Napoleon's dragoons and lancers
Author : Emir Bukhari
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 50,62 MB
Release : 1976
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Napoleon's Dragoons and Lancers
Author : Emir Bukhari
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,79 MB
Release : 1992-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780850450880
Book Description
France was to call up a total of 1,600,000 men during the Napoleonic Wars, of whom a mere 600,000 were to survive. For those conscripted into service, one of the better fates would be recruitment as a cavalryman. Napoleon's dragoons were not just any band of individuals sorted and labelled cavalrymen; they were mounted infantrymen, trained to be adept with both musket and sabre, and proud of that distinction. Originally mounted for the sake of mobility but generally fighting on foot, they evolved into an army equally at home sabring at the charge as firing dismounted.
Napoleon's Red Lancers
Author : Ronald Pawly
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 20,39 MB
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1780965575
Book Description
The legendary Dutch 'Red' Lancers – the 2nd Light Horse Lancers of Napoleon's Imperial Guard – were formed in 1810 after the emperor annexed Holland and its army to France. The former hussars of the Dutch Royal Guard got a handsome new uniform, a new weapon, and a hard-driving new colonel in Baron Edouard Colbert. His lancers distinguished themselves in Russia in 1812, at huge cost; in Germany in 1813, and in the Low Countries in 1814. When Napoleon returned from exile in 1815 the Red Lancers were with him until night fell over Waterloo. Ronald Pawly is the world's leading expert on the archival and pictorial record left by this regiment; his detailed text is illustrated with rare portraits and photographs, and eight glowing colour plates of a surprisingly wide variety of uniforms.
Napoleon’s Dragoons of the Imperial Guard
Author : Ronald Pawly
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 33,78 MB
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1780964048
Book Description
Dressed in distinctive green uniforms and classically inspired copper helmets, the Dragoons of the Imperial Guard were raised in 1806 by the same criteria as other Guard units – by selection of picked, literate veterans from Line regiments who had six to ten years of service, and citations for bravery in at least two campaigns. The following year they were named Dragons de l'Impératrice in a unique compliment to the Empress Josephine. As a ceremonial regiment it enjoyed many privileges, but it also saw combat on a number of occasions, including the battles of Essling and Wagram (1809), the Russian campaign (1812, when it suffered severe losses), at Bautzen, Wachau and Leipzig (1813), in the 1814 Campaign of France, and at Ligny and Waterloo (1815).
Dragoons of the Guard: 1806-1830
Author : Paul Lindsay Dawson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 35,53 MB
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ISBN : 1447502531
Book Description
Napoleon’s Polish Lancers of the Imperial Guard
Author : Ronald Pawly
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 41,9 MB
Release : 2012-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1780964110
Book Description
This book draws on original regimental records to give by far the most detailed account ever published in English of the organization and personalities of the most renowned of the foreign units that served in the Emperor's armies. Unlike most of his foreign troops, these Polish horsemen were true volunteers, who owed their honoured place in his Imperial Guard to their proven courage and dash on battlefields from Spain to Russia. The text is illustrated with rare portraits and photographs, and with detailed colour plates of the Lancers' magnificent uniforms.
NAPOLEON'S DRAGOONS AND LANCERS
Author : PAUL L. DAWSON
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,86 MB
Release : 2025
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ISBN : 9781399078559
Book Description
Napoleon's Line Infantry
Author : Philip Haythornthwaite
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 35,18 MB
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1782007016
Book Description
Napoleon's line infantry was founded upon that of the Ancien Régime. A total re-organisation began on 1 January 1791 with the abolition of the old regimental titles, and over the next two years an increasing number of conscript and volunteer battalions were formed. Their quality varied from the proficiency of the early National Guard regiments to the untrained and ill-equipped rabble of the levée. To combine the discipline and steadiness of the regular army with the revolutionary fervour of the new army, the Amalgame was decreed on 21 February; by this measure each regular battalion became the nucleus of a new Demi-Brigade.
Napoleon’s Dragoons of the Imperial Guard
Author : Ronald Pawly
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 31,65 MB
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1849088071
Book Description
Dressed in distinctive green uniforms and classically inspired copper helmets, the Dragoons of the Imperial Guard were raised in 1806 by the same criteria as other Guard units – by selection of picked, literate veterans from Line regiments who had six to ten years of service, and citations for bravery in at least two campaigns. The following year they were named Dragons de l'Impératrice in a unique compliment to the Empress Josephine. As a ceremonial regiment it enjoyed many privileges, but it also saw combat on a number of occasions, including the battles of Essling and Wagram (1809), the Russian campaign (1812, when it suffered severe losses), at Bautzen, Wachau and Leipzig (1813), in the 1814 Campaign of France, and at Ligny and Waterloo (1815).
The Cavalry that Broke Napoleon
Author : Richard Goldsbrough
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 36,16 MB
Release : 2016-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0750969598
Book Description
The best-selling author of The Battle, Alessandro Barbero, was asked which action saved Wellington at Waterloo prior to the arrival of the Prussians. He replied: ‘If I should indulge in that game, I’d say the cavalry charge which effectively broke d’Erlon's attack.’ In terms of regiments the greatest contributor to that charge, made by the British heavy cavalry, was the King’s Dragoon Guards (KDG), which fielded nearly half of the Household Brigade’s sabres. This book tells the remarkable story of the KDG before, during and after the battle of Waterloo, drawing on private, unpublished archive material. It concludes by describing the KDGs link to their descendant regiment, 1st Queen’s Dragoon Guards, of which HRH The Prince of Wales is Colonel-in-Chief.
