He promised to reinforce Vidal at once with three battalions of chasseurs.
"1914"
John French, Viscount of Ypres
Those French troops were Alpine chasseurs-the famous Blue Devils.
""And they thought we wouldn't fight""
Floyd Gibbons
To end their destructive cross fire, as well as to complete the investiture, it was determined to carry them by assault; and as dark settled down on the evening of the 14th, two storming parties, one of French grenadiers and chasseurs, drawn from the brigade of the Baron de Viomenil and under the command of the Comte de Deuxponts, and the second, of American light infantry, taken from the division of the Marquis de Lafayette and commanded by Alexander Hamilton, were moved out of the trenches, and, followed by strong supporting battalions, were advanced as far as was prudent.
"Janice Meredith"
Paul Leicester Ford