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The 1st Polish Light Cavalry Lancers Regiment of the Imperial Guard (French: 1er régiment de chevau-légers lanciers 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.
Light cavalry played a key role in mounted scouting, escorting, and skirmishing during the Napoleonic era. Light horse also served a function in major set-piece battles. While lacking the sheer offensive power of heavy cavalry, light cavalry were still extremely effective against unprepared infantry, cavalry, and artillery.
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 ...
The Chasseurs on Horse of the Young Guard, (officially created in 1815 as the 2nd Regiment of Chasseurs on Horse of the Imperial Guard and nicknamed the Hussars-Eclaireurs), were a light cavalry unit of the Imperial Guard, formed by Napoleon I and serving in the French army from 1813 to 1814, as well as during the Hundred Days.
Trumpeter of the regiment in 1812. The 3rd Lithuanian Light Cavalry Lancers Regiment of the Imperial Guard (French: 3e régiment de chevau-légers lanciers de la Garde impériale (Lituanien) / Lithuanian: 3-iasis lietuvių gvardijos lengvosios kavalerijos (švoležierių) pulkas) was a foreign Lithuanian light cavalry lancers regiment which served as part of Napoleon's Imperial Guard during ...
It became the Pavlograd Hussar Regiment in 1801, and fought in the Napoleonic Wars, distinguishing itself at the Battle of Schöngrabern during the War of the Third Coalition. The regiment also fought at Austerlitz , Eylau , and Friedland , but served in a secondary theatre during the French invasion of Russia , although it fought in the Battle ...
For example, in the French service in 1812, the mounts for the cuirassiers and carabiniers were those larger than 15.3 hands (63 inches, 160 cm), the dragoons from 15.0 to 15.3 hands (60 to 63 inches, 152 to 160 cm), the hussars on horses about 14.2 hands (58 inches, 147 cm), whilst the chasseurs à cheval were on horses between 14.3 and 15 ...
A 1760 painting of a private of the 15th Light Dragoons by David Morier 15th Kings Light Dragoon button . The regiment was raised in the London area by George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield as Elliots Light Horse as the first of the new regiments of light dragoons in 1759. [2] It was renamed the 15th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons in 1760. [2]