(In honor of the state visit of president Emanuel Macron this post is re-published 23 April 2018.)
This is a re-enactment drill team from the "Regiment Saintonge." This was one of the seven French infantry regiments who fought at Yorktown and without whose service and courage Cornwallis would never have surrendered. Anthony Wayne's Continentals and these men captured these two strong redoubts in night bayonet attacks. There are a whole lot of these fellows buried out in the woods at Yorktown in their military cemetery. These were the French king's soldiers and their units passed into history at their own revolution. Among the men were people from all over France, Rhinelanders from Zweibrucken (Deux Ponts), Irish of course, Poles and a scattering of European professionals of one kind or another. Are their graves decorated on the 4th of July? I hope so. Here is a list of their dead buried in Virginia's soil. They are listed by regiment. pl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMg-PHszyDM
AGENOIS
| Jean Aimont | Andre Allard |
| Nicolas Angevaise | Jan Baggage |
| Benoist Bouillot | Nicolas Bourdin |
| Jacques Chatillon | Antoine Cocq |
| Yves David | Noel Fugenot |
| Francois Guiboiseau | Joseph Hautville |
| Francois Marival | Louis Martin |
| Louis Menager | Nicolas Maret |
| Francois Hursin | Pierre Lignot |
| Laurent Nolly | Jacques Papelard |
| Louis Thevenin | Oger Verdavoir |
Angoumois
| Jacques Tournis |
Auxonne
| Vincent Bellanger | Louis Carbonel |
| Jacques Christol | Claude Ferrey |
| Nicolas Fole | Pierre Gorrelier |
| Francois Gerthier | Antoine Grossetete |
| Jean Joulin | Francois Jund |
| Pierre de La Loge | Jacques Le Riche |
| Vincent Martin | Claude Paris |
| Jacques Pelitier | Philibert Salmon |
Beaujolais
| Pierre Beher | Jean Gloaret |
| Jean Godard | Jerome Hagueneau |
| Jean Jaubert | Joseph Jaubert |
| Andoche Mercier | Jean Molin |
| Jacques Peyllard | Mathieu Soulignac |
| Jacques Tissier | Jean Varrennes |
Foix
| Pierre Canys | Francois Cavalier |
| Bernard Gaguebey | Joseph Genies |
| Benoist Gubiaud | Jean Lyonnois |
| Jean Maison | Alexis Martin |
| Liberal Moutel | Domininique Savequet |
Brie
| Jacques Berger | Jacques de Paris |
Dillon
| Gaspard Everlet |
Bourbonnais
| Joseph Barbaton | Etienne Bedel |
| Jean Besard | Antoine Canton |
| Fleury Chabrier | Etienne Courtois |
| Antoine Desmont | Gabriel Devilliers |
| Jean Galotet | Joseph Guillaume |
| Jean Honore | Louis Huguet |
| Jean Jerifafin | Francois Jolivet |
| Michel Kell | Antoine La Fosse |
| Bernard Manadet | Antoine Mery |
| Jean Noel | Jean Paniolet |
| Joseph Perrier | Joseph Prou |
| Pierre Proux | Francois Rossignol |
| Jean Roussel | Jean Saffroy |
| Jean Selignet | Jean Seliquet |
| Andre Terville | Louis Testelin |
| Nicolas Tumelin | Joseph Verrier |
| Joseph Villaret |
Soissonnais
| Pierre Belledent | Nicolas Blondelle |
| Michel Boissard | Jean Brunet |
| Jean Caillet | Jean Coleran |
| Pierre Conde | Jacques Dauvergne |
| Francois Dique-Dounier | Nicolas Dubourg |
| Jean Galtier | Philippe Gausse |
| Michel Gavaudant | Jean Geoffroy |
| Claude Granbon | Francois Guillon |
| Jean Hennone | Nicolas Jacoby |
| Jean Jossard | Jean La Croix |
| Etienne La Roche | Gilbert La Taupe |
| Jacques Langlois | Pierre Le Comte |
| Pierre Le Hup | Pierre Lyonnais |
| Jean de Marin | Jean Michelet |
| Jean Monet | Louis Perche |
| Nicolas Pernot | Jean Pigibet |
| Jean Plagnolet | Charles Poulain |
| Charles Provol | Etienne Puissant |
| Jean Roche | Pierre de Roche |
| Pierre Roitoux | Antoine Sepedre |
| Jean Sourson | Nicolas Tilquaz |
| Pierre Vial |
Gatinais
| Henri Audiger | Etienne Auger |
| Jean Bardou | Jacques Bedel |
