The Chevau-légers (pronounced [ʃəvoleʒe] from French cheval—horse—and léger—light) was a generic French name for units of light and medium cavalry. Their...

Cavalry Lancers Regiment of the Imperial Guard (French: 1er Régiment de Chevau-Légers Lancier de la Garde impériale (Polonais) / Polish: 1. Pułk Szwoleżerów-Lansjerów...

(Chevau-léger), while the opposite is true. All Polish soldiers, who arrived on Elba with Napoleon (Grenadiers, Artillerymen, Cavalrymen of Chevau-léger...

They rode white and grey horses. The uniform of the light cavalry (or chevau-legers) of the line consisted of a green coat with turnbacks and lapels of...

The 8th Royal Bavarian Chevau-légers (Königlich Bayerisches Chevaulegers-Regiment Nr. 8) were a light cavalry regiment of the Royal Bavarian Army. The...

The 7th Royal Bavarian Chevau-légers (Königlich Bayerisches Chevaulegers-Regiment „Prinz Alfons“ Nr. 7) were a light cavalry regiment of the Royal Bavarian...

Charles-Emmanuel de Savoie, prince de Genevois and duc de Nemours (c. 1567–13 August 1595) was a French prince étranger, governor, military commander and...

The 1st Royal Bavarian Chevau-légers "Emperor Nicholas of Russia" (Königlich Bayerisches Chevaulegers-Regiment „Kaiser Nikolaus von Rußland“ Nr. 1) was...

alongside it, such as the elite gendarmes, the gendarmes d'ordonnance, the chevau-légers de Berg, and the guards of honour. At the height of the First Empire...

Cheval was attached to the 1er Régiment de Chevau-Legers-Lanciers. The regiment called the Régiment de Chevau-Légers Polonais de la Garde was created in 1807...

The 2e régiment de chevau-légers lanciers de la Garde Impériale (English: 2nd Regiment of Light Cavalry Lancers of the Imperial Guard) was a light cavalry...

The 2nd Royal Bavarian Chevau-légers "Taxis" (2. Königlich Bayerisches Chevaulegers-Regiment „Taxis“) were a light cavalry regiment of the Royal Bavarian...

Kochtitsky Saxon Cuirassier Regiment, four squadrons Prince Albert Saxon Chevau-léger Regiment, four squadrons Grossman Saxon Horse Artillery battery, ten...

armed with the lances carried as combat weapons until 1920. Demi-lancer Chevau-léger Polish cavalry Cataphract Companion cavalry For an illustration of a...

The 3rd Royal Bavarian Chevau-légers "Duke Charles Theodore" (Königlich Bayerisches Chevaulegers-Regiment „Herzog Karl Theodor“ Nr. 3) were a light cavalry...

Wincenty Danilewicz (1787 – 23 March 1878) was a Chevau-léger in the Napoleonic campaign, secretary of Chancellery of Senat in Congress Poland, chief archivist...

by the cuirassier brigades of Farine and Travers and Jaquinot's two Chevau-léger (lancer) regiments in the I Corps light cavalry division. Disorganized...

Cavalry Brigade: General-Major Preysing König Chevau-léger Regiment (4 squadrons) Leiningen Chevau-léger Regiment (4 squadrons) Artillery: Two 6-pdr foot...

Line Regiment (2 bat.) 3rd Brigade GM von Preysing 2nd Chevau-léger Regiment (4 sq.) 3rd Chevau-léger Regiment (4 sq.) Artillery (2 batteries) and engineers...

Cavalry Brigade: General-Major Preysing König Chevau-léger Regiment (4 squadrons) Leiningen Chevau-léger Regiment (4 squadrons) Artillery: Two 6-pound...

Cavalry Brigade – General-Major Karl Wilhelm von Stutterheim O'Reilly Chevau-léger Regiment Nr. 3 (900 in 8 squadrons) Merveldt Uhlan Regiment Nr. 1 (40...

Battle of Pozzolo in December 1800. In 1802, he became the proprietor of Chevau-léger Regiment Nr. 2 and held the position until his death. During the War...

post road, the 1st Major's Division of the 7th (Kress) Light Cavalry (chevau léger) Regiment and three (or two) divisions of the 7th (Hardegg) Cuirassier...

The 4th Royal Bavarian Chevau-légers "King" (Königlich Bayerisches Chevaulegers-Regiment „König“ Nr. 4) was a light cavalry regiment of the Royal Bavarian...

against Turkey he was elevated to Oberst and took command of the Modena Chevau-léger Regiment #13, which he led at the Siege of Belgrade in late 1789. O'Reilly...

Zeschwitz Nr. 10 Cuirassiers and two squadrons each of the Karaczay Nr. 18 Chevau-léger and Coburg Nr. 37 Dragoon Regiments. François Sébastien Charles Joseph...

Poland Uhlans, 8th Uhlan Regiment of Duke Jozef Poniatowski, 2nd Rokitno Chevau-léger Regiment) Juliusz Rómmel 2nd Legions Infantry Division Łyżwiński 10th...

whose oldest sons served in the more prestigious Garde du Corps and Chevau-legers (Light Horse). The Musketeers, many of them still teenagers, soon gained...

Cavalry Brigade: General-Major Preysing König Chevau-léger Regiment (4 squadrons) Leiningen Chevau-léger Regiment (4 squadrons) Artillery: Two 6-pdr foot...

Italian War of Independence. In 1850 the regiment was reorganized as a Chevau-léger unit and its 1st Squadron fought in 1855 in the Crimean War. In 1859...