Regiment de Meuron
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The Regiment de Meuron was a regiment of infantry originally raised in Switzerland in 1781 for service with the Dutch East India Company. At the time the French, Spanish, Dutch and other armies employ
The regiment's colours in British service
Illustration of the regiment arriving in the Cape Colony
Illustration of the regimental uniform between 1795 and 1805
Charles-Daniel de Meuron
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Lieutenant-General Charles-Daniel de Meuron was an army officer and mercenary from the Principality of Neuchâtel who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He raised the Regiment de M
Portrait by Thomas Hickey, c. 1802
1789 portrait of de Meuron with his slaves Pedro and Vendredi by Joseph Reinhart