certain regiments of French and Belgian light infantry (chasseurs à pied) or light cavalry (chasseurs à cheval) to denote troops trained for rapid action....
18 KB (2,221 words) - 08:56, 21 August 2024
31 existing Chasseurs à pied Hunters on Foot/Foot Rifles) battalions. Initially these units were named bataillons alpins de chasseurs à pied (Alpine Battalions...
16 KB (1,632 words) - 11:12, 26 October 2024
Chasseurs-à-Pied de la Garde Impériale briefly existed during the 100 days campaign after Napoleon's escape from Elba. The 4e Régiment de Chasseurs-à-Pied...
27 KB (3,185 words) - 22:36, 28 October 2024
of light infantry design. The uniform of the Fusiliers-Chasseurs was that of the Chasseurs a pied from the Old Guard. The only change was the headgear,...
48 KB (4,087 words) - 13:58, 26 September 2024
regiments of French light infantry (Chasseurs à pied) or light cavalry (Chasseurs à cheval). The Chasseurs à pied (light infantry) were originally recruited...
45 KB (5,759 words) - 11:28, 25 October 2024
Grande Armée (section Carabiniers-à-Pied)
engraved gold plate, a red plume, and white cords. Imperial Guard Foot Chasseurs (Chasseurs à Pied de la Garde Impériale): The Chasseurs of the Guard were...
126 KB (16,578 words) - 22:38, 28 October 2024
The pieds-noirs (French: [pje nwaʁ]; lit. 'black feet'; sg.: pied-noir) are an ethno-cultural group of people of French and other European descent who...
57 KB (6,187 words) - 23:43, 29 October 2024
(Colonel Bluem, 3 battalions) 13e Bataillon de Chasseurs à Pied (French: 13e Bataillon de Chasseurs à Pied) (Commandant Potier, 1 battalion) 2nd Brigade...
34 KB (3,503 words) - 17:15, 31 October 2024
Ligne) (colonel de Franchessin) 13e Bataillon de Chasseurs à Pied (French: 13e Bataillon de Chasseurs à Pied) (commandant de Bonneville) 2nd Brigade of général...
64 KB (5,584 words) - 04:27, 1 November 2024
Military colours, standards and guidons (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
the Army's rifle battalions (the bataillons de chasseurs à pied together with the chasseurs alpins) share a single collective colour. Individual battalions...
170 KB (23,325 words) - 16:59, 27 October 2024
1784 army ordnance, several regiments of 'Chasseurs à Cheval', literally Chasseurs of Horse or Mounted Chasseurs were formed. The infantry companies of these...
14 KB (1,683 words) - 16:14, 3 November 2024
The Mounted Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard (French: Chasseurs à cheval de la Garde impériale) constituted a light cavalry regiment in the Consular, then...
16 KB (1,770 words) - 11:35, 24 October 2024
of chasseurs à pied. Jean Marlin, sergeant of the 8th battalion of chasseurs à pied. François Bouffier, sergeant of the 8th battalion of chasseurs à pied...
9 KB (776 words) - 19:58, 6 October 2024
Bataillon de Chasseurs à Pied [fr] (5e BCAP, 5th Patrol Chasseur Battalion - dissolved). 10e Bataillon Parachutiste de Chasseurs à Pied [fr]) (10e BPCP...
32 KB (2,685 words) - 00:40, 25 October 2024
(Mons) 2nd Chasseurs à Pied Regiment 5th Chasseurs à Pied Regiment 17th Mixed Brigade (Tournai) 3rd Chasseurs à Pied Regiment 6th Chasseurs à Pied Regiment...
27 KB (2,305 words) - 16:28, 8 August 2024
d'infanterie de ligne [fr] 9e bataillon de chasseurs à pied [fr] Commanded by Prince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov with a total of 25,000 men and 78 guns. Cavalry...
8 KB (738 words) - 18:05, 29 October 2024
Paris Fire Brigade) Chasseur ("hunter": light troops used for reconnaissance and harassment) Chasseurs à pied (light infantry) Chasseurs à cheval (light mounted...
25 KB (1,472 words) - 18:07, 22 October 2024
(lieutenant-colonel Parran) and the 4th Marching Chasseur Battalion à Pied (French: 4ebataillon de marche de chasseurs à pied) in the 1st Division of général D'Astugue...
35 KB (3,734 words) - 09:49, 24 October 2024
Guard 10th Chasseurs à Pied Battalion 14th Chasseurs à Pied Battalion Company of the Four Nations 1st Free Company 3rd Free Company Chasseur Company of...
10 KB (1,091 words) - 18:20, 29 October 2024
the Guard 1er and 2e Battaillons Grenadiers à Pied (foot grenadiers) 1er and 2e Battaillons Chasseurs à Pied (light infantry) The Grenadiers of the Italian...
21 KB (2,406 words) - 18:18, 29 October 2024
Saxe Hussar Regiment (redirect from Chasseurs de Fischer)
companies, one of foot chasseurs (chasseurs à pied) and one of mounted chasseurs (chasseurs à cheval). The foot chasseurs had a similar uniform to that...
20 KB (2,358 words) - 10:17, 30 October 2024
foot chasseurs à pied regiment (2 bat.) 2nd chasseurs à pied regiment (2 bat.) Brigade Michel 1st grenadiers à pied regiment (2 bat.) 2nd grenadiers à pied...
9 KB (1,186 words) - 18:20, 29 October 2024
units, such as the French chasseurs, combined certain functions of light infantry (chasseurs à pied) or light cavalry (chasseurs à cheval), armies during...
12 KB (1,697 words) - 11:34, 12 October 2024
Musée des Chasseurs à pied, located in the former Corporal Tresignie barracks (named after Léon Trésignies, a Belgian hero of World War I), is a military...
60 KB (5,803 words) - 08:39, 3 November 2024
in Algeria as well as with several regiments of line infantry and chasseurs à pied (light infantry) in Metropolitan France. He subsequently studied at...
8 KB (809 words) - 07:37, 1 October 2024
commander of the 1st Chasseurs à Pied of the Old Guard. As part of the Armée du Nord he was placed as second in command of the Chasseur Division of the Guard...
10 KB (1,580 words) - 07:21, 20 February 2023
Charles de Gaulle (redirect from A certain idea of France)
the 19th chasseurs à pied (a battalion of élite light infantry) with the occupation forces at Trier.: 94 De Gaulle trained his men hard (a river crossing...
170 KB (19,846 words) - 13:17, 25 October 2024
1914 he was Lieutenant-Colonel and commander of the 3rd Regiment of chasseurs à pied. He was wounded twice in October 1914 during the evacuation of Antwerp...
3 KB (181 words) - 17:54, 17 September 2024
Brigade: General of Brigade Jerome Soules 1st Chasseurs à Pied Regiment, 1st and 2nd battalions 2nd Chasseurs à Pied Regiment, 1st and 2nd battalions Brigade:...
41 KB (4,846 words) - 18:20, 29 October 2024
French Imperial Army (1804–1815) (section Chasseurs)
same time, a battalion of Chasseurs à Pied (literally Hunters on Foot) was attached to each of the six newly raised regiments of Chasseurs à Cheval (literally...
84 KB (10,792 words) - 18:13, 24 October 2024