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554:, red (flaming grenade turnback ornaments). Drummers wore French Royal livery: blue coat with red facings, a white chain on crimson livery lace. The uniform was of French Royal Army style, cut according to 1791 regulations: non-commissioned officers had French rank distinctions while officers had gold buttons and epaulettes.
375:. They arrived just in time to find the Royal Louis still holding gallantly on, though their ammunition was nearly exhausted and their outposts had been driven in. The counterattack was successful, though later on, the enemy resumed the attack in greater force and eventually drove the defenders back. In the words of General
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Chasseur companies, who also left Toulon with the Allies, but the 600 men, all that they amounted between them, were not a big contribution from so large a city as
309:". The new regiment was placed in British pay, effectively making it a British unit on 7 September 1793. Officers were commissioned in the name of King Louis XVII. The regiment used French drills and the old French disciplinary system, and was initially composed of four
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At Cap Brun, 300 men of the regiment were attached to the post therein and were attacked in great force. Reinforcements, including the rest of the Royal Louis regiment and 100 men of the 30th
Regiment of Foot were hurried to their help under
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Though an émigré unit, the regiment was held in high esteem by the
British for its excellent conduct; it was also the last unit evacuated from Toulon, leaving behind over 100 men, including 80 wounded covering the last evacuees.
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After the evacuation, the regiment was scattered: about 100 officers and men were aboard ships which were sent straight back to
England, 90 were serving as
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764:. Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Winter 1942, Volume XXI, No. 84 (Winter, 1942). Society for Army Historical Research.
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Another 30 were lost in an abortive sortie on 29–30 October, and on 14 December, some 77 men out of 300 were killed or wounded defending
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Hustin, who died early in 1794 after distinguishing himself at Toulon. His successor was the commander of the
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immediately, and quickly became battle hardened. After the evacuation from Toulon, part of the regiment would be involved in the
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started, and with no end in sight, Allied support for the city grew, and several local units began to form.
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660:"Family tree of Alexandre-Joseph de Boisgelin"
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179:Pierre-Marie-Louis de Boisgelin de Kerdu
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514:and lapels, white turnbacks with blue
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620:Atkinson Part VI, p. 313
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139:French Revolutionary War
649:Atkinson Part V, p. 132
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413:Corsica and disbandment
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475:Régiment de Hervilly
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29:Régiment Royal-Louis
24:Royal Louis Regiment
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236:siege of that city
18:French émigré unit
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