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0–9. 1st Swiss Regiment (France) 2nd Carabinier Regiment (France) 2nd Dragoon Regiment (France) 3rd Light Cavalry Lancers Regiment of the Imperial Guard (Lithuanian) 4th Infantry Regiment (France) 5th Hussar Regiment (France) 7th Hussar Regiment (France) 9th Hussar Regiment (France)
Personal Guard of the King of Naples. Modelled on the French Old Guard. 1st Regiment of Vélités of Foot. 1° Reggimento di Veliti a Piedi. 15 July 1811. May 1815. Originally formed as the Vélité Hunters converted 15 July 1811 as Foot Velites, thereby becoming the 1st Velites. [4] 2nd Regiment of Vélités of Foot.
The French Imperial Army was commanded, as its predecessors by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, who was Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte from 1804, and in 1815. Under him sat the effective commander of the Army, the Minister of War (Ministre de la Guerre). [citation needed] Below is a list of the officers who held the position.
Regiments of the First French Empire (1 C, 34 P) Pages in category "French military units and formations of the Napoleonic Wars" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars continued to use the cannon and howitzers of the previous century. These were smooth-bore, heavy, cast artillery pieces moved by limbers, usually at a slow pace. Siege artillery. Siege artillery were very heavy cannon, howitzer and mortar artillery pieces used to force surrender of fortresses during a siege.
Napoleon's Old Guard was the most celebrated and most feared elite military formation of its day. The 1811 1st Regiment of Foot Grenadiers of the Old Guard bearskin. There were four regiments of the Old Guard infantry: 1st and 2nd each of grenadiers and chasseurs. Members of the Old Guard benefitted from a number of different privileges ...
On 18 June 1815, at the battle of Waterloo, effective field commander of all the French forces present, minus those engaged at Plancenoit (VI Corps and elements of the Guard). On 16 June 1815, at the Battle of Ligny, in command of the French Cavalry Reserve: I Cavalry Corps, II Cavalry Corps, the l'Héritier division (detached from III Cavalry ...
The quick destruction of the regiment resulted in minimal attention given to it by future researchers. [2] The cavalry regiments in the Neapolitan Army were organised into 2-4 squadrons each, each squadron consisting of 2-3 companies. Traditionally, the 1st Squadron usually had the "elite" company within itself, which was the equivalent of ...