This question came up on the B-W List...Anyone on the Swiss List have any further information or comments on the Legio Helvetica? Thanks for any input. Julie In a message dated 01/23/2000 7:32:38 AM Pacific Standard Time, g.rotter@t-online.de writes: << 1748, across a "former soldier" of the "Legio Helvetica". Has anybody any idea what kind of soldiery this "Legio" was? >> Legio helvetica is Latin for "Swiss Regiment." That in itself doesn't tell you which Swiss regiment or for whom they were fighting at the time. The Swiss contracted regiments to many European governments--for example, there was a Swiss regiment stationed in Canada for the British as late as the War of 1812. You will need to find more identifying data. Virginia