The Mont du Château Chasseurs
Nickname: The Wheat
Mont du Château Chasseurs were originally raised in 1650 by the Honourable Volgan Trading Company as a marine force to protect the company’s overseas interests.
The war of independence
The regiment returned in secret from its colonial duties in the dead of night in 1668. This redeployment was carried out by the chairman of the Honourable Volgan trading company, Wilhelm Lützow, in 1668. Lützow, a proud Mont du Châteauian, and staunch believer in the wisdom of the independence movement, had been syphoning off funds from the company to transport, train, and arm as many troops as he could for the fight. This move allowed him to not only bring back the regiment, but also to raise two additional battalions of men. The sudden appearance of three battalions of well-trained sharpshooters in the rebel forces, and the mass embezzlement of funds by the most senior member of the Honourable Volgan Trading Company caught the loyalist members of the board completely by surprise. The misappropriation of the capital, and the loss of confidence in the company led to its bankruptcy, and eventual dissolution by the Volgan Monarch.
The value of Lützow`s investment was soon realised as the Mont du Château Chasseurs were quickly deployed in the Volgan campaign. The three battalions were involved in skirmishers around Feweszem in December 1669, the Battle of Hen-Bei in July 1670, the Siege of Sytynbon in October 1670, where elements of the 2nd battalion captured the colour of 2nd Sytnbon regiment, and the Battle of Iytstelbel in 1671.
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