Another example of us continuing to learn and improve. After we posted about our 1779 chapeaux, historian Dr Robert Selig was able to provide us with some new information from the journal of Jean-Baptiste Dupleix de Cadignan. As Lt.-Col. of le Régiment de Agenois, Dupleix noted that, in August 1779, the regiments stationed in Saint-Domingue were told to add red to their cockades to symbolise the Franco-Spanish Alliance. As one of these regiments, le Gatinois would have done this…so we have too!
Our thanks to Dr Selig and M. Brenckle, Hatter. for their support on this matter.
Le Régiment Gatinois 