| Nicolas Bega | Augustin de Berthelot |
| Antoine Beze | Louis Brian |
| Jean Brostman | Jean Bulle |
| Jean Catel | Claude Chamois |
| Gilbert Charet | Thomas Chavaillard |
| Joseph Chevalier | Paul Chevalier |
| Andre Colue | Francois Curdinet |
| Louis Curdon | Bertrand Daray |
| Pierre Daussent | Louis Decoune |
| Nicolas Demaret | Joseph Deschamps |
| Francois Deshayes | Andre Deze |
| Jean Domino | Charles Dufour |
| Michel Dufut | Denis Dumont |
| Dominique Feret | Antoine Fissy |
| Jean Gaudard | Pierre Gilles |
| Joseph Giraud | Antoine Gouya |
| Nicolas Guelin | Pierre Guenard |
| Antoine Guillamebourg | Joseph Guilleraux |
| Michel Herve | Remy Houba |
| Pierre Jean | Claude Julien |
| Jean La Coste | Gillaume La Croix |
| Philippe Laine | Jean de Lannoy |
| Jean Laurenceau | Jacques Laurent |
| Jacques Livernois | Pierre Le Ferme |
| Jacques Le May | Pierre Le Page |
| Jean Lejore | Philibert Mauchalin |
| Francois Meinier | Gaspard Milliot |
| Jean Nicole | Mathieu Ospell |
| Claude Oudot | Pierre Ozanne |
| Paul Palis | B. Paly |
| Jean Paulard | Charles Pierson |
| Jean Pilau | Francois Poupon |
| Pierre Quenard | Charles Remont |
| Pierre Riotte | Charles Rouay |
| Jean Salles | Antoine Sallemon |
| Antoine Serve | Jean de Sireuil |
| Andre Solne | Barthelemy Sorbetz |
| Claude Stoudert | Jean Tincelin |
| Joseph Tinier | Jean Tousset |
| Andre Vachere | Emmanuel Vextain |
| Francois Vigoureux | Jean Vitre |
| Andre Vitrier | Armand Wendreweck |
Royal Deux Ponts
| Andre Cheret | Jean Diltzer |
| Paul Egre | ---- Hielden |
| Francois Hiltzenberger | Andre Hoffman |
| Georges Merkot | Nicolas Muller |
| Georges Neble | Pierre New |
| Erasmus Orkensude | Christian Pabst |
| Ferdinand Robichon | Gottfried Rouffe |
| Francois Scholder | Sebastian Scholt |
| Jacob Stautzer | Jean Stein |
| Balthazar Stoher | Adam Stubert |
| Geroges Vbel |
Patrick Bahzad,
Somebody should straighten out Wiki on the casualty figures. They appear credible because they cited Frieser, who also appears credible because he has written several books on the topic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_France#cite_note-9
Posted by: Mark Logan | 05 July 2015 at 04:22 PM
Wonderful comment and many thanks!
Posted by: William R. Cumming | 05 July 2015 at 04:41 PM
Respectfully P.L. I never view battle deaths and injuries as transactions!
Posted by: William R. Cumming | 05 July 2015 at 04:42 PM
Patrick Bahzad,
Thank you for always furthering my understanding of current and past events, I always learn a great deal here at the SST autodiatic buffet. You could very well be rightin your belief Mrs Mitterand did not like the Mistress, but both the Mistress & the Mrs were there for the President Mitterand 's State funeral , which in my mind is still respectful , loving & supportive for the French Nation . And in a reply to your post 5 July 2015 @ 7;21 pm you might want to do the Google on Bernardo de Galvez ( as in Galveston Texas ) . Spain did actively provide regular Spanish troops down South particularly at the Siege of Pensacola & the Battle of Baton Rouge. Spain did recapture Florida from the British Empire.
Posted by: alba etie | 05 July 2015 at 05:05 PM
True indeed ! I stand corrected ... Two European countries did help out, although one (Spain, as you said), just wanted to take back some lost provinces.
Posted by: Patrick Bahzad | 10 July 2015 at 11:49 AM
There is no official count as some of the registers have been lost. However, historians who worked on the subject came up with the credible figure of 2 000 to 2 500 French KIA, which is about 10 % of total KIA on US side.
Posted by: Patrick Bahzad | 10 July 2015 at 11:55 AM