Composition of the French Légion de Lauzun that deployed to North America as part of General comte de Rochambeau's Expeditionary army in the American Revolution. This tabulation was prepared by M. Jacques de Trentinian from primary records in the French archives.

Vol. Étrangers de Lauzun, entrées jusqu'à 1783 (D/2c/32) Tot. infanterie Tot. Cavalerie
F/Etr Région Chas. Gren. Artill. 1°Hus 2°Hus Total 83 % Inf % Cav %
Etranger Autriche (Tyrol) 1 1 0.1% 0 0.0% 1 0.2%
Courlande 1 1 2 0.2% 1 0.2% 1 0.2%
DK 1 1 0.1% 1 0.2% 0 0.0%
Estonie 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Etats-Unis 1 1 0.1% 0 0.0% 1 0.2%
Hongrie 5 2 7 0.7% 0 0.0% 7 1.6%
Irlande 2 2 0.2% 0 0.0% 2 0.5%
Italie 1 1 2 0.2% 1 0.2% 1 0.2%
Liège 3 2 1 6 0.6% 5 0.9% 1 0.2%
Luxembourg 2 2 1 1 6 0.6% 4 0.7% 2 0.5%
Pologne 1 1 0.1% 0 0.0% 1 0.2%
Principautés allemandes 26 27 29 56 53 191 18.7% 82 14.0% 109 25.1%
Provinces Unies (NL) 2 1 2 2 1 8 0.8% 5 0.9% 3 0.7%
Piémont/Savoie 2 1 1 4 0.4% 3 0.5% 1 0.2%
Suisse 7 2 5 3 17 1.7% 9 1.5% 8 1.8%
France 3 évéchés (Metz, Verdun) 10 6 6 5 1 28 2.7% 22 3.7% 6 1.4%
Alsace 12 25 40 76 63 216 21.2% 77 13.1% 139 32.0%
Anjou 1 1 0.1% 1 0.2% 0 0.0%
Ardennes 2 2 0.2% 2 0.3% 0 0.0%
Artois 1 1 1 3 0.3% 2 0.3% 1 0.2%
Auvergne 2 1 1 4 0.4% 4 0.7% 0 0.0%
Barrois 1 1 2 0.2% 2 0.3% 0 0.0%
Béarn 1 1 0.1% 1 0.2% 0 0.0%
Beauce 1 2 3 0.3% 3 0.5% 0 0.0%
Beaujolais 2 2 0.2% 2 0.3% 0 0.0%
Beauvais 1 1 0.1% 1 0.2% 0 0.0%
Berry 2 2 0.2% 2 0.3% 0 0.0%
Bigorre 2 2 0.2% 2 0.3% 0 0.0%
Blois 1 1 2 0.2% 2 0.3% 0 0.0%
Bouillon 2 1 3 0.3% 3 0.5% 0 0.0%
Bourbonnais 1 1 2 0.2% 2 0.3% 0 0.0%
Bourgogne 2 1 6 1 3 13 1.3% 9 1.5% 4 0.9%
Bresse 1 1 0.1% 1 0.2% 0 0.0%
Bretagne 6 6 24 1 37 3.6% 36 6.1% 1 0.2%
Brie 1 1 1 3 0.3% 2 0.3% 1 0.2%
Cambrésis 1 1 0.1% 1 0.2% 0 0.0%
Champagne 15 2 13 2 32 3.1% 30 5.1% 2 0.5%
Clermontois 1 1 1 3 0.3% 2 0.3% 1 0.2%
Comtat (Avignon) 1 1 0.1% 1 0.2% 0 0.0%
Dauphiné 2 3 2 7 0.7% 7 1.2% 0 0.0%
Flandre 1 3 2 2 2 10 1.0% 6 1.0% 4 0.9%
Forez 1 1 0.1% 1 0.2% 0 0.0%
Franche Comté 7 7 10 1 3 28 2.7% 24 4.1% 4 0.9%
Gascogne 2 2 0.2% 2 0.3% 0 0.0%
Guyenne 1 1 0.1% 1 0.2% 0 0.0%
Hainaut (Cambrai) 1 2 3 1 1 8 0.8% 6 1.0% 2 0.5%
Île de France 9 12 8 1 3 33 3.2% 29 4.9% 4 0.9%
Languedoc 3 6 5 1 15 1.5% 14 2.4% 1 0.2%
Limousin 1 1 1 3 0.3% 2 0.3% 1 0.2%
Lorraine (German speaking) 10 2 8 3 33 56 5.5% 20 3.4% 36 8.3%
Lorraine (French speaking) 17 23 32 70 13 155 15.2% 72 12.3% 83 19.1%
Lyonnais 3 1 1 5 0.5% 4 0.7% 1 0.2%
Mâconnais 1 1 0.1% 1 0.2% 0 0.0%
Maine 1 2 1 4 0.4% 3 0.5% 1 0.2%
Martinique (Antilles) 1 1 0.1% 1 0.2% 0 0.0%
Nivernais 1 1 0.1% 1 0.2% 0 0.0%
Normandie 4 6 4 1 1 16 1.6% 14 2.4% 2 0.5%
Orléanais 1 5 6 0.6% 6 1.0% 0 0.0%
Périgord 2 3 5 0.5% 5 0.9% 0 0.0%
Picardie 8 10 10 1 29 2.8% 28 4.8% 1 0.2%
Poitou 1 1 1 3 0.3% 3 0.5% 0 0.0%
Perche 1 1 0.1% 1 0.2% 0 0.0%
Provence 2 2 0.2% 2 0.3% 0 0.0%
Quercy 3 3 0.3% 3 0.5% 0 0.0%
Rouergue 1 1 2 0.2% 1 0.2% 1 0.2%
Touraine 3 3 0.3% 3 0.5% 0 0.0%
Vivarais 6 6 0.6% 6 1.0% 0 0.0%
TOTAL admissions 151 185 251 236 198 1021 100.0% 587 100.0% 434 100.0%
Français 121 142 213 166 130 772 75.6% 476 81.1% 296 68.2%
Etrangers 30 43 38 70 68 249 24.4% 111 18.9% 138 31.8%
% étrangers 20% 23% 15% 30% 34% 24% 19% 32%

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