l' Historie
In 1597 the original regiment Bourbonnais was formed in the Province of Bourbonnais in south-central France. It was one of five regiments sent to America in 1780 under the command of Comte de Rochembeau to aid the army of Gen. George Washington. The compte's son, Vicomte Rochambeau, was his second-in-command of Regiment Bourbonnais. The French Army landed at Newport, R.I. in July 1780. Their encampment there tied down a large British force at New York.
In July 1781, the French began a forced march across Connecticut, around New York City and down the coast to Virginia where they arrived in late September. Here they Joined an American force which had trapped the army of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. The Siege of Yorktown was a decisive victory by a combined assault of American forces led by General George Washington and French forces led by General Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by General Lord Cornwallis. It proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War, as the surrender of Cornwallis’s army (the second major surrender of the war, the other being Burgoyne's surrender at the Battle of Saratoga) prompted the British government to eventually negotiate an end to the conflict.
On the night of October 14, American and French Infantry captured the outer British lines. The British surrendered five days later, ending the last major campaign of the Revolutionary War. After spending the winter at Williamsburg Va., the French regiments marched north to Boston where they embarked for France in December of 1782.
In 1597 the original regiment Bourbonnais was formed in the Province of Bourbonnais in south-central France. It was one of five regiments sent to America in 1780 under the command of Comte de Rochembeau to aid the army of Gen. George Washington. The compte's son, Vicomte Rochambeau, was his second-in-command of Regiment Bourbonnais. The French Army landed at Newport, R.I. in July 1780. Their encampment there tied down a large British force at New York.
In July 1781, the French began a forced march across Connecticut, around New York City and down the coast to Virginia where they arrived in late September. Here they Joined an American force which had trapped the army of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. The Siege of Yorktown was a decisive victory by a combined assault of American forces led by General George Washington and French forces led by General Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by General Lord Cornwallis. It proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War, as the surrender of Cornwallis’s army (the second major surrender of the war, the other being Burgoyne's surrender at the Battle of Saratoga) prompted the British government to eventually negotiate an end to the conflict.
On the night of October 14, American and French Infantry captured the outer British lines. The British surrendered five days later, ending the last major campaign of the Revolutionary War. After spending the winter at Williamsburg Va., the French regiments marched north to Boston where they embarked for France in December of 1782.
