Elting napoleonic uniforms vol.1

NAPOLEONIC
UNIFORMS
VOLUME 1
John R Elting
The Napoleonic era is one of the most studied and romanticized periods of history. Personified by
Napoleon Bonaparte himself, the years between 1800 and 1815 were full of colour, glory, and grandeur.
Napoleon captured the age, both in reality and in spirit. His Grande Armée's seemingly endless
variety of uniforms whether magnificent full dress or practical field gear-was a fitting background to his
career.
Napoleonic Uniforms is the only reference of its kind to depict accurately the entire Grande Armée in
detail. This two volume work portrays the French armies as seen by their contemporaries, and combines
authoritative text with lavish illustrations, enabling the reader to experience the spectacle first hand.
Napoleonie Uniforms also depicts the various types of soldiers within selected regiments of the
Grande Armée - officers, sergeants, color-bearers, bandsmen, drummers and trumpeters, privates, and
surgeons. In addition, the volumes contain material on lesser-known formations such as the A-rmy of
Egypt (1798-1801), the pre-Revolutionary French Army, and Napoleon's police and internal security
organizations.
Nine hundred and eighteen original watercolours by Herbert Knötel, an internationally acclaimed
authority on military uniforms, with a special talent for depicting men and horses in action, bring the
nineteenth-century French soldier to life. Together with Colonel John R. Elting's definitive captions,
they preserve a significant aspect of this famous era for historians, researchers, teachers, students, model
makers, "uniformologists," and the general reader interested in this historical period.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John R. Elting, a retired Army colonel, has had nearly forty years of active and inactive service,
ranging-in his own words-"from equitation to nuclear weapons, from beans to computers." He served
with the 8th Armoured Division in World War II and the Philippine Scouts in 1946-1947. Colonel
Elting was an intelligence officer in the Far East Command and the Military District of Washington, and
has taught at the United States Military Academy at West Point for eleven years as associate professor
of the Department of Military Art and Engineering. Since retirement, Colonel Elting has been a military
consultant to Time-Life Books for the World War II, Civil War, and Third Reich series. He is also the
author, co-author, or editor of fourteen books, including A Military History and Atlas of the Napoleonic
Wars,
The Battles of Saratoga, The Superstrategists, American Army Life, Amateurs, to Arms!, and Swords
Around a Throne: Napoleon's GRANDE ARMÉE.
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FOREGROUND:Colonel and chasseur company drummer, the Irish (later 3rd Foreign) Regiment, 1811-12.

BACKGROUND: The battalion of this regiment, in column of companies, carabinier company leading with the
battalion's fanion (pennant).
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Herbert Knötel
(1893-1963)
Herbert Knötel was the mid-twentieth century's acknowledged master painter of military costume.
His father, the celebrated Richard Knötel (1857-1914), was both a successful military artist and the world's -greatest
authority on military dress and equipment, being the first to carry through a scientific study of the entire history of that
subject. His working library contained over 9,000 books and endless files of methodically screened and arranged reference
material. Trained as his successor, young Herbert Knötel assisted him in the preparation of his famous Grosse Uniform-
kunde" a series of 1,060 colored plates with accompanying texts, covering the armies of most of the civilized world from the
seventeenth century until 1914.
In 1914 Herbert Knötel came to full manhood, serving as a squad leader and being wounded during the Tannenberg
campaign. Subsequently commissioned, he fought through World War I as a cavalry officer on the eastern front, learning the
true aspect of fighting men of many nations. Ever afterwards he could give his paintings a realistic edge of dust, sweat, mud,
sun glare, and danger, and depict horses and horsemen with a skill few other military artists have possessed.
Through the years between the two world wars he carried forward and expanded his father's work, updating and enlarging
his 1896 Handbuch der Uniformkunde, extending the Grosse Uniformkunde series, producing the well-known
DeutscheUniformen cigarette card books, and taking an important part in the management of the Berlin Zeughaus Museum.
His reference library survived British and American bombing raids on Berlin, only to be destroyed by Russian artillery fire
durina the Battle of Berlin. Cramming his most valuable books into suitcases, he and his wife managed to escape.
Afterward, his publishing career shattered, he slowly built up a new career as an artist.
Knötel's work has certain noticeable characteristics. A watercolorist must have a sure hand and work quickly. His paper
must be kept moist; he cannot paint over any portion of his work without blurring its colours. Essential details, such as
buttons, must be added later with acrylic paint. Knötel's method was to make a pencil sketch of the figure he was about to
paint (traces of such preliminary outlines show on several of these plates) and then paint over it. He had two distinct styles-
one a careful documentary presentation, the other almost impressionistic - and he often used both in one of my monthly
"contingents." With both, however, there practically always is evidence of his mastery : look at his figures- especially their
faces - through a magnifying glass.
Though increasing age and failing health gradually restricted his activity, his hand and mind remained steady. Watercolors
he painted less than a month before his death are among his finest, and his eagerness for new knowledge never slackened.
Soldiers of every nation, in every age, took shape under his skilled fingers. They were not elegant fashion plates, drawn
merely to illustrate some uniform regulation of years gone by. Instead, they were a soldier's soldiers: infantrymen who knew
the dragging weight of heavy packs and empty bellies; fussy, officious administrative officers; cavalrymen with eyes alert for
the first flicker of hostile movement; gay, gaudy, galloping aides-de-camp. Herbert Knötel has left his armies - of which this
is not the least-behind him.

Part One
Royal Army
Royal Army Index
Plate 1: 2nd Battalion of Light Infantry, Private, 1791.
Plate 2: Infantry Regiment Picardy (2nd Infantry Regiment), Colonel, 1791.
Plate 3: Infantry Regiment Navarre (5th Infantry Regiment), Chasseur, 1790.
Plate 4: Infantry Regiment Bourbon, Fusilier, 1790.
Plate 5: King's (du Roi) Infantry Regiment, Fusilier, 1790.
Plate 6: German Infantry Regiment Salm-Salm, Grenadier, 1791.
Plate 7: Infantry Regiment Royal-Italian, Chasseur, 1788.
Plate 8: Irish Infantry Regiment Dillon, Grenadier, 1786.
Plate 9: Hussar Regiment de Saxe, Private, 1790.
Plate 10: The King's Cuirassier Regiment, Private, 1790.
Plate 11: The Royal German Regiment, Private, 1790.
Plate 12: 1st Carabinier Regiment, Private, 1790.
Plate 13: Royal Artillery Corps, Captain, 1791.
Plate 14: Guard of the Vice-Legate of Avignon, Fusilier, 1789.
Plate 15: French Guard, Grenadier, 1786.
Plate 16: Swiss Guard, Grenadier, 1791.
Plate 17: Guard of the Count d'Artois, 1786.
Plate 18: Guides du Corps, 1st (Scots) Company, Full Dress, 1786.
Part One
Royal Army
The Royal Army of 1791 consisted of 102 regiments of infantry (79 French, 11 Swiss, and 12 of Germans, Irish, and
miscellancous foreigners); 12 battalions of chasseurs à pied (light infantry); 62 regiments of cavalry (2 carabiniers à cheval,
24 heavy cavalry, 18 dragoons, 12 chasseurs à cheval, and 6 hussars); and 7 artillery regiments.
The period between 1 October 1786, when the last general regulation covering the uniforms and equipment of the Royal
Army was published, and 21 September 1792, when the French monarchy was abolished, was a stew of constant changes and
reorganizations as the new National Assembly gradually wrenched control of the Army from King Louis XVI. While cavalry
and artillery uniforms remained largely unchanged, on 1 November 1789 the French infantry regiments were divided into 7
"series" of 12 regiments each (the last series had only 7); each series was assigned a distinctive facing color - black, violet,
rose, sky blue, crimson, scarlet, and royal blue. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 8th, and 9th regiments of each series had yellow
buttons; the rest had white ones; the first 6 had their coat pockets cut horizontally; those of the last 6 were vertical, all were to
have revers (lapels) of their distinctive color, and white retroussis (the turned-back coat skirts). In each group of 3, the 1st
regiment would have collars, cuffs, and cuff flaps of the distinctive color; the 2nd cuffs only; the 3rd collars and cuff flaps.
Foreign regiments retained their traditional uniforms, madder red for Swiss and Irish; deep sky blue for the rest. Probably this
regulation was never completely implemented because of the lack of time and the need to wear out existing uniforms-not to
mention the complete nonchalance with which Frenchmen, especially nobly born colonels, regarded all uniform regulations.
French regiments had gone in an assortment of colors until 1762, when the all-white uniform became official; their officers had
seldom worn any sort of uniforms before 1729-30 and still were likely to have theirs tailored according to the current court
fashion rather than official specifications!

Emigrant Troops Index
Plate 1: Loyal Emigrant Infantry Regiment, Grenadier, 1798.
Plate 2: Legion of Mirabeau, Fusilier, 1792.
Plate 3: De Broglie' s Infantry Regiment, Grenadier, 1795.
Plate 4: York Fusiliers, Rifleman, 1795.
Plate 5: British Uhlan Regiment, Uhlan, 1795.
Plate 6: Salm-Kirburg Hussar Regiment, Hussar, 1795.
Plate 7: Salm-Kirburg Hussar Regiment. Artilleryman. 1795.
Part Two
Emigrant Troops
The Revolution's increasing, savagery caused many of the French nobility and gentry, including
between half and two thirds of the Army's officers, to flee France. Some officers attempted to carry their
troops with them, but with little success. Once across the frontier, these emigrés, as they termed
themselves, soon began forming military units, intending to restore the French monarchy by force of
arms. Two of their three small "armies" organized in 1792 were soon ruined - almost without seeing
combat - by hardships, disease, and the incompetence of the French princes who pretended to command
them. The third, the "Army of Condé" after its devoted and pretentious commander, Louis de Bourbon,
Prince of Condé, endured until 1801. A disorderly, almost medieval collection of roughly 6,000
gentlemen-at-arms and mercenaries, it had a headquarters large enough for an army of 100,000 (Condé's
personal entourage included 20 aides-de-camp, 3 chaplains, and 6 cooks) and an accompanying horde of
families, servants, and camp followers. Eventually most of its units passed into the English, Russian, or
Austrian service.
Other emigré formations were organized in Holland, Spain, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and especially
England. Almost all of them suffered from an oversupply of officers and a shortage of acceptable
enlisted men. For lack of French recruits, they filled their ranks with deserters and prisoners of war from
the French revolutionary armies and available foreigners of any nationality: The first proved dangerously
unreliable; the second often were little better.
The uniforms of these lost legions, were amazingly varied, often fantastic, and sometimes bizarre.
Their confusing variety occasionally caused "unfortunate incidents as on 19 October 1794 in Holland
when the British 37th Foot was surprised and ridden under by the French 9th Hussars, whom they had
mistaken for the émigré Rohan Hussars who also wore sky blue.

Revolutionary Armies Index
Plate 1: General of Division, 1798.
Plate 2: Hussar-Guides of the Army of Italy, Guide, 1796.
Plate 3: Hussar-Guides of the Army of Germany, Guide, 1797.
Plate 4: Hussar-Guides of the Army of Germany, Trumpeter, 1797.
Plate 5: Guides of General Bonaparte, Artilleryman, 1797.
Plate 6: Guides of the Army of Switzerland, Guide, 1799.
Plate 7: Representative of the People "On Mission," 1794.
Plate 8: Light Infantry, Chasseur Private, 1796.
Plate 9: 57th Demi-Brigade of Line Infantry, Bandsman, 1798.
Plate 10: National Volunteers, Private, 1792.
Plate 11: Santerre's Volunteers, Fusilier, 1793.
Plate 12: The Black Legion, Carabinier Company Drummer, 1798.
Plate 13: The German Legion, Infantryman, 1792.
Plate 14: Legion of Paris, Chasseur Private, 1793.
Plate 15: Paris Volunteers, Officer, 1793.
Plate 16: Westermann's Legion, Infantry Private, 1792.
Plate 17: Allobrogian Legion, Infantry Private, 1792.
Plate 18: The Irish Legion, Private, 1796.
Plate 19: 1st Hussar Regiment, Hussar, 1798.
Plate 20: 7th Hussar Regiment, Hussar, 1792-93.
Plate 21: 13th Hussar Regiment, Hussar, 1796.
Plate 22: 2nd Regiment of Chasseurs à Cheval, Chasseur, 1791.
Plate 23: 5th Regiment of Chasseurs à Cheval, Trumpeter, 1797.
Plate 24: 6th Regiment of Chasseurs à Cheval, Colonel, 1795.
Plate 25: 2nd Cavalerie Regiment, Trooper, 1792.
Plate 26: Volunteer Hussars of Death, Corporal, 1793.
Plate 27: Lorient National Dragoon Regiment, Dragoon, 1791.
Plate 28: Polish Legions of Italy, Grenadier Private, 1797.
Plate 29: Cisalpine Republic, Aide-de-Camp, 1800.
Plate 30: Cisalpine Republic, National Guard, Artilleryman, 1797.
Plate 31: Ligurian Republic, Chasseur, 1797-99.
Plate 32: Piedmontese Republic, Color Bearer, 1800.
Plate 33: Lombard Legion, Infantry Private, 1796.
Plate 34: Lombard Legion, Artilleryman, 1796.
Plate 35: Horse Artillery, Private, Field Uniform, 1793.
Plate 36: Balloon Service, 1794.
Plate 37: School of Mars, Cadet, 1794.
Plate 38: Guard of the National Assembly, Guardsman, 1791.
Plate 39: Guard of the National Assembly. Grenadier-Gendarme, 1792.
Part Three
Revolutionary Armies
In late 1793 the French Army had -on paper- 196 demi-brigades (regiments) of infantry, 25 regiments of
heavy cavalry (cavalerie), 2 of carabiniers, 21 of dragoons, 25 of chasseurs à cheval. 13 of hussars, and
9 of artillery. Actually, throughout the Revolution, the French government was increasingly uncertain as
to how many men and units it really had and frequently as to just where some of them might be.
The Army had been strengthened by recruiting, new regular units of light infantry and cavalry, by
calling out battalions of "national volunteers," putting units of the national guard on active duty, and
encouraging the formation of "free corps" by localities and patriotic citizens. (Many of the latter were
organized as "legions' consisting of both infantry and cavalry and sometimes artillery.) On 23 August
1793 national conscription was introduced; during that year and the next regulars, volunteers, and free
corps infantry were combined into standard demi-brigades. Free corps cavalry were put into regular
regiments. By 1796 things were again in complete confusion. Authorized units had not been activated;
unauthorized ones had been formed; existing units had dwindled away through casualties, sickness, and
desertion. Some of the 251 demi-brigades existing in 1795 had less than 100 men. They therefore were
"amalgamated" in 1796 to produce 110 demi-briades of line infantry and 30 of light, but the situation
continued to worsen until Napoleon's seizure of power in late 1799.
The uniforms of the Revolutionary armies are a fascinating confusion. Their wars began with regular
line infantry in white, light infantry in green, volunteers and national guardsmen in blue. The free corps

appeared in uniforms of every color and description, often deliberately gaudy or bizarre to attract
recruits. Each hussar regiment tried to have its own distinctive outfit. But as these first uniforms - often
cheaply and hurriedly made- wore out, resupply grew more and more corrupt and inefficient and finally
collapsed. Soldiers patched their old uniforms, pieced out their rags with items of civilian clothing or
enemy uniforms, and made up new uniforms or parts of uniforms from whatever cloth of whatever color
they might find. Sabots were issued in place of shoes, but many soldiers had to march barefoot. By
1799 most of the Army was uniformed only in the sense that a profusion of tricolor cockades, plumes,
ribbons, and sashes gave a certain sameness to its tatters.
Uniform research is helped chiefly by contemporary artists, especially the primitive local painters and
engravers of the Rhineland towns who reproduced what they saw. The unknown German who left the
realistic "French Infantry Assembling for the Changing of the Guard" at Mannheim, October 1795,
shows two sorts of helmets, hats of all shapes and forage caps: smart new uniforms (of several different
colors) and utter rags, officers carrying packs; bayonets garnished with a loaf of bread, a slab of meat, or
a mess tin; and a showy drum major with a spoon tucked carefully under his baldric.
Other artists like the Hessian painter and engraver Nicolaus Hoffmann who worked in Paris from 1775
to 1808 produced pictures of how the soldiers were supposed to look. A thrifty man, he corrected and
then reused the same engraving plate for different units. Unfortunately he sometimes failed to make all
the necessary corrections - which may be why the colonel of the 6th Chasseurs à Cheval has a squadron
commander' s insignia.

Army of Egypt
Index
Plate 1: General Bonaparte's Guides, Cavalry Officer, 1799.
Plate 2: General Bonaparte' s Guides. Cavalryman, Field Uniform, 1798.
Plate 3: General Bonaparte's Guides, Infantryman, Full-Dress Uniform, 1799.
Plate 4: General Bonaparte's Guides, Infantryman, Field Uniform, 1799.
Plate 5: General Bonaparte's Guides, Infantry Drummer, 1799.
Plate 6: General Bonaparte's Guides, Native Company, 1799.
Plate 7: 2nd Light Infantry Demi-Brigade, Chasseur Private, 1799.
Plate 8: 4th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade, Chasseur Company 1st Sergeant, 1799.
Plate 9: 21st Light Infantry Demi-Brigade, Lieutenant, 1800.
Plate 10: 22nd Light Infantry Demi-Brigade, Chasseur Private, 1800.
Plate 11: 9th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade, Colonel, Field Uniform, 1800.
Plate 12: 9th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade, Drum Major, Full Dress, 1800.
Plate 13: 9th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade, Sergeant Major, 1800.
Plate 14: 9th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade. Bandsman, 1800.
Plate 15: 9th Line Inftntry Demi-Brigade, Lieutenant, 1800.
Plate 16: 9th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade, Grenadier 1st Sergeant, 1799.
Plate 17: 9th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade, Grenadier, 1799.
Plate 18: 9th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade, Fusilier, 1800.
Plate 19: 9th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade. Fusilier Company Drummer, 1800.
Plate 22: 25th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade, Fusilier Company Drummer, 1800.
Plate 23: 32nd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade, Fusilier, 1800.
Plate 24: 61st Line Infantry Demi-Brigade, Bandsman, 1800.
Plate 25: 61st Line Infantry Demi-Brigade, Fusilier. 1800.
Plate 29: 88th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade, Grenadier, 1800.
Plate 31: The Coptic Legion, Grenadier, 1799.
Plate 32: The Maltese Legion, Fusilier, 1800.
Plate 33: The Greek Legion, 1800.
Plate 34: Garrison of Malta, Grenadier, 1799.
Plate 35: 7th (bis) Hussar Regiment, Officer, 1800.
Plate 36: 7th (bis) Hussar Regiment, Hussar, 1799.
Plate 37: 22nd Regiment of Chasseurs à Cheval. Squadron Commander, 1799.
Plate 38: 22nd Regiment of Chasseurs à Cheval, Chasseur, 1800.
Plate 39: 3rd Dragoon Regiment, Dragoon, 1800.
Plate 40: 15th Dragoon Regiment, Captain, 1800.
Plate 41: Dromedary Regiment, Officer, 1800.
Plate 42: Dromedary Regiment, Private, 1799.
Plate 43: Artillery Artificer, 1799.
Plate 44: Miner, 1800-1801.
Plate 45: Balloon Company, 1799.
Plate 46: Naval Legion, Fusilier Private, 1799.
Part Four
Army of Egypt
Officially L'Armée de l'Orient (Army of the East), this small force, which probably never mustered
more than 35,000 effective men, conquered Egypt and maintained itself there for three years. Shortly
after its landing on 1 July 1798, it was cut off from any large-scale reinforcement or resupply from
France by the destruction of most of the French Mediterranean fleet by Admiral Horatio Nelson at
Aboukir Bay. The French then organized and modernized Egypt's resources to provide themselves with
weapons, ammunition, and clothing.
The uniforms of L'Armée de 1'0rient went through three phases. It landed in regulation French

uniforms, probably already considerably worn. Soldiers found them unbearably hot during the first
desert marches; a good many discarded their woolen coats and then shivered in the chill desert nights.
By August it was evident that the army would have to be reclothed. After considering and rejecting a
semi-oriental style, a board of officers adopted a short blue single-breasted coat of cotton cloth with red
cuffs and collar and white cotton lining. Issued with this were two pairs of white cotton trousers, short
white leggins, and a white cotton waistcoat. Shortly thereafter the infantry's battered hats were replaced
by leather helmets, each regiment helm assigned its own distinctive colored crest (pouffe). New
overcoats of linen cloth, usually white, sometimes blue, followed.
This uniform lasted for approximately one year's campaigning. Apparently it lacked warmth; a
sensible compromise seemed to be a wool coat and a linen or cotton waistcoat. Napoleon returned to
France in August 1799 before much had been done to develop new uniforms, but his successor, General
Jean Kléber, pushed the work. Kléber's clothing service requisitioned most of the woolen cloth in Egypt,
demanding more than was actually required to make the army appear larger than it was. It then found
itself confronted by an amazing jigsaw puzzle of excellent, bad, or acceptable cloths in every imaginable
color, weave, and size. Distributing them among the regiments was a long. frustrating, problem,
especially since some colonels had definite color preferences. Eventually it was accomplished through
late 1799-carly 1800, producing one of the most unusual-appearing armies in western military history.
Unfortunately Herbert Knötel died before he was able to paint either the cotton uniform or the army's
command and staff, artillery, and medical services. General officers appear to have continued to wear
their regulation uniforms : possibly with extra gold embroidery; one adopted a helmet somewhat like the
infantry's, but circled with a laurel wreath in gold embroidery and crowned with a mass of red" white,
and blue plumage. Surgeons may have worn scarlet breeches as a means of quick identification.
These plates are based on surviving records. Many details however must remain obscure. Different
regiments favored different styles of coats, and there probably was considerable variation in the size and
shapes of the regimental pouffes.

Part Five
La Grande Armée
The Grande Armée was created in training camps along the English Channel during 1803-04. It died in
1815 in combat at Waterloo. During the years between, it stabled its horses in every European capital
except London.
The French Army of this period had three major components: the Imperial Guard; the "Active
Army" (infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers, train troops, and foreign troops in the French service); and
the "Army of the Interior" (gendarmerie, veterans, departmental troops, the Regiments of Paris, coast
artillery, and elements of the National Guard on active duty). Together with the Navy, service schools,
and disciplinary units, this force averaged more than 1 million men.
In the largest sense the whole French Army never was uniformed according, to regulations - to begin
with, it had no complete set of uniform regulations until 1812! Its clothing service (Service de
l'Habillement) was slow, inefficient, and too often dishonest. The constant marching, and fighting
rapidly used up uniforms: the Grande Armée left its Channel camps in late August 1805 in proper
uniform; on 2 December it fought at Austerlitz in a mixture of rags and captured Austrian uniforms.
Regiments out on the far end of sketchy supply lines, as in Spain, clothed themselves in what they could
find or capture. In 1809 the whole Grande Armée reoutfitted itself in Austria and was much pleased
with the result.
A colonel, therefore, had a comparatively free hand in clothing his regiment. Many of them used that
authority to give it some distinctive variation - plumes, braiding, or facing colors - from the standard
uniform.
From 1810 on Napoleon worked to make the Army's uniforms simpler and less expensive. Its
cooperation was grudging. Between the need to wear out existing uniforms and the increasing, collapse
of the clothing service through 1814, the Grande Armée again wore whatever it could get.
In 1815 the Army was only partially reuniformed when the Waterloo campaign began. One Prussian
uhlan officer - to his subsequent sorrow - mistook a haphazardly dressed regiment of the Old Guard for
National Guard reservists.
Command and staff
index
Plate 1: Master of the Horse (Grand Ecuyer) - Ceremonial Dress, 1805.
Plate 2: Imperial Orderly Officer (Officier d'Ordonnance), 1807.
Plate 3: Imperial Orderly Officer, 1809-15.
Plate 4: Imperial Orderly Officer, Field Uniform, 1812.
Plate 5: Imperial Courier, 1807.
Plate 6: Aide-de-Camp of General Rapp, 1814.
Plate 7: Aide-de-Camp of General Bertrand, 1807.
Plate 8: Aide-de-Camp of General Bertrand, 1810.
Plate 9: Aide-de-Camp of Marshal Berthier, 1805.
Plate 10: Aide-de-Camp of Marshal Berthier, 1810.
Plate 11: Aide-de-Camp of Marshal Berthier, Undress Uniform, 1808.
Plate 12: Courier of Marshal Berthier, c. 1809.
Plate 13: Marshal Berthier's Guides, Field Uniform, 1807.
Plate 14: Marshal Berthier's Guides, In Spain, 1810-11.
Plate 15: Marshal Berthier's Guides. (?), 1811.
Plate 16: Elite Company. Army Headquarters, Corporal, 1812.
Plate 17: Marshal of the Empire, 1812.
Plate 18: Marshal Murat, 1805.
Plate 19: Marshal Murat. 1807.
Plate 20: Aide-de-Camp of Marshal Bernadotte, Full Dress, 1808.
Plate 21: Aide-de-Camp of Marshal Bessieres, Undress Uniform, 1812.
Plate 22: Aide-de-Camp of Marshal Bessieres, Full Dress, 1812.
Plate 23: Aide-de-Camp of Marshal Massena, 1809.
Plate 24: Aide-de-Camp of Marshal Murat, 1806.
Plate 25: Aide-de-Camp of Marshal Soult, 1811.
Plate 26: Staff Officer of Marshal Soult, in Spain, 1811.
Plate 27: General of Division Junot, Colonel General of the Hussars. 1809.
Plate 28: Interpreter Guides, 1805.
Plate 29: Interpreter Guides, Army of Germany, 1805-06.
Plate 30: Marshal Bernadotte's Guides, Captain, Full Dress, 1806.

Plate 3 1: Marshal Bernadotte' s Guides, 1804.
Plate 32: Marshal Moncey's Guides, Sergeant, 1814.
Plate 33: Marshal Mortier's Guides, 1812.
Plate 34: Marshal Murat's Guides, 1806.
Plate 35: Guides of the Governor of Strasbourg, 1815.
Plate 36: General of Division, Winter Uniform, 1812.
Plate 37: General of Division Lasalle, 1809.
Plate 38: General of Division of Cuirassiers, 1812.
Plate 39: General of Division of Dragoons, 1812.
Plate 40: General of Division Commanding a Fortress, 1812.
Plate 4 1: Aide-de-Camp of a General of Division, 1812.
Plate 42: Aide-de-Camp of General of Division Vandamme, 1813.
Plate 43: General of Brigade, 1812.
Plate 44: General of Brigade of Carabiniers, 1812.
Plate 45: General of Brigade of the Grenadiers of the Reserve, 1807.
Plate 46: General of Brigade Fournier, 1812.
Plate 47: Aide-de-Camp of a General of Brigade, 1812.
Plate 48: Adjutant Commandant, 1812.
Plate 49: Commissaire-Ordonnateur en Chef, 1812.
Plate 50: Commissaire de Guerres, Inspecteur en Chef, 1812.
Plate 51: Sous-Inspecteur aux Revues, 1812.
Command and staff
Napoleon's Grande Quartier-Général Impérial (Imperial Army Headquarters) consisted of three major
organizations. His Maison (Household) was his personal staff, through which he directed both his
armies and, while he was at war, his empire. The Grand État-Major Général (Army Headquarters
Staff) handled military operations; the mostly civilian, rear-area Intendant General's headquarters was
responsible for supply (except weapons and ammunition), medical treatment, and financial matters. On
campaign the Maison was accompanied by a detail from Napoleon's Maison Civile (the civilian
organization that staffed his various residences), which provided the Emperor's meals, housing, and
transportation.

Dragoons
Index
Plate 1: Dragoon, Winter Field Uniform, 1812.
Plate 2: 1st Dragoon Regiment, Elite Company Captain, 1814.
Plate 3: 1st Dragoon Regiment, Trumpeter, 1805.
Plate 4: 2nd Dragoon Regiment, Fourrier, 1809.
Plate 5: 4th Dragoon Regiment, Elite Company Trumpeter, 1809.
Plate 7: 5th Dragoon Regiment, Elite Company Dragoon, 1811.
Plate 8: 7th Dragoon Regiment, Dragoon, 1812.
Plate 9: 7th Dragoon Regiment, Drummer, Dismounted Service, 1805.
Plate 10: 8th Dragoon Regiment, Proposed Uniform, 1803.
Plate 12: 11th Dragoon Regiment. Trumpet Major, 1809.
Plate 13: 12th Dragoon Regiment, Colonel. 1811-12.
Plate 14: 13th Dragoon Regiment, Officer, Field Uniform, 1812.
Plate 15: 15th Dragoon Regiment, Trumpeter, 1803-05.
Plate 16: 15th Dragoon Regiment, Dragoon, Dismounted Service, 1805.
Plate 18: 17th Dragoon Regiment, Bandsman, 1810.
Plate 20: 18th Dragoon Regiment, Dragoon, Service In Spain, 1809.
Plate 21: 18th Dragoon Regiment, Sapper, 1812.
Plate 22: 19th Dragoon Regiment, Dragoon, Service In Spain, 1810.
Plate 23: 20th Dragoon Regiment, Captain, Full Dress, 1810.
Plate 24 : 21st Dragoon Regiment, Elite Company Trumpeter, 1810.
Plate 25: 23rd Dragoon Regiment, Dragoon, Field Uniform, 1812.
Plate 26: 25th Dragoon Regiment, Eagle-Bearer, 1812.
Plate 27: 25th Dragoon Regiment, Elite Company Dragoon, Field Uniform, 1812.
Plate 28: 29th Dragoon Regiment, Trumpeter, 1809.
Plate 29: 30th Dragoon Regiment. Dragoon, 1804.
Dragoons
Dragoons appeared during the seventeenth century's wars as a sort of mounted infantry that could be
used for all types of odd jobs, including outpost and pioneer work. Their horses being small, cheap nags,
they frequently were ridden over when enemy cavalry caught them mounted. Consequently, dragoon
officers in all European armies sought to improve their men's swordsmanship and get them better horses.
Thus the 20 dragoon regiments in the French Army in 1800 had evolved into another type of
cavalryman, with practically no aptitude for dismounted service.
Napoleon gradually increased the number of his dragoon regiments to 30; in 1800 a Piedmontese
dragoon regiment was taken into the French service as the 21st; during 1803-04. the 22nd through the
27th cayalerie (heavy cavalry) and three hussar regiments also became dragoons. At various times he
formed provisional dragoon regiments, but these were always absorbed into the regular regiments once
the need for them had passed. In 1811, with war with Russia apparently inevitable, he converted the 1st,
3rd, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 29th dragoons into chevaux-légers lanciers.
In part because he could not find horses for all his dragoons, Napoleon had them trained during 1802-05
in dismounted action. Success was limited; when all these "foot" dragoons were mounted on horses
captured from the Austrians and Prussians during 1805-06, they proved rather indifferent cavalrymen.
Beginning in 1808 Napoleon. therefore, sent 24 regiments of them into Spain where they learned their
trade thoroughly; in 1813-14 these "Dragoons of Spain" were the most effective cavalry with Napoleon's
armies.

Heavy Cavalry
Index
Plate 1: 1st Cavalerie Regiment, Trooper, 1796.
Plate 2: 12th Cavalerie Regiment, Trumpeter, 1802.
Plate 3: Carabiniers à Cheval, Colonel, 1805.
Plate 4: Carabiniers à Cheval, Trumpeter, 1809.
Plate 5: Carabiniers à Cheval, Field-Grade Officer, 1812.
Plate 6: Carabiniers à Cheval, Trooper, 1812.
Plate 7: Carabiniers à Cheval, Trooper, 1814.
Plate 8: 2nd Carabiniers à Cheval Regiment, Trumpet Major, 1810
Plate 9: Carabiniers à Cheval, Trumpeter, 1812.
Plate 10: 1st Cuirassier Regiment, Trooper, 1812.
Plate 11: 1st Cuirassier Regiment, Trooper, 1813.
Plate 12: 1st Cuirassier Regiment, Kettledrummer, 1808.
Plate 13: 3rd Cuirassier Regiment, Trooper, Field Uniform, 1812.
Plate 14: 4th Cuirassier Regiment, Trumpeter, 1805.
Plate 15: 5th Cuirassier Regiment, Trumpet Major, 1808.
Plate 16: 5th Cuirassier Regiment, Bandsman, 1810.
Plate 17: 5th Cuirassier Regiment, Trooper, 1803.
Plate 18: 6th Cuirassier Regiment, Colonel, 1809.
Plate 20: 7th Cuirassier Regiment, Colonel, 1809.
Plate 21: 8th Cuirassier Regiment, Squadron Commander, 1812.
Plate 22 : 9th Cuirassier Regiment, Trumpet Major, (no date).
Plate 28: 13th Cuirassier Regiment, Sergeant, 1810.
Plate 30: 14th Cuirassier Regiment, Corporal, 1812.
Heavy Cavalry
Among the cavalry regiments that Napoleon took over when he became First Consul of France in late
1799 were 25 of heavy cavalry (cayalerie de battaille) and two of carabiniers (carabiniers à cheval).
Originally big men on tall, powerful horses, the heavy cavalry had declined greatly in efficiency
during the Revolutionary Wars: France could not provide them with suitable remounts and compared to
the showier hussars and chasseurs, they had trouble attracting recruits.
Napoleon solved this problem by dissolving the 7 highest numbered regiments and reassigning their
men and horses to the remaining 18. The strongest horses and men of all 25 regiments went into the first
12, which he converted to cuirassiers. The remaining 6 became dragoons. The 2 carabinier regiments
were retained and built up with men from the elite companies of the disbanded regiments.
As originally uniformed, the first 6 cuirassier regiments had scarlet facings, the other 6 bright yellow.
(jonquille). The 13th and 14th regiments (added in 1808-10) were assigned lees of wine (lie de vin).
During 1810-12 the colors of the original 12 were changed to: 1st-3rd scarlet; 4th-6th golden orange
(aurore); 7th-9th jonquille; and the 10th- 12th rose. The 2nd, 5th, 8th, and 11th normally had blue
collars.
Because all cuirassiers and carabiniers were considered elite troops, their regiments had no elite
companies. Their uniforms, therefore, included the usual indications of elite status: scarlet plumes and
epaulets and the flaming-grenade insignia on their coattails, saddle cloths, and belt buckles.

