Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment

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The Régiment de Royal Deux-Ponts, was a French infantry regiment created under the Ancien Regime in 1757.

It was commanded by Comte Christian de Forbach de Deux-Ponts and was one of the four regiments that arrived at Newport with Rochambeau in 1780 and went on to participate in the Battle of Yorktownon the side of the Americans in 1781.

The "Royal Regiment of Two Bridges", commanded by the Comte Christian de Forbach, was part of the Expédition Particulière (French Expeditionary Force) that was sent to the United States to help it fight for its independance. Many of the soldiers came from the region around the city of Zweibrücken (German for "Two Bridges"), an independent duchy that is now part of Germany.