Rene Etienne Henry Gayault de Boisbertrand
Rene Etienne Henry Gayault de Boisbertrand (1746, Bourges - 1823), military French, wire of Etienne Henry Gayault of Vic, one of first French to join the War of independence of the United States.
He is lieutenant-colonel in the French Army, general provost of the constabulary of the Berry in 1772. Persuaded by Pierre Penet and Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg to join the American army and to transport cargoes of weapons for the American Congress, it obtains a two years leave. It goes to Nantes, where it awaits a boat during more than two months.
It then inspects weapons provided by Montieu and Tuillerie' , which are defective being. It sails on board Hancock and Adams (in September 1776), which is made arêter by an American private convoy. Arrived at New Bedford as a prisoner, it is promptly released.
It meets the associate of Penet, Couleaux, to which it entrusts its cargo. It joined the army of the General Lee in the New Jersey, where it is wounded and captured in December 1776.
Imprisoned for two months with New York, it is sent in England and is imprisoned with Forton. He escapes in July 1778, and turns over to France. He is Chevalier of Saint Louis in 1788.
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