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    The Imperial Guard (French: Garde Impériale) was an elite guard formation of the French Imperial Army under the direct command of Napoleon. Expanding...
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    Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard (French: Chasseurs à cheval de la Garde impériale) constituted a light cavalry regiment in the Consular, then Imperial...
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    Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard (French: Grenadiers à Cheval de La Garde Impériale) was a heavy cavalry regiment in the Consular, then Imperial Guard...
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    The Sailors of the Imperial Guard (French: Marins de la Garde Imperiale) were a naval unit within Napoleon's Imperial Guard. The unit's soldiers not only...
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  • This is the complete order of battle of the French and Third Coalition armies during the Battle of Austerlitz. The French army was under the supreme command...
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    Imperial Guard (French: 1er Régiment de Chevau-Légers Lancier de la Garde impériale (Polonais) / Polish: 1. Pułk Szwoleżerów-Lansjerów Gwardii Cesarskie...
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    warfare. Certain countries such as France (Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde Impériale) and Argentina (Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers) established units of...
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    Paris: Grancher, 1977–1985. Vol. 1. La Garde Imperiale, Troupes a Pied. (Tome I); Vol. 2. La Garde Imperiale, Troupes a Cheval. (Tome II); Vol. 3. Les...
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    The Gendarmes d'élite de la Garde impériale (English: "élite gendarmes of the Imperial Guard") was a gendarmerie unit formed in 1801 by Napoleon as part...
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    Dragoons of the Imperial Guard (French: Dragons de l'Impératrice de la Garde Impériale) was a heavy cavalry unit formed by Napoleon I through the decree of...
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    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...
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  • Garde Impériale, also known eventually as the Matelots de la Garde, formed on 17 September 1803, and Matelots des Bataillons de la Marine Impériale of...
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    three of cazadores de monte (jungle rangers). Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale Jäger (military) Voltigeurs Chasseurs d'Afrique Zouaves Chasseurs Ardennais...
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    Campaign in 1815". Histoire anecdotique, politique et militaire de la Garde impériale [History anecdotal, political and military of the Imperial Guard]....
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    de la Garde Impériale Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale Dragons de la Garde Impériale Éclaireurs of the Guard Gendarmes d'élite de la Garde Impériale...
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    The Mamelukes of the Imperial Guard (French: Mamelouks de la Garde Impériale) were a cavalry unit that served in Napoleon I’s Imperial Guard during the...
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    would be the regiment's number or, in the case of the Imperial Guard, Garde Impériale. The eagle bore the same significance to French Imperial regiments...
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    Baron Louis Ignace de Marthod served as a Major in the Dragons de la Garde impériale and was commended for his remarkable skill in battle, with the Legion...
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    (1859). Napoléon Ier et la garde impériale (in French). Furne. Fieffé, Eugène (1859). Napoléon Ier et la garde impériale (in French). Furne. Lachouque...
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    Institute – via ProQuest. Hémardinquer, J.J. (1 August 1965). "La Garde Impériale " in colour "" [The Imperial Guard «in color»]. Annales. Histoire,...
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  • Regiment of the Imperial Guard (2ème Régiment de grenadiers à pied de la Garde impériale), they were part of the Middle Guard. Still dressed in their Dutch...
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    Lithuanian Tatars of the Imperial Guard (French: Tartares Lituaniens de la Garde Impériale / Lithuanian: Imperatoriškosios Gvardijos Lietuvos totoriai) were a...
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    and Joachim Murat. Several of his illustrations appear in La Vieille Garde impériale (The Old Imperial Guard), published in 1932 by Alfred Mame and fils...
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    Imperial Guard as the 1er Regiment de Chevau-Legers-Lanciers de la Garde Impériale. At the Battle of Waterloo, French lances were "nearly 3 metres (9...
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    island with him from France. The army was made up of 566 from the elite Garde Impériale (both infantry and cavalry) and the remaining 300 were from a small...
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    Voltigeurs de la Garde Impériale) (colonel Lian) Imperial Guard 4th Voltigeurs Regiment (French: 4e Régiment de Voltigeurs de la Garde Impériale) (colonel Ponsard)...
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  • de la Garde impériale, Young Guard (4 sq.) Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale, Young Guard (4 sq.) Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde Impériale, Young...
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    and held the prestigious command of the Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde Impériale, the senior heavy cavalry regiment of the Imperial Guard. He was made...
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    Regiment of the Imperial Guard (French: 3e régiment des éclaireurs de la Garde impériale) and fought in the Battle of Paris in 1814. After Napoleon's defeat...
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    the numbers and responsibilities of the gendarmerie—renamed gendarmerie impériale—were expanded significantly. In contrast to the mounted Maréchaussée,...
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