List of French units in the American Revolutionary War
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This is a list of French units in the American Revolutionary War. Other battalions and regiment served on marine/naval service, but can be viewed on their own articles.
American Service
[edit]Those units which served on the American Continent (not naval) included:[1][2]
- 1ére Légion (Volontaires Étrangers de la Marine) — also saw service in the Caribbean
- 2éme Legion (Légion de Lauzun) — Cavalry and Infantry
- Infantry
- Régiment d'Armagnac
- Régiment de Bourbonnais
- Régiment de Soissonnais
- Régiment de Royal-Deux-Ponts
- Saintonge Regiment
- Régiment d'Agénois
- Régiment de Gâtinais
- Régiment de Touraine
- Régiment d'Hainault (2nd Battalion)
- Régiment de Foix (2nd Battalion)
- Régiment de Dillon
- Régiment de Walsh
- Régiment de Guadeloupe — also saw service in French Antilles
- Artillery
- Régiment d'Auxonne (2nd Battalion)
- Régiment de Metz (2nd Battalion)
- Company from Régiment de Grenoble
Caribbean Service
[edit]Those units which fought in the Caribbean included:[1][2]
- Régiment d'Armagnac
- Volontaires Libres (served in Guadeloupe and Martinique)
- 1ére Légion, Volontaires Étrangers de la Marine (also saw service in the States)
- Cannoniers Bombardiers (served in Saint-Domingue, Martinique, and Guadeloupe)
- Garrison of Guadeloupe Garnison de Guadeloupe
- Régiment de Guadeloupe located in Guadeloupe (also saw service in French Antilles and the States)
- Corps de Travailleurs
- Garrison of Saint-Dominque Garnison de Saint-Dominique
- Régiment du Cap
- Régiment de Port-au-Prince
- Greandiers Volontaires
- Chasseurs Royaux
- Chasseurs Volontaires
- Garrison of Martinique Garnison de Martinique
- Régiment de Martinique
- Volontaires de Bouille
- Cadets de Saint-Pierre
- Cadets du Gros-Morne
References
[edit]- Louis Susane, Histoire de L'Ancienne Infanterie Française, Volumes II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII, Military Library, Maritime and Polytechnic, Paris, France.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Les Combattants Français de la Guerre Américaine 1778–1783, 1903 Paris, France.
- Digby Smith, Kevin E. Kiley, and Jeremy Black, An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of the American War of Independence, 2017 Lorenz Books, London, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-0-7548-1761-1.