Hussars
Index
Plate 1: 1st Hussar Regiment, Colonel, 1812.
Plate 2: 1st Hussar Regiment, Eagle-Bearer. 1813.
Plate 3: 1st Hussar Regiment, Adjutant, 1810.
Plate 4: 1st Hussar Regiment, Sapper, 1812.
Plate 5: 1st Hussar Regiment, Kettledrummer-, 1812.
Plate 6: 1st Hussar Regiment, Bandsman, 1807-10.
Plate 7: 1st Hussar Regiment, Elite Company Hussar, 1809.
Plate 8: 1st Hussar Regiment, Elite Company Trumpeter, 1812.
Plate 9: 1st Hussar Regiment, Hussar, Field Uniform, 1812.
Plate 10: 1st Hussar Regiment, Trumpeter, 1812.
Plate 11: 2nd Hussar Regiment, Elite Company Hussar, 1802.
Plate 12: 2nd Hussar Regiment, Elite Company Trumpeter. 1810.
Plate 13: 2nd Hussar Regiment, Hussar, 1812.
Plate 14: 3rd Hussar Regiment, Major, 1806.
Plate 15: 3rd Hussar Regiment, Bandmaster, 1812.
Plate 16: 3rd Hussar Regiment. Veterinarian, 1810.
Plate 17: 3rd Hussar Regiment, Elite Company Sergeant, Undress Uniform, 1804.
Plate 18: 3i-d Hussar Regiment, Elite Company Hussar, 1810.
Plate 19: 4th Hussar Regiment, Trumpet Major, 1807.
Plate 20: 4th Hussar Regiment, Elite Company Hussar, 1812.
Plate 21: 5th Hussar Regiment. Squadron Commander, 1813-14.
Plate 22: 5th Hussar Regiment, Elite Company Officer, 1812.
Plate 23: 5th Hussar Regiment, Officer, Summer Undress Uniform, 1808.
Plate 25: 5th Hussar Regiment, Trumpeter, 1808.
Plate 26: 5th Hussar Regiment, Trumpeter, Undress Uniform, 1809.
Plate 27: 6th Hussar Regiment, Elite Company Trumpeter, 1810.
Plate 29: 7th Hussar Regiment, Squadron Commander, Field Uniform, 1813.
Plate 30: 7th Hussar Regiment, Elite Company Lieutenant, 1805.
Plate 32: 7th (bis) Hussar Regiment, Hussar, 1801-03.
Plate 36: 9th Hussar Regiment, Sapper, Undress Uniform, 1812.
Plate 37: 9th Hussar Regiment. Elite Company Hussar, 1812-13.
Plate 38: 9th Hussar Regiment, Elite Company Trumpeter, 1812.
Plate 41: 9th (bis) Hussar Regiment, Bandmaster, 1812.
Plate 42: 9th (bis) Hussar Regiment, Hussar, 1812.
Plate 51: 13th Hussar Regiment, Elite Company Officer, 1813.
Plate 52: 13th Hussar Regiment, 1st Sergeant, 1813.
Plate 53: 13th Hussar Regiment, Officer, Full-Dress Uniform, 1813-14.
Plate 54: 13th Hussar Regiment, Hussar, Field Uniform, 1814.
Plate 59: Bonaparte's Volunteer Hussars, Hussar, 1800.
Plate 60: Bonaparte's Volunteer Hussars, Trumpeter, 1800.

Hussars
At the beginning of the French Revolution, the French Army had six hussar regiments, recruited largely
from Alsace and Lorraine and so thoroughly Germanic in character. Orders were given in German until
1793 and in an "Alsatian" jargon for years afterward. Additional hussar regiments were organized
during, the Revolution, their showy uniforms readily attracting recruits. When confirmed as First
Consul in 1799, Napoleon inherited 13 regiments. Probably because hussars were expensive to uniform
and equip, he converted three of these to dragoons. In 1810 he added an 11th Regiment; a 12th Regi-
ment was formed during 1812-13 and short-lived 13th and 14th regiments were organized, lost, and
reformed in 1813-14.
The hussars' mission was the typical light cavalry duties of scouting, screening, and raiding, as well as
massed charges on the battlefield. Their weapons were the curved saber, pistol, and carbine. Though
they were only a small part of the Grande Armée's cavalry, the hussars always drew the public's attention
- “especially the ladies”! Their dashing uniforms and their traditional swaggering gaiety gave even their
rawest recruit or downy-lipped sous-lieutenant the likeness of a rider of destiny and a casual breaker of
female hearts. They went into battle as recklessly as into a boudoir, setting their regimental pride and
honor above all personal hazard.

Chevau-Léger Lanciers
Index
Plate 1: Polish Legion, Lancer, 1799.
Plate 2: Legion of the Danube, Lancer Trumpeter, 1800.
Plate 3: Legion of the Vistula, Lancer, 1808.
Plate 4: 1st Lancer Regiment, Colonel, 1813.
Plate 5: 1st Lancer Regiment, 1st Sergeant, 1814-15.
Plate 6: 2nd Lancer Regiment, 1st Sergeant, 1812.
Plate 7: 2nd Lancer Regiment, Kettledrummer, 1812.
Plate 8: 2nd Lancer Regiment, Elite Company Trumpeter, 1811.
Plate 9: 3rd Lancer Regiment, Lancer, Field Uniform, 1812.
Plate 10: 4th Lancer Regiment, Trumpeter, 1812.
Plate 11: 5th Lancer Regiment, Lancer, 1812.
Plate 12: 5th Lancer Regiment, Veterinarian, 1812.
Plate 13: 6th Lancer Regiment, Lancer, 1814-15.
Plate 15: 7th Lancer Regiment, Lancer, 1811-12.
Plate 18: 9th Lancer Regiment, Major, 1813.
Chevau-Léger Lanciers
With one or two minor exceptions such as Marshal Maurice de Saxe's (1696-1750) uhlan regiment of
assorted foreigners, France had no lancers until the last years of the eighteenth century. These again
were foreigners, Polish volunteers, famous throughout Europe for horsemanship and their skill with the
long, weapon.
Faced with inevitable war with Russia and its swarms of regular and irregular lancers, in 1811 Napoleon
hastily converted one chasseur á cheval regiment and six dragoon regiments to lancers and added
another Polish regiment.
Organized in haste, the new "French Lancers" (chevau-léger lanciers) were only partially ready when
the invasion of Russia began in June 1812. But Napoleon had picked their colonels carefully, and the six
regiments served creditably enough, though full of raw recruits and remounts and new officers.

Light Infantry
Index
Plate 1: Captain, Chasseur Company. 1812.
Plate 2: Lieutenant, Voltigeur Company. 1813.
Plate 3: Drummer, 1804.
Plate 4: Carabinier, 1805.
Plate 5: Carabinier, 1812.
Plate 6: Chasseur 1st Sergeant, 1814.
Plate 7: Chasseur, 1802.
Plate 8: Chasseur, 1812.
Plate 9: Voltigeur, 1812.
Plate 10: 1st Sergeant, Regimental Cannon Company, 1811.
Plate 11: 1st Light Infantry Regiment, Major, 1809.
Plate 12: 1st Light Infantry Regiment, Bandmaster, 1812.
Plate 13: 3rd Light Infantry Regiment, Carabinier Sergeant, 1807.
Plate 14: 5th Light Infantry Regiment, Bandsman, 1812.
Plate 15: 5th Light Infantry Regiment, Chasseur, 1807.
Plate 16: 7th Light Infantry Regiment, Carabinier, 1811.
Plate 17: 7th Light Infantry Regiment, Carabinier Drummer, 1811.
Plate 18: 7th Light Infantry Regiment, Chasseur Corporal, 1809.
Plate 19: 8th Light Infantry Regiment, Sapper, 1809.
Plate 20: 9th Light Infantry Regiment, Sergeant Major Eagle-Bearer, 1805.
Plate 21: 10th Light Infantry Regiment, Voltigeur, 1807.
Plate 22: 14th Light Infantry Regiment, Carabinier, 1808.
Plate 23: 14th Light Infantry Regiment, Chasseur, 1808.
Plate 24: 14th Light Infantry Regiment, Chasseur Drummer, 1800.
Plate 25: 14th Light Infantry Regiment, Voltigeur, 1809.
Plate 26: 15th Light Infantry Regiment, Cornet, 1810.
Plate 27: 15th Light Infantry Regiment, Vivandière, 1809.
Plate 28: 16th Light Infantry Regiment, Drum Major, 1809.
Plate 31: 16th Light Infantry Regiment, Surgeon, c. 1810.
Plate 32: 17th Light Infantry Regiment, Bandsman, 1809-12.
Plate 33: 21st Light Infantry Regiment, Carabinier, 1811.
Plate 34: 27th Light Infantry Regiment, Chasseur Drummer, 1809.
Plate 35: 31st Light Infantry Regiment, Chasseur Drummer, 1811.
Plate 36: 31st Light Infantry Regiment, Voltigeur 1st Sergeant, Full Dress. 1808.
Plate 37: 31st Light Infantry Regiment, Voltigeur 1st Sergeant. Summer Field Uniform, 1810.
Light Infantry
Though Napoleon's light infantry regiments had the same weapons, organization, drill regulations, and
equipment as his more numerous infantry of the line, they differed from it in both tradition and practice.
Through the wars of the French Revolution they had become expert in skirmishing, scouting, and
advance and flank guard tactics. Napoleon had 27 regiments of them in 1803; in 1814, he had 36.
By regulations, light infantry were plainly uniformed in blue; their buttons and braid were white, in
contrast to the line infantry's yellow. In practice, most of their regiments seem to have regarded those
regulations as something between a challenge and a hunting license.
Light infantry had it's own terminology. Men of its battalion elite companies were termed carabiners.
(In the old Royal Army, picked light infantrymen had been armed with rifled carbines). Those of its
“center” (non-elite) companies were “chasseurs.” In the line infantry the equivalent names were
“grenadier” and “fusilier.”

