List of French units in the American Revolutionary War

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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

Those units which served on the

• 1^ére Légion (Volontaires Étrangers de la Marine) — also saw service in the Caribbean
• 2^éme 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

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
    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

• 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.
• ISBN 978-0-7548-1761-1
  .