Introduction
Raising the regiment: the Imperial Decree of 15 April 1806 –
recruitment
Naming – the Empress Josephine
Uniforms and equipment
1807: the Eylau and Friedland campaign – enlargement of
regiment
1808 and 1810: service in Spain
1809: Essling and Wagram campaign
1812: raising and absorption of Young Guard squadron – service in
Russia
1813: German campaign; battles of Bautzen, Wachau and Leipzig –
reinforcement by regiment of Eclaireurs
1814: Campaign of France – defence of Champagne – battles of
Brienne, Champaubert, Montmirail, Château-Thierry, Vauchamps,
Montereau, Rheims, Craonne, Arics, St Dizier
Paris – the First Abdication – disbandment and re-raising as Corps
Royal de Dragons de France
1815: the Hundred Days – Ligny and Waterloo – final disbandment
Bibliography
Lavishly illustrated and based on a wealth of archival sources, a study by noted authority Ronald Pawly that celebrates the colourful history and appearance of this legendary regiment.
Ronald Pawly was born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1956 and
still lives and works in that city. He is a respected member of
several international societies for Napoleonic studies, and an
expert on 19th-century military portraiture. He is the author of
the monumental The Red Lancers: Anatomy of a Napoleonic Regiment
(Crowood Press, 1998), and of a study of Napoleonic veterans' tombs
in Belgium.
Patrice Courcelle was born in northern France in 1950 and
has been a professional illustrator for some 20 years. Entirely
self-taught, he has illustrated many books and magazine articles
for Continental publishers, and his work hangs in a number of
public and private collections.
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