5th Hussar Regiment (France)
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The 5th Hussar Regiment was a French Hussar regiment.
Regimental Badge
Illustration of a Lauzun's Legion trumpeter in c. 1785
5th Hussar in 1808.
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Squadrons of the 5th Hussars, Laon-Couvron, September 1991, reviewed by Colonel d'Evry.
Banastre Tarleton
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General Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1st Baronet, was a British military officer and politician. He was the leader of the British Legion during the southern campaign of the American War of Independence.
5th Hussar Regiment (France)
…during the siege of Yorktown. On 4 October 1781, the Legion skirmished at Gloucester with the British Legion, a Loyalist cavalry unit led by Colonel Banastre Tarleton. Tarleton was unhorsed, and Lauzun's Legion drove their opponents back to British lines before being ordered to withdraw by the Marquis de Choisy. The…
Detail from Joshua Reynolds 1782 portrait of Tarleton on his return to England
The Battle of Waxhaw Creek (29 May 1780), in Lancaster County, South Carolina
Tarleton's Movements historical marker in Adams Grove, Virginia
Banastre Tarleton, portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds