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Fusilier is a name given to various kinds of soldiers; its meaning depends on the historical context. While fusilier is derived from the 17th-century French word fusil – meaning a type of flintlock musket – the term has been used in contrasting ways in different countries and at different times, including soldiers guarding artillery ...
In 1760, the French Gabriel Fuselier de la Claire came into the Attakapas Territory, and bought all the land between Vermilion River and Bayou Teche from the Eastern Atakapa Chief Kinemo. Shortly after that a rival Indian tribe, the Opelousa , coming from the area between the Atchafalaya and Sabine rivers, exterminated the Eastern Atakapa.
In the ensuing scuffle, Grandissime stabs Fusilier, and Fusilier is seriously wounded. As Fusilier tries to recover over the following days, Palmyre tries to thwart the recovery by sneaking (via an accomplice) voodoo tokens into Fusilier's bedroom. The accomplice is caught and killed, but Palmyre evades capture. Fusilier dies.
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur Jean Thurel , or Jean Theurel ( French pronunciation: [tyʁɛl] ; 6 September 1698 – 10 March 1807), [ 3 ] was a fusilier of the French Army and a centenarian with an extraordinarily long career that spanned over 75 years of service in the Touraine Regiment .
Les Fusiliers du S t-Laurent (French pronunciation: [le fyzilje dy sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃]) is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army.It was first raised in 1869 but also perpetuates the 4th Battalion, Select Embodied Militia, from the War of 1812.
French voltigeurs crossing the Danube before the battle of Wagram. The voltigeurs were French military skirmish units created in 1804 by Emperor Napoleon I. [1] They replaced the second company of fusiliers in each existing infantry battalion. [2]
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On the original site of an Attakapas Indian village, Arnaudville is one of the oldest remaining towns in St. Landry Parish. First settled by the French in the late 18th century and called La Murière, it was later known as La Jonction which translates from French as "The Junction," a tribute to the fact that the town is centered by the intersection of Bayou Teche and Bayou Fusilier.