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  2. 1st Light Cavalry Lancers Regiment of the Imperial Guard (Polish)

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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.

  3. Czapka - Wikipedia

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    At the end of the Napoleonic Wars the czapka continued to be worn by uhlans in Germany and Austria, as well as in France by Line-Regiment Lancers and later the Imperial Guard of Napoleon III. Lancer regiments in the British Army continued to wear czapkas (described as "lance caps") for full dress until 1939 [2] and the modern Royal Lancers ...

  4. Uhlan - Wikipedia

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    In 1816, the British Army established its own lancer regiments, converting four light dragoon regiments for the purpose [15] and practically adopting the whole uniform of Napoleon's famous Polish Lancers, including the czapska. [16] Charge of the Poznań Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of Rajgród during the November uprising of 1831

  5. Polish Legions (Napoleonic era) - Wikipedia

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    After Napoleon's defeat in the War of the Sixth Coalition, when Napoleon was forced into exile on Elba, the only unit he was allowed to keep as guards were the Polish Lancers. [28] While many Poles returned to the Polish territories, a unit of about 325 men under Colonel Golaszewski fought in Napoleon's final 1815 campaign, the " Hundred Days ...

  6. Uniforms of La Grande Armée - Wikipedia

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    Horse carabinier's uniform before 1809 Horse carabinier as of 1809. The corps of Carabiniers was a group of heavy cavalry originally created by Louis XIV.From 1791 to 1809, their uniforms consisted of a blue coat with a blue piped red collar, red cuffs, lapels and turnbacks with white grenades, red epaulettes with edged white straps, red cuff flaps for the 1st Regiment, blue piped red for the ...

  7. Lancers of the Imperial Guard - Wikipedia

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    Imperial Guard lancers in full regalia, 1857, by Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq. The headdress is the czapka of Polish origin, typical of lancer regiments. For the troops, it is covered with a sky-blue cloth and topped with a scarlet plume made of rooster feathers. The front is embellished with a copper plate featuring the imperial "N" on a ...

  8. Lancer - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. 2nd Light Cavalry Lancers Regiment of the Imperial Guard ...

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    They were given a new scarlet uniform (copied, except the colour, from the Polish lancers uniform). [1] [2] They also received a new leader - Col. Baron Pierre David de Colbert-Chabanais - under whom they were known formally as the 2nd Light Horse Lancers of the Imperial Guard (2 e régiment de chevaux-légers des Lanciers de la Garde ...

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