Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale
The Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale (in English: Horse Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard) constituted a light cavalry regiment in the Consular, then Imperial Guard during the French Consulate and First French Empire respectively. They were the second senior "Old Guard" cavalry regiment of the Imperial Guard, after the Grenadiers à Cheval. The regiment had its origins in the Guides raised by General Bonaparte during his Italian Campaign of 1796. It was the Chasseurs that usually provided personal escort to Napoleon, and he often wore the uniform of the regiment in recognition of this service. The regiment was not only known for its lavish uniform, but its combat history as well.
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Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale
The Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale (in English: Horse Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard) constituted a light cavalry regiment in the Consular, then Imperial Guard during the French Consulate and First French Empire respectively. They were the second senior "Old Guard" cavalry regiment of the Imperial Guard, after the Grenadiers à Cheval. The regiment had its origins in the Guides raised by General Bonaparte during his Italian Campaign of 1796. It was the Chasseurs that usually provided personal escort to Napoleon, and he often wore the uniform of the regiment in recognition of this service. The regiment was not only known for its lavish uniform, but its combat history as well.
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Die Chasseurs à cheval de la G ...... ie auf Halbsold gesetzt waren.
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Les chasseurs à cheval de la G ...... asseurs de la Garde impériale.
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The Chasseurs à Cheval de la G ...... ut its combat history as well.
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Конные егеря Императорской гва ...... м знаменитым серым рединготом.
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one regiment (2,000 men at ful ...... d'Éclaireurs Lanciers in 1815
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Napoleon's escort
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The Charging Chasseur, 1812. Painting by Théodore Géricault at the Musée du Louvre.
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Die Chasseurs à cheval de la G ...... er ständig diese Uniform und w
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Les chasseurs à cheval de la G ...... asseurs de la Garde impériale.
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The Chasseurs à Cheval de la G ...... ut its combat history as well.
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Конные егеря Императорской гва ...... е второй реставрации Бурбонов.
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Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale
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Chasseurs à cheval de la Garde impériale
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Chasseurs à cheval de la Garde impériale
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Конные егеря Императорской гвардии
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Chasseurs à Cheval
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The Invincibles
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The Pet Children
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