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The Forcade Regiment in Song
"Das Regiment Forcade (hat nie ein Feind besiegt)" (lyrics by Georg von Kries, melody by Hans Hertel, 1906).

Original German Lyrics:

1. Das Regiment Forcade Hat nie ein Feind besiegt, Obschon seit fünfzig Jahren Im Wind sein Banner fliegt.

2. Es brachte jeder Feldzug Ihm neue Ehr' und Ruhm, Und König Friedrich sagte: "Das nenn ich Heldentum".

3. Und will ich Helden sehen, Seh' ich dies Regiment! Doch Kriegesglück ist launisch. Nacht ist's, und Hochkirsch brennt.

4. Von allen Grenadieren Steht auch nicht einer mehr, Es kämpft nur noch ein Junker Und endlich fällt auch er.

5. Das rote Herzblut fließet, Die bleiche Lippe spricht: "Forcade ist nie gewichen, Auch heute wichen wir nicht".

General of the Mint
The General of the Mint (French: Général des Monnaies), also known as a Provincial General (French: Général Provincial), was title for the judges established in different provinces of the kingdom to preside over rulings that were issued in jurisdictions under the authority of the Chambre des Comptes of Navarre, before 1691, and by the the Cour des Monnaies inside the Parliament of Navarre and Béarn, between 1691 and the French Revolution. A ruling of the Conseil d’État dated 1 July 1625 gave them the official title of Conseillers Généraux Provinciaux des Monnaies (English: General Provincial Counselors of the Mint).

They were responsible for the audit and inspection of the mints, and had the gardes, later juges-gardes, reporting directly to them. They were responsible for remitting the minutes of his visits in the form of reports to the Prosecutor General, who, in turn, was responsible for remitting reports to the Court of Parliament. This latter examined the reported abuses committed in the production processes and pronounced punishment on the fermiers/maîtres, officers and laborers of the mints.

In an edict dated 30 June 1696, the king replaced the seven Provincial Generals with twenty-eight Conseillers Généraux Provinciaux, of which one was for the city of Pau and under the jurisdiction of the Parliament of Pau. These new counselors, like their counterparts at the Cour de la Monnaie, were responsible for the prevention of counterfeiting and unauthorized alterations of coins, working in parallel with the the bailiwicks, seneschals, officers of the Présidial, and the gardes of the mints. The General of the Mint of Navarre and Béarn settled disputes between mint officers, hired skilled and unskilled laborers for the mints, and ruled on objections raised to procedures at, and judgments concerning, the mints, when they arose, except in those cases when they were appealed to the Court of Parliament.

Before 1691, the General of the Mint was hired by, and swore oath to, the Chambre des Comptes of Navarre. After the the Chambre des Comptes of Navarre was merged into the Parliament of Navarre and Béarn in 1691, the they were hired by, and swore oath to, the Cour des Monnaies inside the Parliament of Navarre and Béarn. Their remuneration amounted to 1,333 livres, 6 sols and 8 deniers per year.