5th Hussar Regiment (France)

Lauzun's Legion was made up of infantry, cavalry, and artillery components and were recruited largely from foreign mercenaries.

In December 1780, two dozen Hussar horsemen deserted and fled from their winter quarters in Lebanon into the woods to the south.

[6] The Legion itself may have wintered in Trumbull, Connecticut, according to Huldah Hawley, who said that she cooked for the French for fear that they would kill her because her husband was a known Tory.

[10] The army was marching in the Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route south to reinforce American troops under the command of General George Washington at the Siege of Yorktown.

Tarleton was unhorsed, and Lauzun's Legion drove their opponents back to British lines before being ordered to withdraw by the Marquis de Choisy.

[16] In December 1782, the Legion moved to Wilmington, Delaware where their cash payroll was stolen but recovered.

On 5 October 1783 the Legion's two artillery companies left Baltimore on the Duc de Lauzun and the Pintade; they arrived in Brest on 10 November.