Line Infantry
Index
Plate 1: Colonel, 1812.
Plate 2: Battalion Commander, 1812.
Plate 3: Regimental Adjutant, 1813.
Plate 4: Officer, Marching Uniform, 1812.
Plate 5: 2nd Lieutenant, Field Uniform, 1812.
Plate 6: 2nd Eagle-Bearer, 1812.
Plate 7: 3rd Eagle-Bearer, 1812.
Plate 8: Drum Corporal, Regulations of 1812.
Plate 9: Drummer, 1805
Plate 10: Grenadier Private, 1805.
Plate 11: Grenadier Private, 1812.
Plate 12: Fusilier Private, 1805.
Plate 13: Fusilier Private, Fatigue Dress, 18 1 0.
Plate 14: Fusilier Private, 1812.
Plate 15: Fusilier Private, Marching Uniform, Winter, 1812.
Plate 16: Fusilier Private, Winters of 1812-13.
Plate 17: Voltigeur Private, 1812.
Plate 18: Regimental Artillery Company Private, 1812.
Plate 19: Fencing, Master, 1809.
Plate 20: 1st Line Infantry Regiment, Voltigeur Company Cornet, 1814.
Plate 21: Marauder, 1806-14.
Plate 22: 2nd Line Infantry Regiment, Grenadier Company 1st Sergeant, 1813.
Plate 23: 3i-d Line Infantry Regiment, Voltigeur Sergeant, 1809.
Plate 24: 3rd Line Infantry Regiment, Voltigeur Company Cornet, 1809.
Plate 25: 4th Line Infantry Regiment, Fusilier Company Drummer, 1812.
Plate 26: 8th Line Infantry Regiment, Sergeant Major, Full Dress, 1813.
Plate 27: 9th Line Infantry Regiment, Bandmaster, 1809.
Plate 28: 10th Line Infantry Regiment, Regimental Artillery Company Officer, 1811.
Plate 29: 15th Line Infantry Regiment, Drum Major, (Tambour Major), 1809.
Plate 30: 15th Line Infantry Regiment, Grenadier- Company 1st Sergeant, 1809.
Plate 31: 18th Line Infantry Regiment, Colonel, Social Full Dress, 1808.
Plate 32: 18th Line Infantry Regiment, Colonel, Full Dress, 1805.
Plate 33: 18th Line Infantry Regiment, Sapper (Sapeur) Corporal, 1812.
Plate 34: 18th Line Infantry Regiment, Bandsman, 1805.
Plate 35: 18th Line Infantry Regiment, Enfant de Troupe, 1809.
Plate 36: 30th Line Infantry Regiment, Drum Major, 1805.
Plate 37: 32nd Line Infantry Regiment, Voltigeur Private, Experimental White Uniform, 1806.
Plate 38: 33rd Line Infantry Regiment. Bandsman, 1806.
Plate 39: 33rd Line Infantry Regiment, Voltigeur Corporal, Experimental White Uniform, 1807.
Plate 40: 42nd Line Infantry Regiment, Drummer, 1809.
Plate 41: 44th Line Infantry Regiment, Grenadier Private, Field Uniform, c. 1810.
Plate 42: 46th Line Infantry Regiment, Eagle-Bearer, (Porte-Aigle), Undress Uniform, 18 1 0.
Plate 43: 53rd Line Infantry Regiment, Colonel, 1807.
Plate 44: 53rd Line Infantry Regiment, Fusilier Private, White Uniform, 1806.
Plate 45: 63rd Line Infantry Regiment, Corporal Sapper, 1808.
Plate 46: 63rd Line Infantry Regiment, Bandsman, 1811.
Plate 47: 65th Line Infantry Regiment. Fusilier Company Drummer, 1810.
Plate 48: 67th Line Infantry Regiment, Bandmaster, 1809.
Plate 49: 67th Line Infantry Regiment, Grenadier Company Drummer, 1808.
Plate 50: 81st Line Infantry Regiment, Drum Major, 1810.
Plate 51: 88th Line Infantry Regiment, Sharpshooter Company, c. 1 8 1 0.
Plate 52: 88th Line Infantry Regiment, Grenadier Company Drummer. c. 181 1.
Plate 53: 93rd Line Infantry Regiment, Grenadier Company Drummer, 1813-14.
Plate 54: 93rd Line Infantry Regiment, Voltigeur Private, 1813-14.
Plate 55: 102nd Line Infantry Regiment, Grenadier Sergeant, 1804.
Plate 56: 105th Line Infantry Regiment, Bandmaster, Field Uniform, 1812.
Plate 57: 110th Line Infantry Regiment, Fusilier Private, Proposed Uniform, 1806.
Line Infantry

Infantry of the line was the French Army’s basic arm: 90 regiments in 1803, 134 in 1813.
At the beginning of Napoleon's empire in 1804, the average French infantry regiment consisted of a small regimental
headquarters and three battalions, each of nine companies -an elite one of grenadiers and eight of fusiliers. During 1805-06,
one of the fusilier companies was replaced by a voltigeur company.
In 1808, Napoleon reorganized his infantry regiments to consist of four "war" battalions (one company each of grenadiers and
voltigeurs, four of fuisiliers) and one "depot" battalion (four fusilier companies) for training recruits.
While the general appearance of French line infantry uniforms changed considerably through 1800-1815, there were (except
for an unsuccessful attempt to introduce white uniforms) no drastic changes in their colors or basic design. During 1805-10,
there was a growing elaboration in dress, especially for the têtes de colonnes (sappers, band, eagle-bearers, and field music)
that headed a regiment on the march, and in shako plates and plumes. From 1810 on, there was an attempt at greater economy
and uniformity, culminating in the 1812 uniform regulations. This was in part successful, but by 1814 the infantry was
"making arrows out of any sort of wood" - wearing whatever it could find.

1er Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne.
Regimental History
1569: Created in Picardie
1585: Regiment de Picardie
1785: Regiment Colonel-General
1791: 1er Regiment d'Infanterie
1794: 1er demi-brigade de Bataille(formed from the following battalions)
1er Bataillon, 1er Regiment d'Infanterie
1er Bataillon Volontaires La butte des moulins de Paris 3e
Bataillon Volontaires du Loiret
1796: 1er demi-brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from)
131e demi-brigade de Bataille
(1er Bat, 71e Regt d'Inf, 17e Bat Vol des Reserve and 8e Bat
Vol de Paris)
1803: 1er Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
Colonels and Chef de Brigade
1791: De Chantereine (Jean-Dubois) - Colonel
1791: De Courcy d'Hervilly (Charles-Augustin) - Colonel
1792: De Montigny (Louis-Adrien Brice) - Colonel
1794: Levrier (Joseph-Placide-Alexandre) - Chef de Brigade
1796: Delamarre (Jean-Francois) - Chef de Brigade
1798: Lepreux (Antoine-Francois) - Chef de Brigade
1799: Desgraviers-Bertholet (Francois-Ganivet) - Chef de Brigade and Colonel
in 1803
1807: Saint-Martin (Jean) - Colonel
1814: Cornebize (Louis-Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel
1815: Jacquemet (Michel) - Colonel
Of the above officers three attained the rank of General of Brigade and above
De Montigny (Louis-Adrien Brice)
Born: 19 December 1738
Colonel: 26 October 1792
General de Brigade: 8 March 1793
General de Division: 10 July 1796
Commander of the Legion d'honeur: 14 June 1804
Baron of the Empire: 19 March 1808
Died: 6 May 1811
Levrier (Joseoh-Placide-Alexandre)

The Regimental History states Chef de Brigade Levrier was
promoted G of D in 1796, no further information available, he
is not mentioned under this name in George Six.
Desgraviers-Bertholet (Francois-Ganivet)
Born: 4 February 1768
Chef de Brigade: 30 June 1799 (1er demi-brigade d'Infanterie)
Colonel: 1803 (1er Regiment d'Infanterie)
Colonel: 14 August 1809 (4e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere)
General de Brigade: 22 June 1811
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Baron of the Empire: 1 January 1813 (awarded posthumously)
Died: 26 July 1812 (of wounds sustained at the battle of
Salamanca)
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 1er Regiment d'Infanterie
Colonel Saint-Martin: wounded 16 April 1809
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 1er Regiment d'Infanterie during the
period 1804-1815
Officers killed: Twenty
Officers died of wounds: Eleven
Officers wounded: One hundred and twenty-seven
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Valmy
1793: Wissembourg
1794: Fleurus
1799: Zurich
1800: Moeskirch and Biberach
1805: Caldiero
1806: Civita-del-Tronto and Galiano
1809: Sacile and Wagram
1811: Miranda-Castegna
1812: Arapiles (Salamanca)
1813: Saint-Sebastien
1813: Lutzen, Bautzen, Dresden and Leipzig
1814: Saint-Julien
1814: Brienne, Sezanne, Montmirail, Vauchamps, Laon and Paris
1815: Quatre-Bras and Waterloo
Battle Honours
Fleurus 1794, Moeskirch 1800 and Biberach 1800
1er Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Date Killed Died of Wounds Wounded
18/10/1805 0 0 2
30/10/1805 0 1 6
14/12/1805 0 0 1
05/04/1806 0 0 1
20/05/1806 0 1 5
16/09/1806 0 0 2
05/12/1806 0 0 1
02/01/1807 0 0 1
21/02/1807 1 0 0
22/02/1807 0 0 1
05/05/1807 0 0 1
10/06/1807 0 0 1
28/06/1808 0 0 1
16/04/1809 2 2 16
08/05/1809 0 0 1
18/05/1809 0 0 2
05/07/1809 0 0 1
06/07/1809 1 0 10
07/07/1809 0 1 0
19/04/1811 0 0 1
28/11/1811 0 0 2
18/06/1812 0 0 1
14/07/1812 0 0 1
22/07/1812 0 0 3
17/02/1812 1 1 2
25/07/1813 0 0 2
30/07/1813 1 0 0
01/08/1813 0 0 1
02/08/1813 0 0 1
31/08/1813 0 1 5
03/09/1813 0 0 1
28/09/1813 0 0 1
03/10/1813 0 0 1
18/10/1813 2 1 5
26/10/1813 0 0 1
09/11/1813 1 0 0
10/11/1813 1 0 2
08/02/1814 0 1 4
10/02/1814 0 0 1
14/02/1814 0 0 1
01/03/1814 0 1 1
09/03/1814 0 0 1
30/03/1814 0 0 1
03/05/1814 0 0 1
16/06/1815 5 1 21
18/06/1815 5 0 13
Totals 20 11 127
2e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
Regimental History
1776: Formed from the 2e and 4e Bataillons de Picardie
1780: Regiment de Picardie
1791: 2e Regiment d'Infanterie
1795: 2e demi-brigade de Bataille (formed from the following)

2e Bataillon, 1er Regiment d'Infanterie
4e Bataillon Volontaires de la Somme
5e Bataillon Volontaires de Paris
1796: 2e demi-bigade d' Infanterie de Ligne (formed from the following)
94e demi-brigade de Bataille (2e Bat, 48e Regt d'Inf, 1er Bat
Vol de Saone-et Loire and 1er Bat Vol du Cher)
5e Bataillon Volontaires de l'Yonne
Part Bataillon of the, Volontaire Amis de l'Honneur Francaise
1803: 2e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
1791: Du Cavigny (Charles-Leon) - Colonel
1791: Drouet (Francois Richer) - Colonel
1792: De Fontenay (Henri Nadot) - Colonel
1793: Macdonald (Etienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre) - Colonel
1795: De Marpaude (?) - Chef de Brigade
1796: Perrin (Joseph) - Chef de Brigade
1801: Pouchin de la Roche (Pierre-Guillaume) - Chef de Brigade and Colonel
in 1804
1805: Delga (Jacques) - Colonel
1809: De Wimppen (Felix-Victor-Emmanuel-Charles) - Colonel
1813: Veran-Andre (Jean) - Colonel
1813: Staglieno (Charles-Louis-Sebastien) - Colonel
1814: Corvinus (Jean) - Colonel
1814: Tripe (Jean) - Colonel
Three of the above officers attained the rank of General of Brigade and above including
one Marechal
Macdonald (Etienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre)
Born: 17 November 1765
Chef de Brigade: 8 March 1793 (2e demi-brigade de bataille)
General de Brigade: 26 August 1793
General de Division: 28 November 1794
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 16 October 1803
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Grand Eagle of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 August 1809
Marechal: 12 July 1809
Duc de Tarente: 9 December 1809
Died: 25 September 1840
Perrin (Joseph)
Chef de Brigade: 19 April 1796 (2e demi-brigade d'Infanterie)
Died: 9 June 1800 (died of wounds sustained at Genes)

Pouchin de la Roche (Pierre-Guillaume)
Born: 31 January 1767
Chef de Brigade: 19 June 1794 (132e demi-brigade de bataille)
Chef de Brigade: 29 February 1796 (26e demi-brigade
d'Infanterie)
d'Infanterie)
Colonel: 1803 (2e Regiment d'Infanterie)
General de Brigade: 1 February 1805
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 23 August 1814
Baron of the Empire: 5 December 1811
Died: 5 April 1825
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 2e Regiment d'Infanterie
Chef de Brigade Perrin: Wounded 12 May 1800
Colonel Delga: Died of wounds 6 July 1809
Colonel De Wimpffen: wounded 18 August 1812
Colonel Staglieno: wounded 18 October 1813
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 2e Regiment d'Infanterie during the
period 1804-1815
Officers killed: Forty
Officers died of wounds: Nineteen
Officers wounded: One hundred and forty nine
1792: Lille
1793: Tourcoing
1795: Armee du Nord
1796: Armee de Sambre-et-Meuse
1797: Armee d'Allemange
1798: Armee de Mayence
1799: Stokach and Zurich
1800: Genoa
1805: Cape Finistere and Trafalgar
1806: Armee d'Italie
1808: Grande Armee
1809: Essling, Aspern and Wagram
1812: Polotsk and Berezina
1813: Dresden and Leipzig
1814: La Rothiere
1815: Fleurus and Waterloo
Battle Honours
Zurich 1799, Genes (Genoa) 1800 and Polotsk 1812

