page_title: Armand's Legion
section_title: 1st Partisan Corps
hierarchical_section_title: Armand's Legion / 1st Partisan Corps
caption_attribution_description: English: Assault on Redoubt 10 at Yorktown: In order to complete the second siege parallel in front of the British fortifications surrounding Yorktown, VA, General George Washington ordered the seizure of two British redoubts near the York River. The French were assigned the first, Redoubt 9, and the American Light Infantry under Lt. Col. Alexander Hamilton the second, Redoubt 10. On the evening of October 14, 1781, as covering fire of shot and shell arched overhead, the Americans and French moved forward. The Americans, with unloaded muskets and fixed bayonets, did not wait for sappers to clear away the abatis, as the French did, but climbed over and through the obstructions. Within ten minutes the garrison of Redoubt 10 was overwhelmed. The French also met with success but suffered heavier losses. (U.S. Army Center of Military History ).
context_page_description: Armand's Legion was formed on June 25, 1778 at Boston, Massachusetts under the command of Colonel Charles Armand Tuffin of France, for service with the Continental Army.
context_section_description: In 1781 the legion was consolidated with Capt. Henry Bedkin's Troop of Light Horse, and was reorganized and renamed the 1st Partisan Corps. The legion would see action at the Battle of Camden, Battle of Guilford Court House and the Siege of Yorktown. Armand had left the legion just after the Battle of Camden for France to gain fresh funds and supplies, returning to meet his legion at Yorktown's front lines, participating with them on the successful assault of Redoubt 10.
caption: The taking of Redoubt 10
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