In 1780 the regiment was sent with Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau to help the United States during the American Revolutionary War. The regiment took part in the Siege of Yorktown in 1781.
During the American Revolution, a regiment was sent by Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau in 1780 to assist the United States. This unit took part in the siege of Yorktown in 1781.