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For God and King - A History of the Damas Legion (1793–1798): a Case Study of the Military Emigration During the French Revolution (Paperback)
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For God and King - A History of the Damas Legion (1793–1798): a Case Study of the Military Emigration During the French Revolution (Paperback)
Series: Reason to Revolution
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The emigres who left, or were driven from, Revolutionary France
included a large part of the officer corps of the former royal
army. Joined by others who wished to fight for the restitution of
the monarchy in their homeland, these officers soon served this
cause in the pay of countries facing the common enemy. With its
origins at the 1793 Siege of Maastricht, one unit of such men, and
one woman, was raised by Etienne de Damas-Crux for the service of
the United Provinces and was to comprise of both infantry and
cavalry. After the United Provinces were defeated and invaded in
1795, the unit transferred to the service of Britain. Its infantry
companies were destroyed in the ill-fated Quiberon expedition while
the cavalry, which grew to a regiment, joined in early 1796 the
last emigre army, that of the Prince de Conde, and served alongside
the Austrians in Southern Germany. Finally, the Damas Hussars
disappeared when the Armee de Conde was reorganised in Russian
service. This is a comprehensive and detailed history of the Legion
de Damas which provides a case study of the French military
emigration and thus an alternative view point of the Revolution
that caused it and the wars that followed. By drawing in particular
on memoirs of members of the unit and contemporary material in
archives across Europe, from Britain to Russia, the story is told
of those who remained steadfast to God and their King.
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