22/07/1805 0 0 2
21/10/1805 1 0 9
05/11/1805 0 0 2
04/12/1805 0 0 1
??/??/1806 1 0 0
15/08/1807 0 0 1
16/08/1807 0 0 1
26/06/1808 1 1 0
15/08/1808 0 0 1
16/08/1808 0 3 1
11/10/1808 0 0 1
12/04/1809 0 0 1
24/04/1809 0 0 2
21/05/1809 0 1 1
22/05/1809 0 1 1
29/05/1809 1 0 0
25/06/1809 1 0 0
06/07/1809 1 4 10
08/07/1807 0 0 1
09/07/1809 2 0 0
06/08/1809 1 1 0
14/09/1809 1 0 0
17/10/1809 0 0 1
12/11/1809 0 0 1
01/08/1812 4 0 10
11/08/1812 1 0 1
16/08/1812 0 0 1
18/08/1812 7 2 23
18/10/1812 0 1 8
28/11/1812 2 0 13
29/11/1812 0 1 0
08/12/1812 0 0 1
25/12/1812 0 0 1
24/04/1813 1 1 0
6-/18/10/1813 2 1 12
10/01/1814 0 0 1
25/01/1814 1 0 0
29/01/1814 0 0 1
31/01/1814 0 0 3
01/02/1814 2 0 2
27/02/1814 0 0 1
28/02/1814 1 0 0
14/03/1814 1 0 0
31/03/1814 0 1 1
01/04/1814 0 0 5
05/04/1814 0 0 1
16/06/1815 1 0 5
18/06/1815 6 0 20
02/07/1815 1 0 2
Totals 40 18 149
Regimental History

1569: Regiment de Brissac
1584: Regiment de Piemont
1er Bataillon, 2e Regiment d'Infanterie
5e Bataillon Volontaires de l'Aisne
5e Bataillon Volontaires de la Cote-d'Or
1796: 3e demi-brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from the following)
91e demi-brigade de Bataille (1er Bat,46e Regt d'Inf, 1er Bat
Vol du Jura and 1er Bat Vol de l'Ain)
127e demi-brigade de Bataille (1er Bat, 68e Regt d'Inf, 2e Bat
Vol du Haute-Rhin and 3e Bat Vol de la aute-Marne)
1791: De Chadenac (Jean-Louis de Blou) - Colonel
1792: Cambios d'Audrian (Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel
1793: Salme (Jean-Baptiste) - Chef de Brigade
1793: Anglebert (?) - Chef de Brigade
1794: Sarrut (Jacques-Thomas) - Chef de Brigade
1796: Martilliere (Pierre) - Chef de Brigade
1799: Mouton (Georges) - Chef de Brigade
1803: Schobert (Laurent) - Colonel
1811: Ducouret (Louis) - Colonel
1813: Deslon (Claude-Marcel) - Colonel
1814: Vautrin (Hubert) - Colonel
The 3e Regiment produced five officers who became General de Brigade and above
Salme (Jean-Baptiste)
Chef de Brigade: 28 October 1793 (3e demi-brigade de bataille)
General de Division: 15 May 1802
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 7 May 1811
Died: 27 May 1811 (killed before Tarragone)
Sarrut (Jacques-Thomas)
Born: 16 August 1765
Chef de Brigade: 28 May 1794 (3e demi-brigade de bataille)
d'Infanterie)
General de Division: 20 June 1811
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804

Baron of the Empire: 14 April 1810
Died: 26 June 1813 (died of wounds sustained at the battle of
Vittoria)
Martilliere (Pierre)
Born: 23 March 1759
Chef de Brigade: 20 January 1796 (3e demi-brigade
d'Infanterie)
General de Brigade: 28 April 1799
Died: 20 November 1807 (as a result of wounds sustained at
Vaprio)
Mouton (Georges)
Chef de Brigade: 26 May 1798 (99e demi-brigade d'Infanterie)
Chef de Brigade: 14 July 1799(3e demi-brigade d'Infanterie)
Colonel: 24 September 1803 (3e Regiment d'Infanterie)
General de Division: 5 October 1807
Count of the Empire: 19 September 1810
Died: 27 November 1838
Schobert (Laurent)
Born: 30 April 1763
Colonel: 1 February 1805
Died: 30 April 1830
Chef de Brigade Mounton: wounded 30 April 1800
Colonel Scobert: wounded 10 June 1807 and 6 July 1809
Colonel Ducouret: wounded 5 February 1812 and 31 August 1813
Colonel Vautrin: wounded 18 June 1815
period 1804-1815
Officers killed: Forty-seven
Officers died of wounds: Twenty-four
Officers wounded: Two hundred and sixteen
Regimental war record (Battle and Combats)
1792: Jemmapes
1793: Weitbruck
1796: Armee du Rhin

1797: Armee d'Helvetie
1800: Genoa and La Verriera
1805: Hollabrunn and Austerlitz
1807: Heilsberg and Friedland
1809: Thann, Schierling, Eckmuhl,Essling and Wagram
1812: Sanguessa and Bilbao
1813: Bidassoa, Nivelle and Bayonne
1813: Ghorde
1814: Bar-sur-Aube and Arcis-sur-Aube
1815: Quatre-Bras and Waterloo
Battle Honours
Jemmapes 1792, Austerlitz 1805 and Wagram 1809
Regimental History
1776: Formed from two Battalions of the Regiment de Piemont
1785: Regiment de Provence
2e Bataillon, 2e Regiment d'Infanterie
3e Bataillon Volontaires de la Republique
4e Bataillon Volontaires Haute-Saone
1796: 4e demi-bigade d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from the following)
39e demi-brigade de Bataille (1er Bat, 20e Regt d'Inf, 1er and
2e Bat Vol Basse Pyrenees)
Plus various detachments from the following demi-brigades.
55e,130e,145e and 147e demi-brigades de Bataille
1791: Vial d'Alain (Charles-Guillaume) - Colonel
1791: De Thiballier (Francois-Hubert) - Colonel
1794: Arnaud (Antoine) - Chef de Brigade
1796: Pourailly (Bernard) - Chef de Brigade
1796: Frere (Bernard-George-Francois) - Chef de Brigade
1800: Savettier de Candras (Jacques-Lazare) - Chef de Brigade
1804: Bonaparte (Joseph) - Colonel
1806: Boyeldieu(Louis-Leger) - Colonel
1811: Bucquet (?) - Colonel
1812: Massy (Charles-Baptiste-Bertrand) - Colonel
1812: De Fezensac (Raymond-Aimery-Phillipe-Joseph) - Colonel
1813: Materre (Jean-Baptiste-Martial) - Colonel

1814: Gelibert (Honore) - Colonel
1814: Faullain (Jean-Francois-Antoine-Michel) - Colonel
Seven of the above officers attained the rank of General
Arnaud (Antoine)
Chef de Brigade: 18 August 1794 (4e demi-brigade de bataille)
Died: 11 April 1806
Frere (Bernard-George-Francois)
Chef de Brigade: 8 September 1796 (4e demi-brigade
d'Infanterie)
Chef de Brigade: 3 January 1800 (Consular-Garde infanterie)
General de Brigade: 13 September 1802
General de Division: 6 March 1808
Count of the Empire: 18 March 1809
Died: 16 February 1826
Savattier de Candras (Jacques-Lazare)
Chef de Brigade: 11 March 1800 (4e demi-brigade d'Infanterie)
Baron of the Empire: 27 November 1808
Died: 28 November 1812 (killed at the battle of the Berezina)
Bonaparte (Joseph)
Colonel: 1804 (exact date not known)
General de Division: 3 January 1806
Grand Eagle of the Legion d'Honneur: 2 February 1805
King of Naples: 31 March 1806
King of Spain: 6 June 1808
Died: 28 July 1848
Boyeldieu (Louis-Leger)
Colonel: 9 March 1806
General de Brigade: 21 July 1811
General de Division: 7 September 1813
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 11 July 1807
Baron of the Empire: 20 July 1808

Died: 17 August 1815 (as a result of wounds sustained at
Waterloo)
De Fezenac (Raymond-Aimery-Phillipe-Joseph)
Colonel: 11 September 1812
Baron of the Empire: 19 September 1809
Materre (Jean-Baptiste-Martial)
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 7 October 1807
Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 4e Regiment d'Infanterie
Chef de Brigade Pourailly: Killed at Castiglione
Colonel Boyeldieu: wounded 10 June 1807 and 6 July 1809
Colonel Massy: Killed 7 September 1812
Colonel Materre: wounded 16 October 1813 and 1 February 1814
Colonel Faullain: wounded 16 June 1815
period 1791-1815
Officers killed: Forty-four
Officers died of wounds: Twenty-four
Officers wounded: Two hundred and forty
Regimental war record ( Battles and Combats)
1791: Expedition to Saint-Dominique
1795: Mannheim
1796: Mantoue, Castiglione, Verone, Primolano, La Brenta, Caldiero, Arcole,
Tagliemento
1798: Expedition to the Iles Saint-Marcouf
1800: Engen, Moeskirch, Memmingen and Hohenlinden
1805: Ulm and Austerlitz
1806: Jena
1807: Eylau, Heilsberg and the capture of Koenigsberg
1809: Eckmuhl, Aspern, Essling and Wagram
1812: Smolensk, Valoutina, La Moskowa and Krasnoe
1813: Dresden, Leipzig and Hanau
1814: Brienne, La Rothiere, Monterau and Troyes
1815: Ligny
Battle Honours

Arcole 1796, Hohenlinden 1800, Jena 1806 and Wagram 1809
Regimental History
1569: Regiment des Gardes du Jeune Henri
1589: Regiment de Valirault
1594: Regiment de Navarre
1er Bataillon, Volonaires du Doubs
4e Bataillon, Volontaires de la Seine-Inferieure
146e demi-brigade de Bataille (2e Bat, 79e Regt d'Inf, 1er Bat
Vol Cote d'Or and 8e Bat Vol l'Isere)
193e demi-brigade de Bataille ( 1er Bat, 109e Regt d'Inf, 1er
Bat Vol de l'Yonne and 3e Bat Vol de la Loire-Inferieure)
1791: De Vouliers (Francois-Charles) - Colonel
1791: Guenand (Louis-Charles) - Colonel
1794: Burnot (?) - Chef de Brigade
1796: Bourdois de Champfort (Edme-Martin) - Chef de Brigade
1797: Le Feron (Louis-Hyacinthe) - Chef de Brigade
1800: Teste (Francois-Antoine) - Chef de Brigade and Colonel in 1803
1806: Plauzonne (Louis-Auguste-Marchand)
1809: Roussille (Jean-Isaac) - Colonel
The 5e Regiment produced four officers who reached the rank of General de Brigade
and above
Bourdois de Champfort (Edme-Martin)
Born: 11 March 1750
Chef de Brigade: 21 June 1795 (193e demi-brigade de bataille)
d'Infanterie)
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Died: 24 December 1825
Le Feron (Louis-Hyacinthe)

