La Grande Armée (French for 'The Great Army'; French pronunciation: [ɡʀɑ̃d aʀme]) was the main military component of the French Imperial Army commanded...
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The uniforms of La Grande Armée, the army of Napoleon I, are described in this article. From 1793, the uniforms of the demi-brigade of the line infantry...
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French invasion of Russia (section Grande Armée)
the Grande Armée. Command disputes between Jerome, Vandamme and Davout would not help the situation. In the first two weeks of July, the Grande Armée lost...
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order of battle of the French invasion of Russia. Napoleon organized the Grande Armée the largest army assembled up to that point in European history. After...
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tactics as it withdrew east, and harried the Grande Armée with light Cossack cavalry. The Grande Armée did not adjust its operational methods in response...
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Tsar Alexander I and Karl von Schwarzenberg, decisively defeated the Grande Armée of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon's army also contained...
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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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defeated Prussia at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt in 1806, marched his Grande Armée into Eastern Europe, and defeated the Russians in 1807 at the Battle...
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The Column of the Grande Armée (French - Colonne de la grande Armée or Colonne Napoléone) is a 53 metre high Corinthian order triumphal column (modelled...
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The V Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. The corps was originally formed in 1805 and was reorganized...
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As with all armed forces throughout history, the French Grande Armée of the Napoleonic Wars used a colorful and extensive vocabulary of slang terms to...
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The I Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. Though disbanded in 1814, following the Treaty of Fontainebleau...
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victory involved the Ulm Campaign, a large wheeling manoeuvre by the Grande Armée lasting from late August to mid-October 1805 that captured an entire...
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French Army (redirect from Armée de Terre)
The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (French: Armée de terre, lit. 'Army of Land'), is the principal land warfare force of France, and the...
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general (major general) and assumed command of the 26th Division of the Grande Armée. This division consisted of troops from Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt, and Berg...
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The Avenue de la Grande Armée is an avenue in Paris, France, marking the boundary between its 16th and 17th arrondissements. It was formerly named Avenue...
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"Grande armée" is a song by French rapper Lacrim. It peaked at number two in France. "Lacrim – Grande armée" (in French). Ultratop 50. "Lacrim – Grande...
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attached as an official artist to the Bavarian contingent in Bonaparte's Grande Armée. Throughout the campaign he sketched, painted and depicted an important...
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The order of battle at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt is listed below. The order of battle includes units from the First French Empire and the Kingdom of...
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The Scottish Guards (French: Gardes Écossaises) was a bodyguard unit founded in 1418 by the Valois Charles VII of France, to be personal bodyguards to...
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The III Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. The corps came to prominence between 1805 and 1809...
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shield (Avenue de la Grande Armée). Attic (Avenue de la Grande Armée). Attic (Avenue de la Grande Armée). Attic (Avenue de la Grande Armée). The names of the...
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(Grande Armée) III Corps (Grande Armée) IV Corps (Grande Armée) V Corps (Grande Armée) VI Corps (Grande Armée) VII Corps (Grande Armée) VIII Corps (Grande Armée)...
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Beresina) took place from 26 to 29 November 1812, between Napoleon's Grande Armée and the Imperial Russian Army under Field Marshal Wittgenstein and Admiral...
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September [O.S. 26 August] 1812 during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The Grande Armée won the battle against the Imperial Russian Army, but failed to gain...
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Marshal of the Empire was a civil dignity in the First French Empire between 1804 and 1815. The successor of the dignity, the Marshal of France, is a five-star...
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areas already devastated by the invasion. In the weeks that followed the Grande Armée starved and suffered from the onset of the Russian Winter. Lack of food...
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The I Cavalry Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. For one month in 1806–1807, Emperor Napoleon...
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and Avenue de la Grande Armée (to the south and west). The 17th arrondissement encompasses the area between Avenue de la Grande Armée and Avenue de Wagram...
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engagements like Cannae or Gaugamela. The military victory of Napoleon's Grande Armée at Austerlitz brought the War of the Third Coalition to an end, with...
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