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Caption: Officer of the régiment Armagnac at Hudson Bay in 1782

A detachment of the régiment Armagnac was part of the small army accompanying the Compte de Lapérouse's ships into Hudson Bay in 1782. The unit was part of d’Estaing’s French army in the West Indies, and took part in the siege of Savannah amongst other actions. Reconstruction by Gerald A. Embleton. (Parks Canada)