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The Éclaireurs of the Guard (French: Éclaireurs de la Garde) was a Corps of cavalry scouts of the French Imperial Guard, which included three cavalry regiments created by Napoleon when he reorganised the Imperial Guard following the disaster of the French invasion of Russia. [1] The Corps was created in Article I of the decree of 4 December ...
0–9. 1st Swiss Regiment (France) 2nd Carabinier Regiment (France) 2nd Dragoon Regiment (France) 3rd Light Cavalry Lancers Regiment of the Imperial Guard (Lithuanian)
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%.
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.
under 35 years of age at entry; at least 10 years of service; at least three campaigns (some had fought in as many as 12 campaigns); had to have faced enemy fire at the front; had to be 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m) for the Chasseurs and 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) for the Grenadiers (no height requirement for those awarded the Legion of Honor) [8]
The VIII Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars.Emperor Napoleon I formed it in 1805 by borrowing divisions from other corps and assigned it to Marshal Édouard Mortier.
The Battle of Rocquencourt was a cavalry skirmish fought on 1 July 1815 in and around the villages of Rocquencourt and Le Chesnay.French dragoons supported by infantry and commanded by General Exelmans destroyed a Prussian brigade of hussars under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Eston von Sohr (who was severely wounded and taken prisoner during the skirmish).
Guard Grenadiers (French) Guard Skirmishers (French) Guard Fusiliers (Spanish) Cavalry (425 total) Guard Lancers (French) Guard Hussars (Spanish) Troops of the Line (Spanish) Gen Casapalacios (2,833 total) Infantry (2,070 total) 1st Line Regiment "Toledo" 1st Light Regiment "Castile" Royal Foreign Regiment; Cavalry