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The 1st Polish Light Cavalry Lancers Regiment of the Imperial Guard (French: 1er Régiment de Chevau-Légers Lancier de la Garde impériale (Polonais) / Polish: 1. Pułk Szwoleżerów-Lansjerów Gwardii Cesarskiej (Polski)) was a foreign Polish light cavalry lancers regiment which served as part of Napoleon's Imperial Guard during the Napoleonic Wars.
After this confrontation, the Emperor agreed to Colonel Krasiński's request to equip his men with lances, and the unit took the name of "Polish Lancers". In 1810, the Lancers regiment took the number 1 after the creation of the Red Lancers. [34] It was then engaged in the Russian campaign, where it distinguished itself at Gorodnia and Krasnoi.
A 1st Cavalry Division, made up partly of Polish lancers of the 1st Regiment of Lighthorse-Lancers, existed in the French Army under Napoleon, being part of the Imperial Guard, from 1807 until 1815. This unit took part in most major engagements of the Napoleonic wars after 1807 and was highly regarded by Napoleon. [12] [13]
1804–1815: Country ... which was full of soldiers, some lacking an arm, others striped with saber cuts. ... and the 1st Polish Lancers. ...
Czapka of the officer of 3rd Uhlan Regiment 1815-1831. Czapka (/ ˈ tʃ æ p k ə /, Polish pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʂapka]; also spelt chapka or schapska / ˈ ʃ æ p s k ə /) [1] is a Polish, Belarusian, and Russian generic word for a cap.
The same year, the Red Lancers fought at Waterloo. [1] [2] Even though Dutch-Belgian cavalry commander Jean Baptiste van Merlen, one of the most highly ranked and celebrated army officers of the regiment, lost his life at Waterloo, some of the original Dutchmen still existed in the ranks, and would serve as Red Lancers long after the French ...
Regiments that were a part of Napoleon I's Imperial Guard during the First French Empire, between 1804 -1814 and 1815. Pages in category "Regiments of Napoleon I's Imperial Guard" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
Charge of the Polish uhlans at the city of Poznań during the November uprising in 1831. The lancer (Polish: ułan, German: Ulan, French: uhlan) had become a common sight in the majority of European, Ottoman, and Indian cavalry forces during this time, but, with the exception of the Ottoman troops, they increasingly discarded the heavy armour to give greater freedom of movement in combat.