Monday, 18 October 2010

Compagnies Détachées

According to what I've read there was some 1,000 troops labelled Compagnies Détachées at Louisbourg at the siege. Anyone have any idea what they were and where they came from?

2 comments:

  1. I wonder if they were made up of several detachments of La Marine, coming from different companies?

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  2. He is referring to the Compagnies Franches de la Marine

    http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/LCFMarine/

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