Régiment du Languedoc 
Photo By Peggy, 2007 Ft William Henry Randy, Scott, Karl, Joe, Don
Soldiers, French régiment de la Reine and régiment de Languedoc, circa 1756.
These French soldiers of the régiment de La Reine (left) and régiment de Languedoc (right) wear a special Canadian version of their regimental uniform. When units of the troupes de la Terre (the French metropolitan army) were sent to New France in 1755, they were issued with uniforms more suitable for colonial service, made to specifications from the Ministère de la Marine (the Ministry of the Navy - responsible for French colonies). In this illustration, both men wear their grey-white coats (made without collars for Canada), but it was expected that when in the field, these would be left behind and only the waistcoat would be worn. For La Reine, the use of red waistcoats (as opposed to the blue used in Europe) was one of the obvious distinctions seen in the Canadian uniform. Languedoc's uniforms were identical in colour to their normal European pattern
1755- French And Indian War-The battalions of La Reine, Guyenne, Beam and Languedoc had been sent to Canada in 1755 under the baron de Dieskau, but four companies of La Reine, and four companies of Languedoc's regiment had been captured on board the ship " Le Lys ", which reduced the battalions to nine companies each.
From The Siege of Quebec and the Battle of the Plains...
The 53rd Languedoc Regiment of French grenadiers arrived in 1755, just before the Seven Years War - and were among the troops that bore the brunt of the defence of New France. Montcalm praised the Languedocs in despatches.
They held the left wing at Carillon (later Ticonderoga) and fought in great numbers at Ste-Foy. Around 1763 the Languedocs returned to France. This sketch, and the one of a Fraser Highlander shown above, is one of several given to me by Mr. Frank M. Rolph of Rolph-Clark-Stone Limited, who was a good friend of a former employer in Montreal in the late 1960s.
Jean-Baptiste-Melchior Hertel de Rouville (October 21, 1748 – November 30, 1817) was a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.
He was born in Trois-Rivières in 1748, the son of René-Ovide Hertel de Rouville, and served in the French Régiment du Languedoc. He returned to Quebec in 1772. He helped in the defence of Fort St Johns (later Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) on the Richelieu River against the Americans in 1775; he was taken prisoner and released twenty months later. In 1783, he was named a justice of the peace for Montreal district. He settled at Chambly, on his father's seigneury, in 1789 and was named a colonel in the local militia the following year. After his father died in 1792, he received half of the seigneury of Rouville and part of Chambly; he later purchased the remainder of Rouville. Also in 1792, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Bedford. In 1812, he was named to the Legislative Council.
He died in Chambly in 1817.
His son Jean-Baptiste-René inherited the seigneury of Rouville and part of Chambly from his father and also served in the legislative assembly. His daughter Marie-Anne-Julie, who had married Charles-Michel d'Irumberry de Salaberry, inherited land from the seigneury of Chambly.
Carl At Fort Ticondreoga
