year=1991|publisher=Macmillan |isbn=0-333-58500-3}}</ref>

When the Tuileries was stormed again in the [[July Revolution]] of 1830, the Swiss regiments, fearful of another massacre, withdrew or melted into the crowd. They were not used again. In 1831, disbanded veterans of the Swiss regiments and another foreign unit, the [[Hohenlohe Regiment]], were recruited into the newly raised [[French Foreign Legion]] for service in Algeria.<ref>{{cite book|first=Douglas|last=Porch|pages=3, 4, 14|title=The French Foreign Legion. A complete History|year=1991|publisher=Macmillan |isbn=0-333-58500-3}}</ref>