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    Regiments of the First French Empire (1 C, 35 P) Pages in category "French military units and formations of the Napoleonic Wars" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.

  3. Grande Armée - Wikipedia

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    The French Army grew as Napoleon seized power across Europe, recruiting troops from occupied and allied nations; it reached its peak of one million men at the start of the Russian campaign in 1812, [3] with the Grande Armée reaching its height of 413,000 French soldiers and over 600,000 men overall when including foreign recruits. [4]

  4. Types of military forces in the Napoleonic Wars - Wikipedia

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    The types of military forces in the Napoleonic Wars represented the unique tactical use of distinct military units, or their origin within different European regions. By and large the military forces during the period had not changed significantly from those of the 18th century, although their employment would differ significantly.

  5. French Imperial Army (1804–1815) - Wikipedia

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    The French "Levée en masse" method of conscription brought around 2,300,000 French men into the Army between the period of 1804 and 1813. [4] To give an estimate of how much of the population this was, modern estimates range from 7 to 8% of the population of France proper, while the First World War used around 20 to 21%.

  6. III Corps (Grande Armée) - Wikipedia

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    The III Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars.The corps came to prominence between 1805 and 1809 under the command of Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout, when it repeatedly scored impressive victories single-handedly or in conjunction with other French forces.

  7. Napoleonic weaponry and warfare - Wikipedia

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    As for the infantry soldier himself, Napoleon primarily equipped his army with the Charleville M1777 Revolutionnaire musket, a product from older designs and models. Used during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, the Charleville musket was a .69 calibre, (sometimes .70 or .71) 5-foot-long (1.5 m), muzzle-loading, smoothbore musket.

  8. List of French Royal Army units (1776) - Wikipedia

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    Digby Smith & Jeremy Black, An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars, 2015 Lorenz Books, London, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-0-7548-1571-6. Digby Smith, Napoleon's Regiments: Battle Histories of the Regiments of the French Army, 1792–1815, 2000 Greenhill Books, London, United Kingdom. ISBN 1-85367-413-3

  9. Voltigeur - Wikipedia

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    French voltigeurs crossing the Danube before the battle of Wagram. The voltigeurs were French military skirmish units created in 1804 by Emperor Napoleon I. [1] They replaced the second company of fusiliers in each existing infantry battalion. [2] The voltigeurs moniker later saw use with other militaries.