General de Brigade: 11 October 1794 (Le Feron however
refused the promotion)
Died: 23 August 1799
Teste (Francois-Antoine)
Chef de Brigade: 9 August 1800 (5e demi-brigade d'Infanterie)
General de Brigade: 4 November 1805
General de Division: 14 February 1814
Plauzonne (Louis-Auguste-Marchand)
Born: 7 July 1774
Colonel: 5 Auguste 1806
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 6 December 1811
Died: 7 September 1812 (at the battle of Borodino)
Colonel Rousille: wounded 13 November 1811 and 18 June 1815
Officers killed and wounded whislt serving with the 5e Regiment d'Infanterie during the
period 1804-1815
Officers killed: Seventeen
Officers died of wounds: Fourteen
Officers wounded: One hundred and nineteen
1792: Marcon, Valmy and Jemmapes
1793: Lannoy and Hondschoote
1794: Siege of Le Quesnoy, Fleurus, Kaiserlautern and Eselsfurth
1796: Lonato, Castiglione and Mantoue
1797: Cimbras
1799: Pastrengo, Magnano and La Trebbia
1805: Caldiero
1806: Dalmatia , Montenegrins andBergato
1809: Sacile, Malghiera, Ervenich, Gospich, Wagram, Znaim, Lavacca and
Meran
1811: Figueras and Moncado
1812: Olot, Saint-Vincent, Carriga and Vich
1813: Bisbal and Barcelone

1813: Lutzen, Wurschen, Dresden, Torau and Leipzig
1814: Belfort, Saint-Julien and Villeseneuse
1815: Waterloo and Belfort
Battle Honours
Castiglione 1796 and Wagram 1809
Regimental History
1776: Formed from two battalions of the Regiment de Navarre
1794: 6e demi-brigade de Bataille (formed from the folllowing)
2e Bataillon, 3e Regiment d'Infanterie
2e Bataillon Volontaires de l'Aube
10e Bataillon Volontaires des Vosges
196e demi-brigade de bataille ( 2e Bat, 110e Regt d'Inf, 1er Bat
Vol de la formation d'Orleans, Bat Vol de l 'Egalitie, 4e Bat Vol
de l'Aude, 7e Bat Vol de la Manche and 4e Bat Vol de Seine-et-
Marne)
6e bis Regt de l'Ouest
1791: De Cappy (Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Joseph Florimund) - Colonel
1791: L'Huillier de Rouvenac (Jacques-Thomas) - Colonel
1792: Cleday (Pierre) - Colonel
1794: Hotte (?) - Chef de Brigade
1794: Delpierre (Antoine-Joseph) - Chef de Brigade
1796: Hotte (?) - Chef de Brigade
1799: Lepreux (Antoine-Francois) - Chef de Brigade
1799: Dufour (Francois-Marie) Chef de Brigade and Colonel in 1803
1807: Devilliers (Claude-Germain-Louis) - Colonel
1811: Barre (Jean-Etienne) - Colonel
1813: Buchet (Francois-Louis-Julien) - Colonel
1815: Barre (Jean-Etienne) - Colonel
Three of the above officers attained the rank of General de Brigade and above
Delpierre (Antoine-Joseph)
Born: 12 March 1748
Chef de Brigade: 22 July 1794 (6e demi-brigade de bataille)
Died: 15 January 1808

Dufour (Francois-Marie)
Chef de Brigade: 30 November 1799 (6e demi-brigade
d'Infanterie)
General de Brigade: 19 January 1807 (in the service of Naples)
General de Division: 4 March 1813
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 17 May 1807
Baron of the Empire: 18 June 1812
Died: 14 April 1815
Devilliers (Claude-Germain-Louis)
Colonel: 8 December 1806
Colonel Buchet: wounded 19 October 1813
period 1804-1815
Officers killed: Eighteen
Officers died of wounds: Five
Officers wounded: Ninety-six
1792: Mairieux, Valmy, Clermont, Namur, Hamptinnes and Treves
1793: Tiriemont, Nerwinden, Conde, Doue, Chantonnay, Nantes, Saint-
Fulgent, Mons and Savenay
1794: Chalons and Namur
1795: Saint-Cyr
1796: Sancerre, Castello, La Favorite, Mantoue and Mont Saint-Ovide
1797: Cerigo, Gozo, Preveza, Zante and Saint-Maure
1799: Schwitz
1801: Defence of Malta
1813: Mockern, Mersebourg, Wurschen, Bautzen, Leipzig and Hanau
1814: Mincio
1815: Belfort
Battle Honours
Bautzen 1813

Regimental History
1569: Formed in Champagne with four companies of Garde du Roi
1585: Regiment de Champagne
128e demi-brigade de bataille (2e Bat, 68e Regt d'Inf, 3e Bat
Vol de l'Eure and 6e Bat de l'Oise)
1er Bat, 49e Regiment d'Infanterie
2e Bat , 83e Regiment d'Infanterie
3e,7e and 9e Bataillons de Paris
7e Bat, Vol de l'Yonne
16e Bat des Federes
1791: De la Barthe de Giscard (Jean-Anne) - Colonel
1792: De Rebourguil (Louis-Etienne Auron) - Colonel
1792: De Chanron (Claude-Souchon) - Colonel
1793: Boisconteau (Jean-Joseph Lamy de) - Chef de Brigade
1795: Esprit Arnouilh (?) - Chef de Brigade
1804: Ausenac (Pierre-Gabriel) - Colonel
1812: Bougault (Louis-Loup-Etienne-Martin) - Colonel
1814: Lelong (Barthelemy) - Colonel
1814: Huchet de la Bedoyere(Charles-Angelique-Francois) - Colonel
1815: Boissin (Joseph-Michel) - Colonel
Two officers attained the rank of General de Brigade
Boisconteau (Jean-Joseph-lamy de)
General de Brigade: 23 December 1793
Died: 19 September 1814
Ausenac (Pierre-Gabriel)
Born: 30 March 1764
Chef de Brigade: 6 October 1802 (74e demi-brigade
d'Infanterie)
Chef de Brigade: 6 July 1803 (31e demi-brigade d'Infanterie)
Colonel: 16th September 1804 (7e Regiment d'Infanterie)
Baron of the Empire: 15 August 1810

Colonel Bougault: wounded 12 September 1813
period 1804-1815
Officers killed: Nineteen
Officers died of wounds: Eighteen
Officers wounded: One hundred and twenty two
1793: Ceret, Prats-de-Mollo, La Perche and Peyrestortes
1794: Coloioure, Bellegarde, Montagne, Fleurus and Noire
1795: Roses
1800: Memmingen, Hochstedt and Huningue
1801-1804: Saint-Dominique
1808: El Bruch, Girone, Molins del Rey and Cardedeu
1809: Valls
1810: Granollers, Mollet, Sta Perpetua and Vic
1811: Tarragone
1811: Mont-Serrat, Sagonte and Valence
1812 Valence and Castalla
1813: Bautzen, Juterbock, Leipzig, Hanau and Tagliamento
1814 Yecla and Falleja
1815: Waterloo
Battle Honours
Fleurus 1794 and Bautzen 1813
Regimental History
1776: Formed from 1er and 3e Bataillons Regiment de Champagne
3e demi-brigade de Bataille (1er Bat, 2e Regt d'Inf, 5e Bat Vol
de l'Aisne and 5e Bat Vol de la Cote d'Or)
1er, 2e and 3e Bataillons Volontaires de Lille
1er Bataillon auxillaire de l'Eure
1er Bataillon auxillaire de l'Aisne
1791: De Chalup (Jean-Marc) - Colonel
1792: D'Armenonvil'e (Robon-Antoine-Marie Le Coutrier) - Colonel

1793: Tugnot de Lanoye (Jean-Henri) - Colonel
1796: Sarrut (Jaques-Thomas) - Chef de Brigade
1803: Autie (Jean-Francois-Etienne) - Colonel
1811: Braun (Joseph) - Colonel
1815: Ruelle (Louis-Gabriel) - Colonel
The 8e Regiment produced two Generals of Brigade and above
Tugnot de Lanoye (Jean-Henri)
Born: 24 June 1744
Sarrut (Jacques-Thomas)
Chef de Brigade: 28 May 1794 (3e demi-brigade de bataille)
d'Infanterie)
Died: 26 June 1813 (as a result of wounds sustained at the battle
of Vittoria)
Colonel Autie: wounded 5 March 1811
period 1804-1815
Officers killed: Eighteen
Officers died of wounds: Fourteen
Officers wounded: One hundred and thirty-four
1793: Nerwinden, Nimegue and Tirlemont
1795: Armee du Nord
1797: Armee du Nord and Allemangne
1798: Armee de Mayence, Danube and Rhin
1800: Offenbourg and Hohenlinden
1802: Armee du Hanovre
1805: Austerlitz
1806: Halle and Lubeck
1807: Mohrungen, Ostrelenka, Dantzig and Friedland
1808: Espinosa
1809: Talevera-de-la-Reyna
1809: Essling and Wagram

1811: Chiclana and Fuentes-d-Onoro
1813: Lignenza, Vittoria and Pampelune
1813: Dresden
1814: Bar-sur-Aube and Arcis-sur-Aube
1815: Waterloo
Battle Honours
Hohenlinden 1800 and Friedland 1807
Regimental History
1617: Regiment de Normandie
3e Bataillon Volontaires du Nord
2e Bataillon Volontaires du Finistere
1796: 9e demi-brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from the
following)
2e demi-brigade de bataille (2e Bat, 1er Regt d'Inf - 4e Bat Vol
de la Somme and 5e Bat Vol de Paris)
161e demi-brigade de bataille (1er Bat, 89e Regt d'Inf - 9e Bat
Vol du Nord and 3e Bat Vol de Paris)
1792: Desdorides (Jean-Francois-Louis Picault) - Colonel
1794: Cardon (?) - Chef de Brigade
1796: Marpande (?) - Chef de Brigade
1796: Lefebvre (Simon) - Chef de Brigade
1799: Pepin (Joseph) - Chef de Brigade and Colonel in 1804
1808: Gallet (Antoine) - Colonel
1809: Gouy (Andre) - Colonel
1809: Vautre (Victor) - Colonel
1813: Broussier (Nicolas) - Colonel
Two of the above officers became a General de Brigade
Lefebvre (Simon)
Chef de Brigade: 10 September 1795 (161e demi-brigade de
bataille)
Chef de Brigade: 31 March 1796 (9e demi-brigade d'Infanterie
de Ligne)
Chef de Brigade: 19 June 1799 (25e demi-brigade d'Infanterie

de Ligne)
Baron of the Empire: 23 October 1811
Died: 9 April 1822
Pepin (Joseph)
Born: 23 May 1763
d'Infanterie)
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 20 May 1810
Died: 16 May 1811 (killed at the battle of Albuhera)
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 9e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
Colonel Gallet: killed 6 July 1809
Colonel Gouy: wounded 6 July 1809 Died 21 July 1809( of wounds sustained
at battle of Wagram)
Colonel Vautre: wounded 7 September 1812
Colonel Broussier: wounded 2 March 1814
period 1804-1815
Officers killed: Twenty-four
Officers died of wounds: Fifteen
Officers wounded: Ninety-two
1791: Expedition to Saint-Dominique
1793: Mayence
1794: Fleurus
1796: Armee de Sambre et Meuse
1797: Armee des Alpes
1798: Chebreiss, Pyramides
1799: Saint-Jean d'Acre
1800: Heliopolis, Montebello and Plaissance
1805: Hollabrunn and Austerlitz
1809: Venzone, Sacile, Montebello, Piave, Raab and Wagram
1812: Ostrowno,Moskowa, Malojaroslawetz, Wiasma, Dorogobouj and
Krasnoe
1813: Halembourg, Venzone and Bassano
1814: Mincio and Parme
1815: Corps d'Observation du Var
Battle Honours

