The regiments destined for the expedition began to debouch from the city.

They advanced to the number of five, each composed of forty companies.

Royals marched first, distinguished by their white uniform, faced with blue.

The _ordonnance_ colors, quartered cross-wise, violet and dead leaf, with a sprinkling of golden _fleurs-de-lis_, left the white-colored flag, with its _fleur-de-lised_ cross, to dominate the whole.

Musketeers at the wings, with their forked sticks and their muskets on their shoulders; pikemen in the center, with their lances, fourteen feet in length, marched gayly towards the transports, which carried them in detail to the ships.