Lauzun's Legion

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Lauzan's Legion

French Regiments in the American War for Independence:

Lauzan's Legion principal engagements: White Plains 81 ; Yorktown

Lauzan's Legion was a specially constructed unit that was formed in March 1780 from various detachments of French and many foreign volunteers in the French army and navy. Much of the Legion was composed of units from the Volontaires étrangers de la Marine created in September 1778 by the naval minister Gabriel de Sartine, and ‘propriétaire' status had been granted to Armand Louis de Gontaut, duc de Lauzun. When in early 1781 the expédition particulière was being organized, most of the 1778 organization had been deployed to overseas' posts. What remained in France, along with the duc de Lauzun, was reconstituted as the Volontaires-étrangers de Lauzun, and was part of Rochambeau's expedition. The legion was at Gloucester during the siege of Yorktown.