Chasseurs-Volontaires de Saint-Domingue

It was open to all gens de couleur, not just free blacks of mixed race, but also slaves who were promised their freedom on their return if they joined.

The white counterpart to the Chasseurs, the Grenadiers-Volontiers, nominally a battalion-sized unit and even more plagued by desertions, provided 156 men.

[2] The expeditionary force under the command of d'Estaing and his lieutenant, Jean-Baptiste Bernard Vaublanc, left Cap-Français on 15 August 1779, and arrived on 8 September 1779, in Savannah, Georgia.

After arriving they were tasked to help the American colonial rebels, who were intent on regaining control of the city which British forces under Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Campbell had captured in 1778.

Pierre L'Enfant, who eventually would design Washington, D.C., was also wounded in the battle while serving in American Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens' light infantry.