Roll's Regiment
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roll-s-regiment-261-1095291
title:
Roll's Regiment
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Roll's Regiment was a regiment of the British Army formed of Swiss, French and German soldiers raised in 1794 for service in the French Revolutionary Wars. The regiment's first colonel was Louis de Roll, a former officer of the pre-revolutionary French Swiss Guards. The unit served in various garrisons in the Mediterranean and saw action in Tuscany before being reduced to a single battalion. The regiment was dispatched to Egypt in 1800 to oppose the French occupation and distinguished itself in
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Military unit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll%27s_Regiment
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2023-03-31T23:05:55Z
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