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?
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I wonder if they were made up of several detachments of La Marine, coming from different companies?
ReplyDeleteHe is referring to the Compagnies Franches de la Marine
ReplyDeletehttp://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/LCFMarine/