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Le regiment Royal Amercain étaient des troupes francophones pour lutter contre les Américains.

Canadian referred to French-speaking Canadians, who were reluctant to get involved in the fight between the British and the Americans. British officers raising the units announced that two married men would be pressed into service for every unmarried deserter. The 1st company was raised from the Trois-Rivières district, the 2nd company from around Montreal, the 3rd from Quebec. The 1st company served at the failed siege of Fort Stanwix, New York, during the Burgoyne invasion. The 2nd and 3rd marched with Burgoyne and were part of the “Convention Army” that surrendered at Saratoga. Company officers were Captain Samuel Mackay, Captain Jean-Baptiste-Melchior Hertel De Rouville, Captain David Monin, Lieutenant Jean-Baptiste Beaubien, and Captain René-Amable Boucher de Boucherville.