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I have always assumed that the French 18th Century Flag (link below) of gold fleur de lys on a white field, would be the one flown over French fortresses and camps of that era.

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However I have come across a French website on French Army regiments of the Ancient Regime, which seems to suggest that there was also a French Army flag, of a white St Michael's Cross on a blue field.

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Can anyone suggest circumstances when this French Army flag might have been used in preference to the National Flag?

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To the best of my knowledge, there was no "army flag" for France. Each regiment had its set of colours (drapeaux) – white cross on white for the colonel's company, white cross with quarters of varying colours for the others, as illustrated in your second link. Those might have been planted in the ground to mark the unit's camp, or a field work or fort it occupied. The militia, often guarding the coastline, carried plain blue flags with a white cross, so this may be where the notion stems from?

The white flag with fleurs-de-lys (pavillon blanc) was the navy's, and wold not have been flown ashore except perhaps in the ports of mainland France. The merchant marine flew a blue flag with a white cross (pavillon bleu) until 1765, but again that would not have been flown over shore installations.