Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment Military immigration 1776 MILITARY IMMIGRATION FROM GERMAN LANDS

Frederick Valentine Melsheimer

Landing at Verchères Baronessin 32

Marched to La Prairie great sickness Baronessin 32

Bancroft V 59 Memoirs II 46

Île aux Noix? Aug. 9, 1776

La Savane Sept. 5, 1776 Baronessin 33

Battle of Valcour Island

Crown Point on bord the Washington (prize) Oct. 26, 1776 Baronessin 35

The winter-quarters of the Germans were in and aroimd Three Rivers, as far down as Chambly, on the western side of Lake St. Pierre, and l^etween the St. Lawrence and the Richelieu. The more special divisions were as follows:

The regiment of Specht as far down as Champlain, near Three Rivers, and the place called Batiscamp ; the regiment of Rhetz from the last named place to Fort St. Anna. These regiments sent off detachments to the parishes south of the St. Lawrence. The dragoons and regiments of Riedesel were quartered in Three Rivers. Two squadrons of the former, and three companies ofthe latter, had the town assigned to them. The two other squadrons were transferred to Cape-de-la Madelaine, the two other companies to Point-du-Lac. The regiments were also obliged to send detachments to the nearest parishes on the other side of the St. Lawrence. The regiment ofHesse-Hanau was removed to the parishes ofBerthier and Masquinonge. It, also, sent out detachments to occupy St. Francois and Sorel. The regiment ofPrince Frederick occupied the parishes of Riviere-du-Loup, and Machiche. The grenadier hattallion was quartered in St. Charles, St. Denis, and St. Tours. Banier's light infantry were sent to Bidoville and Chambly, where it was joined by the company of sharp-shooters. The artillery of Hanau was quar tered in Montreal.

Baronessin 35

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Brunswick Corps in British America
Year	Serving in Canada	Convention Army in America	Prisoners-of-war
1781	2,520	1,053	325
1782	2,788	n/a	1,137
Source: [2]

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McCullough, Alan Bruce (1996). Money and Exchange in Canada to 1900. Dundurn Press.

Pay of the Brunswick Corps in British America
Rank	Pay in Army Sterling[a] per lunar month after stoppages £/s/p/f
Colonel	17/16/5/1 [b]
Lieutenant Colonel	8/18/10/3 [b]
Major	6/7/8/3½ [b]
Captain	12/15/3/3
Lieutenant	5/19/0/3 1/3 [c]
Ensign	4/15/6/½
Sergeant	1/13/7/0
Non-commissioned officer	1/7/8/0
Corporal	1/1/7/0
Gefreiter	0/16/4/0
Private	0/14/0/0
Source: [5]
^ One pound army sterling was the equivalent of .9643 pound sterling.[4] ^ a b c Also pay as Captain ^ Lieutenants who were Staff Captains had an additional pay of £1/2/3/2½

Rations per Day for Other Ranks of the Brunswick Corps in British America
Item	Amount	Metric
Bread	1 pound	450 grams
Fresh meat	1 pound	450 grams
or salt meat or salt pork	9 1/7 ounces	260 grams
Butter	6/7 ounce	24 grams
Peas or other vegetables	3/7 pound	194 grams
Rice	7/8 ounce	25 grams
Source: [6]