On 30 Fructidor Year XI (September 17, 1803) a battalion of sailors was created to be part of the Consuls Guard; it consisted of five crews and a staff. The men were mostly On 30 Fructidor Year XI(September 17, 1803) a battalion of sailors was created to be part of the Consuls guard; it consisted of
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
FUSILIER GRENADIERS By an imperial decree dated from Saint-Cloud, on September 19, 1 a regiment was created which took the name of fusiliers, grenadiers. This regiment of 1,600 men came immediately after the Old Guard and was to, together with the regiment of riflemenbreakers, compose what was late
This term designates, in Arabic, white slaves. From 1250 to 1517, these slaves, mostly of Turkish origin, ruled Egypt. When the Ottoman sultan installed a pasha in Egypt, the latter kept the Mamluks as provincial administrators with the title of bey. Since 1770, the 24 beys hold almost all the powe
Designed to guard palaces and headquarters, the elite Gendarmerie Legion was formed on July 29, 1804. It had a staff, two squadrons of two companies each and a half-battalion of two foot companies, which provided a total strength of 632 gendarmes. Elite Guardsman From 1806, there were only the
There are two kinds of honor guards. The first had only an ephemeral role, on the occasion of the Emperors visit to a city. The custom was to form a guard of honor there with the sons of wealthy families, equipped at their own expense with more or less fanciful uniforms. But Napoleon had also thoug
By imperial decree dated from the Palace of Saint-Cloud, April 15, 1806, a regiment of dragoons was organized on the model of horse grenadiers. Their uniform was exactly the same, but the blue cloth was replaced by green cloth. Guard Dragon Recruitment was from the various dragoon regiments of
Guard mounted hunter This regiment had been formed in great part by the guides of Bonaparte, from whom it had kept the brilliant costume à la hussarde. It had a composition identical to that of the regiment of horse grenadiers, except for the height of the velites, which was slightly lower:1.73 m
lancers in waterloo 2nd Imperial Guard Lancer Light Horse Regiment The 2nd Regiment of Cavalry Lancers of the Imperial Guard, more often called the Red Lancers because of their predominantly vermilion red uniform (or crayfish) is a cavalry regiment of the Imperial Guard, created in 1810 from the
HORSE-LEGERS LANCIERS 1st regiment When he entered Warsaw in December 1806, Napoleon was escorted by a guard of honor made up of Polish nobles whose superb appearance won him over. Also, from March 2, 1807, the Emperor ordered the formation of a pulk, or body of Polish cavalry, of four squadrons int
grenadiers on horseback in Eylau The horse grenadiers enjoyed, along with the foot grenadiers, their prestige as former Marengo soldiers. Admission requirements were just as stringent as for foot grenadiers. Passing from the former Consular Guard to the Imperial Guard (July 29, 1804), the regimen
In the British army, the small Scottish military unit of the Scots Guards is one of the elite regiments making up the division of the British Royal Guard the Guards Division, alongside the Irish Guards (North Irish, light infantry ), Welsh Guards (Welsh, infantry), Grenadier Guards (light infantry)
Rifles. In 1800 Colonel Coote Manninghams experimental Rifle Corps was raised as the Riflemen and designated as the 95th Regiment on the General Army List. Meeting no difficulty in recruiting, this regiment had 3 battalions in 1809. Companies of these 3 battalions fought at Waterloo.The riflemens u
The Kings German Legion or K.G.L is the name that designates all the Hanoverian military units formed in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland between 1803 and 1816. Origins In 1714, Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland died without leaving an heir. In application of the act of succes
Since the Restoration, there had been Scottish regiments in the British Army, but the Royal Scots could pride themselves on being the oldest; all these Scots were from Lower Scotland. In 1739, to police the Highlands, a first regiment was raised in the north of the country; he gave satisfaction and
Within the British Army, the Grenadier Guards are one of five infantry regiments of the Sovereigns Household Guard (Household Division). The Cavalry of the Guard being made up of the Horse Guards of the Household Cavalry Regiment, created by the amalgamation of the Life Guards and the Blues and Roya
The Royal Scots Greys. The 2nd Scottish Dragoons, whose origins date back to 1678, were amalgamated in 1971 with the 3rd Carabinieri (Prince of Wales Dragoons Guards) to form the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabinieri and Greys). He took part in the Napoleonic wars. At Waterloo, June 18, 1815, the
Begun six years earlier, the Revolution not only constituted the great historic turning point of France, but also swarmed throughout Europe with liberating germs which, having come to maturity, would take away one by one the thrones of the old monarchical Europe. In this vast mixing of ideas, and be
The death of Robespierre, beyond the vast movement of popular uprising , represented the end of the dictatorship of the sans-culottes. A Convention, certainly less virtuous, but free to say what it thinks, serves as an alibi for the men of the day, opportunists and speculators for many of them.But,
As soon as the fall of the Girondins was known, the province, in a vast movement of protest, rose up against the growing hegemony of the Montagnards and of Paris. The Girondin deputies who were able to escape triggered the federalist insurrection in many departments. The assassination of Marat by Ch
The medieval art is one that was produced during the period of the Middle Ages (5th to 15th century). It is associated with religiosity, since in that period the Church had great power and influence in peoples lives. Thus, theocentrism (God as the center of the world) was the main characteristic
Cerro Sechín , Pre-Columbian Temple in what is now the Casma Valley on the north central coast Peru , known for his unusually large stone sculptures. These carvings are in a style unlike anything else in Peru. The Cerro Sechín temple and sculptures are probably quite early, though uncer
Gulag is an acronym, in Russian, for Central Administration of the Fields. These were prison camps where detainees were punished with forced labor, physical and psychological torture. The term “Gulag” was popularized in the West thanks to the book “Gulag Archipelago”, by Russian writer Alexander So
From his real name Charles de Batz-Castelmore, dArtagnan was a French warrior born between 1611 and 1615 at the Château de Castelmore, near Lupiac, in Gascony (in the current department of Gers) and died at the siege of Maastricht on June 25, 1673. His protectors When the young Charles de Batz left