| serge joe | 21 Apr 2015 12:26 p.m. PST |
Hi,
Did any French or other empire troops fight in canada? greetings serge joe |
| Winston Smith | 21 Apr 2015 12:38 p.m. PST |
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| serge joe | 21 Apr 2015 1:14 p.m. PST |
Why not?
French soeahig parta greeting serge joe |
| Winston Smith | 21 Apr 2015 1:41 p.m. PST |
France was kicked out of Canada in 1761 and had better things to do in the Napoleonic wars, like invade all of Europe. |
| Major Bloodnok | 21 Apr 2015 1:42 p.m. PST |
France effectivly lost control of Canada by 1759/60. The Royal Navy had most of the French Navy bottled up in its habours, so an attempted invasion of Canada by Napoleon is a none-starter. The remaining French possesions in North America were sold to the Americans in 1803, so no invasion from that route. There were French troops fighting in N. America, for the British, the Chasseurs Britanniques. They were originally made up of the Prince of Conde's troops. |
| Jakar Nilson | 21 Apr 2015 1:49 p.m. PST |
The only French possessions in North America after 1803 were the islands of St. Pierre & Miquelon, off the Western coast of Newfoundland. The closest thing to the French (not French Canadian) fighting in Canada were the Americans invading from 1812-1814. |
| Edwulf | 21 Apr 2015 2:54 p.m. PST |
Chassuers were deployed in Spain right? In the US we deployed Independebt Conpanies of Foriegners… Very poor troops with a talent for plunder, rape and murder and little else. |
IronDuke596  | 21 Apr 2015 3:27 p.m. PST |
Edwulf is correct. The 'Chasseurs Britaniques' fought in the Peninsula. It was the 'Independent Companies of Foreigners' that got the deservedly bad reputation for looting and worse in the Chesapeake Campaign. They were raised from French deserters and prisoners of war. 'Independent Companies of Foreigners' are frequently misidentified as the Chasseurs Britaniques. |
| IronDuke596 | 21 Apr 2015 3:28 p.m. PST |
Editor please cross post this to the War of 1812 Board. |
| Sundance | 21 Apr 2015 3:45 p.m. PST |
Actually, Napoleon did consider an attach on America to recover the sold colonies as well as expand his holdings here, but had to give the idea up due to having too many…um…commitments. |
| rmaker | 21 Apr 2015 8:25 p.m. PST |
Actually, Napoleon did consider an attach on America to recover the sold colonies as well as expand his holdings here, but had to give the idea up due to having too many…um…commitments. And not having a chance of getting there. Drowning a Corps or two wasn't an attractive idea. |
| rmaker | 21 Apr 2015 8:28 p.m. PST |
If the OP was wondering about French Canadians supporting Napoleon, no. Whatever lingering attachment they had to France died on the guillotine with Louis XVI. |
| Glengarry5 | 21 Apr 2015 10:00 p.m. PST |
At the battle of New Orleans in 1815 there was the 315 man Plauche Militia Battalion dressed in uniforms imitating that of the Old Guard, was made up of French Creoles and some veterans of Napoleons armies in Haiti and Europe. That's as close as you're going to get! |
| serge joe | 22 Apr 2015 11:27 a.m. PST |
Just asking!
greetings serge joe |
returns to Flintloque to paint an Ogre.
