DUTCH GRENADIERS
Following the reunion of Holland with France in 1810, Napoleon decreed that his brother Louis' regiment of guards would enter the Imperial Guard to form a second regiment of foot grenadiers. They were commonly called Dutch grenadiers. After the creation, of which we have just spoken, of a second regiment of the Old Guard, the ex-Dutch regiment took number 3 (May 1811). These grenadiers kept their old white uniform, but removed the frogs in aurora wool which adorned the buttonholes of the lapels and the front of the collar while adopting the buttons of the Guard.
The fur cap had no plate.
This regiment took part in the Russian campaign, where it was almost entirely taken prisoner in November 1812. The survivors were, after the suppression of the regiment in 1813, incorporated into the two French grenadier regiments. The hat, which the Dutch wore in small uniform like their French comrades, had ceased to be worn in road dress.
