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Although certain units, such as the French chasseurs, combined certain functions of light infantry (chasseurs à pied) or light cavalry (chasseurs à cheval), armies during the Napoleonic Wars were generally formed by distinct infantry, cavalry, and artillery units, each using distinctly different arms.
1st Regiment of Life Guards - Heavy Cavalry, ... several colonial and foreign units, including the ... in British service during the time of the Napoleonic Wars. ...
In 1756, Horse Guards ordered that a troop of light horse be attached to each cavalry regiment. These new units proved so useful in the Seven Years' War, that in 1763 the 15th Dragoons were converted into 'light dragoons', as were the 17th–20th. By 1798 this arm had increased to some 23 regiments: the 7th–14th Dragoons had been converted ...
This is a list of numbered Regiments of Cavalry of the British Army from the mid-18th century until 1922 when various amalgamations were implemented. The Life Guards were formed following the end of the English Civil War as troops of Life Guards between 1658 and 1659. [ 1 ]
In 1796, during the Italian campaign, Napoleon ordered the formation of a bodyguard unit after he narrowly escaped an attack by Austrian light cavalry at Borghetto while at lunch. [43] This 200-man unit of Guides was the forerunner of the Chasseurs à Cheval of the Guard.
The Reserve Cavalry Corps or Cavalry Reserve of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars.In 1805, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte appointed Marshal Joachim Murat to command all the cavalry divisions that were not directly attached to the army corps.
The heavy cavalry wore red jackets and bicorne hats. The light cavalry units consisted of fourteen regiments of Light Dragoons, which had been formed during the eighteenth century to carry out the roles of scouting and patrolling. The light dragoons wore short blue braided jackets and the leather Tarleton helmet. [25]
This category includes sub-categories and articles about military units and formations which participated in the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), both those of France and its allies, and those of the Coalitions which opposed it.