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Siborne, William (1844), History of the War in France and Belgium, in 1815 (2nd ed.), London: T. & W. Boone: Volume 1 and Volume 2 (4th and 5th editions published as The Waterloo campaign, 1815). This edition shows "Appendix" in uncut version; (1848): 3rd edition published in one book.
Imperial Guard lancer in full regalia, by Édouard Detaille. In 1854, two years after the Second Empire came to power, Napoleon III re-established the Garde Impériale, an elite military corps attached to his person. The Guard took up the traditions of the first Imperial Guard, formed in 1804 by Napoleon I and disbanded in 1815.
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 ...
After heavy losses, the Polish lancers were reorganized and took part in the battles of the German campaign in 1813, as at Lützen, Peterswalde, and Hanau, where they lost Major Radziwill. [35] In 1814, during the French campaign, they charged at Brienne, La Rothière, Montmirail, Berry-au-Bac, Craonne, Reims, and Paris.
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) 11th Hussar Regiment (France) 13th Dragoon Regiment (France) 43rd Infantry Regiment (France) 54th Infantry Regiment (France) 77th Infantry Regiment (France)
The French "Levée en masse" method of conscription brought around 2,300,000 French men into the Army between the period of 1804 and 1813. [4] To give an estimate of how much of the population this was, modern estimates range from 7 to 8% of the population of France proper, while the First World War used around 20 to 21%.
History of Europe from the commencement of the French Revolution in 1789, to the restoration of the Bourbons in 1815. Vol. 4. Harper & Brothers. Anonymous (1838). Geschichte des Feldzugs von 1815 in den Niederlanden und Frankreich als Beitrag zur Kriegsgeschichte der neuern Kriege. […] Part II (in German). Berlin, Posen and Bromberg: Ernst ...
3 e Régiment Etranger d'Infanterie (3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment), Unités des départements et territoires d'Outre Mer Français (Units in French overseas departments and territories) - Kourou (French Guiana). 4ème Régiment Etranger (4th Foreign Regiment), Castelnaudary, France, (Education regiment)