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The Special Expedition was an expeditionary force deployed by France to North America to support the United States against Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. Arriving at Newport, Rho
Landing of a French auxiliary army in Newport, Rhode Island on 11 July 1780, under the command of Comte de Rochambeau
Siège de Yorktown by Auguste Couder, c.1836. Rochambeau and Washington giving their last orders before the battle.
5th Hussar Regiment (France)
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The 5th Hussar Regiment was a French Hussar regiment.
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…One combined-arms legion: Lauzun's Legion In July 1781, Rochambeau's army left Rhode Island and marched across Connecticut to join Washington's army on the Hudson River at Dobbs Ferry, New York…
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.