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  2. 57th Infantry Regiment (France) - Wikipedia

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    It came from a tradition carried since 1667, until dissolved in 2011. The Regiment was in an almost continuous existence since its creation: under the Kingdom of France, the First French Republic, the First French Empire and during the course of both World Wars. The 57th Infantry Regiment was often called "LES TERRIBLES" in the Grande Armée.

  3. Grande Armée - Wikipedia

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    In general, French guns were 4-pounders, 8-pounders, or 12-pounders and 6-inch (150 mm) howitzers with the lighter calibres being phased out and replaced by 6-pounders later in the Napoleonic Wars. French cannons had brass barrels and their carriages, wheels, and limbers were painted olive-green.

  4. 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot - Wikipedia

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    Lieutenant-Colonel H.J. Warre and an unidentified non-commissioned officer of the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot, serving in the Crimean War, photographed in 1855 by Roger Fenton. The regiment traveled to New South Wales in detachments as escorts to prisoners in 1824. [22]

  5. French Imperial Army (1804–1815) - Wikipedia

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    Napoleon's Regiments: Battle Histories of the Regiments of the French Army, 1792–1815. London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 978-1853674136. OCLC 43787649. Smith, Digby (2006). An illustrated encyclopedia of uniforms of the Napoleonic wars : an expert, in-depth reference to the officers and soldiers of the revolutionary and Napoleonic period, 1792 ...

  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. Ranks of the French Imperial Army (1804–1815) - Wikipedia

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    The epaulettes of majors were of contrary metal; gold buttons, silver epaulets etc. Generals and field officers used bullion fringes. Gold and silver were also often used in accordance to the Regiments designation as a Ligne (line) regiment would frequent gold while a Legere (light) regiment would frequent silver.

  8. Category : French military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars

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    Polish legionnaires (Napoleonic period) (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "French military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars" The following 184 pages are in this category, out of 184 total.

  9. List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (B) - Wikipedia

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    The Officer rank requires a minimum of eight years as a Knight, and the Commander, the highest civilian category for a non-French citizen, requires a minimum of five years as an Officer. The Grand Officer and the Grand Cross are awarded only to French citizens, and each requires three years' service in their respective immediately lower rank. [4]