Austerlitz 1805, Wagram 1809 and Moskowa 1812
Regimental History
1776: Formed from the 1er and 3e Battalions Regiment de Normandie1791:
10e Regiment d'Infanterie
2e bataillon, 5e Regiment d'infanterie
1er and 2e bataillons Volontaires d'Indre-et-Loire
53e demi-brigade de bataille (1er Bat,27e Regt d'Inf - 1er Bat
Vol du Bas-Rhin and 3e Bat Vol de la Moselle)
159e demi-brigade de bataille (1er Bat,88e Regt d'Inf - 12e Bat
Vol du Jura and 4e Bat Vol de la Cote- d'Or)
1803: 10e Regiment d'infanterie de ligne
1791: De Martinet (Amable-Louis-Charles) - Colonel
1792: De Maynard (Madeleine-Charles-Eleazar) - Colonel
1794: Almain (?) - Chef de Brigade
1796: Rivet (Jean-Baptiste) - Chef de Brigade
1802: Soulier (Jean-Antoine) - Colonel
1811: Real (Pierre-Louis-Dominique) - Colonel
1813: Dubalen (Raymond-Martin) - Colonel
1814: d'Ambrugeac (?) - Colonel
1815: Higonet (Philippe) - Colonel
1815: Roussel (Jean-Pierre-Francois Dieudonne) - Colonel
The 10e Regiment produced two General de Brigade
Rivet (Jean-Baptiste)
Chef de Brigade: 31 December 1794 (53e demi-brigade de
bataille)
General de Brigade: 9 February 1796 (Rivet however refused
the promotion)
Died: 1805
Soulier ( Jean-Antoine)
Chef de Brigade: 30 December 1802 (10e demi-brigade
d'Infanterie)

Baron of the Empire: 1 January 1813
Died: 14 April 1835
Colonel Dubalen: 10 April 1814
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 10e Regiment d'Infanterie during
the period 1804-1815
Officers killed: Nineteen
Officers died of wounds: Fifteen
Officers wounded: One hundred and eight
1792: Armee du Midi
1794: Fleurus
1795: Armee des Cotes de Cherbourg
1796: Armee des Cotes de l'Ocean
1796: Rastadt, Ettlingen, Neresheim, Friedberg, Geisenfeld, Biberach and Keh
1798: Armee d'Angleterre
1799: Armee d'Italie - Murazzo and Genola
1805: Castel-Franco
1806: Siege of Gaete, Tino, Sorra and Trente
1808: Capture of the Isle of Capri
1810: Messine
1811: Saint-Gregoire
1813: Soz and Sarragosse
1813: Lutzen, Bautzen, Goldberg, Liepzig and Hanau
1814: Mincio and Toulouse
1815: Waterloo
Battle Honours
Fleurus 1794, Lutzen 1813 and Toulouse 1814
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Regimental History
1635: Created and named Cardinal-Duc
1636: Renamed Regiment de la Marine
20e demi-brigade de bataille (2e Bat,10e Regt d'Inf, 2e Bat Vol de la Lozere
and 2e bataillon de Chasseurs de l'Isere)
103e demi-brigade de bataille (1er Bat,52e Regt d'Inf, 1er Bat Vol de Marseille
and 2e Bat Vol de Luberon)
1791: Gestas (Sebastien-Charles-Hubert de) - Colonel
1791: Du Peloux de Saint-Romain (Louis) - Colonel
1792: Massia (Jean de) - Colonel
1796: Carvin (Andre) - Chef de Brigade
1798: Lemeille (Paul) - Chef de Brigade
1799: Vabre (Marc-Antoine Coban) - Chef de Brigade and Colonel in 1803
1805: Bachelu (Gilbert-Desire-Joseph) - Colonel
1809: Aubree (Alexandre-Charles-Joseph) - Colonel
1812: Maillart (Pierre-Nicolas) - Colonel
1815: Aubree (Alexandre-Charles-Joseph) - Colonel
Five of the above officers attained the rank of General of Brigade and above
Gestas (Sebastien-Charles-Hubert de)
Colonel: 1791
General de Brigade: 20 May 1791
Died: 27 December 1793 (executed on the orders of the Military
Commision of Bourdeaux)
Massia (Jean de)
Colonel: 15 October 1792
General de Division: 23 December 1793
Died: 13 July 1804
Carvin (Andre)

Chef de Brigade: 15 March 1793 (103e demi-brigade de
bataille)
d'Infanterie)
General de Brigade: 20 January 1799
Died: 21 January 1801 (of wounds sustained at the Battle of
Pozzolo)
Vabre (Marc-Antoine Coban)
Chef de Brigade: 27 July 1799 (11e demi briage d'Infanterie)
Colonel: 1803 (11e Regt d'Inf)
Died: 4 August 1817
Bachelu (Gilbert-Desire-Joseph)
Chef de Brigade: 18 January 1803 (of Engineers)
Colonel: 1 February 1805 (11e Regt d'Inf)
Died: 16 June 1849
Colonel Aubree: wounded 14 July 1811, 18 June 1815, died of wounds 26
June 1815
Officers killed: Thirteen
Officers died of wounds: Eight
Officers wounded: Eighty-eight
1792: Armee du Var
1793: Armee du Var
1795: Loano
1796: Lonato, Castiglione, Mantoue and Pietra
1797: Rivoli, Mantua and Valvassone
1798: Civita-Castellana
1799: Modena, Tidone River,Trebbia River, Novi, Siege of Ancone

1800: Taggia, San-Giacomo and Loano
1805: Ulm and Gratz
1806: Armee de Dalmatia
1809: Sacile, Wagram and Znaim
1813: Siege of Totose
1813: Siege of Wittenberg, Dresden, Leipzig and Hanau
1814: Chambrey, St-Julien and Belfort
1815: Waterloo
Battle Honours
Lonato 1796, Castiglione 1796 and Wagram 1809
Regimental History
1776: Recreated with the 2e and 4e bataillons de Regiment de la Marine
1793: 12e demi-brigade de bataille (formed from the following)
2e bataillon, 6e Regiment d'Infanterie
9e and 12e bataillons de Volontaires de la Manche
60e demi-brigade de bataille (2e Bat,30e Regt d'Inf, 8e Bat Vol de la Cote d'Or
and 12e Bat Vol de la formation d'Angers)
3e Bataillon, 70e Regt d'Inf
9e Company, Grenadiers 199e bis
1791: De Gallup (Francois-Felix) - Colonel
1792: De Saint-Sauvier (Francois-Guillaume) - Colonel
1792: Des Brunieres (Charles-Henri) - Colonel
1794: Roland (Jacques) - Chef de Brigade
1796: Girardon (Antoine) - Chef de Brigade
1799: Vergez (Francois) - Chef de Brigade and Colonel in 1803
1806: Muller (Joseph-Antoine-Charles) - Colonel
1809: Thoulouze (Jean-Martin) - Colonel
1812: Baudinot (Henri-Aloyse-Ignace) - Colonel
Three of the above officers attained the rank of General of Brigade and above
Roland (Jacques)
Born: 20 June 1750
Chef de Brigade: 21 April 1794 (12e demi-brigade de bataille)
General de Brigade: 26 October 1793 (refused the promotion)

Died: 25 May 1810
Wounded: 25 January 1796
Girardon (Antoine)
d'Infanterie)
General de Division: 1 February 1805
Vergez (Francois)
Born: 12 June 1757
Colonel: 30 August 1805
General de Brigade: 23 October 1806
Commander of the Legion d'Honeur: 28 August 1810
Baron of the Empire: 21 September 1808
Died: 20 June 1830
Colonel Vergez: wounded 14 October 1806
Colonel Muller: wounded 26th December 1806
Colonel Thoulouze: wounded 6 July 1809 and 19 August 1812, died of
wounds 21 August 1812
Officers killed: Fifty one
Officers died of wounds: Twenty-five
Officers wounded: Two hundred and one
1792: Anvers
1793: Aix-la-Chapelle and Tourcoing
1794: Capture of Mont-Cenis
1796: Borgo-Forte, Modene, Saint-Georges, Governolo and Arcole
1797: La Favorite, Mantoue, Tagliamento, Farentino and Terracine
1798: Civita-Castellana
1799: Naples and Isola
1800: Grisons
1805: Muhldorf and Austerlitz
1806: Auerstadt, Czarnowo and Pultusk
1807: Eylau, Deppen and Friedland
1809: Thann, Abensberg, Eckmuhl, Ratisbonne, Eugerau and Wagram
1812: Wilna, Drissa, Witepsk, Smolensk, Valoutina and La Moskowa
1813: Hambourg and Dresden

1814: Anvers. Arcis-sur-Aube and Saint-Dizier
1815: Waterloo
Battle Honours
La Favorite 1797, Auerstadt 1806 and Wagram 1809
Regimental History
1597: Created Regiment de Nerestang
1673: Named Regiment de Bourbonnais
1793: 13e Demi-brigade de bataille (formed from the following)
1er bataillon, 7e Regiment d'Infanterie
5e and 6e Bataillons Volontaires de la Gironde
49e demi-brigade de bataille (1er Bat,25e Regt d'Inf, 4e Bat Vol
de Nord and 5e Bat Vol de l'Oise)
1er and 2e bataillons 29e Regt d'Inf
1er and 2e bataillons 106e Regt d'Inf
Bataillon des Federes des 83 departments
6e bataillon Volontaires de Rhone-et-Loire
2e bataillon Volontaires de la formation d'Orleans
19e bataillon Volntaires des Reserve
1791: De Pontet (Francois-Henri) - Colonel
1792: d'Arlandes (Louis-Francois-Pierre) - Colonel
1793: Poulet (Francois-Henri) - Colonel
1795: Dejean (Jean-Antoine) - Chef de Brigade
1795: Delegorgue (Francois-Joseph) - Chef de Brigade
1799: Froment (Jacques) - Chef de Brigade and Colonel in 1803
1809: Huin (Christophe) - Colonel
1809: Larcilly (Claude) - Colonel
1813: Lucas (Jean-Guillaume) - Colonel
Two of the above officers attained the rank of General de Brigade
Arlandes de Salton (Louis-Francois-Pierre d')
Born: 10 March 1752
Colonel: 1 August 1792

Died: 11 September 1793 (killed at Nothweiller
after defecting to the Prussians)
Dejean (Jean-Antoine)
Chef de Brigade: 14 August 1793 (13e demi-
brigade de bataille)
Chef de Brigade: 19 July 1796 (11e demi-
brigade d'Infanterie)
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding 13e the Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
Colonel Huin: killed 6 July 1809
Colonel Larcilly: died of wounds 2 May 1813
Officers killed: Twenty-one
Officers died of wounds: Thirteen
Officers wounded: Ninety-two
1792: Spire
1793: Oberflersheim and Nothweiller
1794: Armee des Pyrenees-Orientales
1795: Le Boulou, Bellegarde and Saint-Laurent de la Mouga
1796: Armee des Cotes de l'Ocean
1797: Verone
1798: Malta and Les Pyramides
1799: Saint-Jean d'Acre
1800: Heliopolis and Cairo
1805: Caldiero
1806: Corps d'occupation de l'Isterie
1809: Oberlaybach and Wagram
1813: Bautzen, Hanau and Hocheim
1814: Mayence and Palma-Nova
1815: Corps d'Observation des Pyrenees
Battle Honours
Verone 1797, Heliopolis 1800, Wagram 1809 and Bautzen 1813

Regimental History
1776: Formed from the 1er and 3e bataillons, Regiment de Bourbonnais
2e bataillon, 7e Regiment d'Infanterie
1er and 2e bataillons Volontaires du Gard
following)
29e demi-brigade de bataile (1er Bat, 15e Regt d'Inf, 4e Bat Vol
de la Sarthe and 14e Bat Vol des Federes)
Demi-brigade de la Seine-Inferieure (9e Bat Vol de la Seine-
Inferieure, 10e Bat Vol du Calvados and 10e Bat Vol du Pas-de-
Calais)
1791: Hinnisdal de Fumal (Louis-Maximlien-Fancois-Herman) - Colonel
1792: Meusnier de la Place (Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Charles) - Colonel
1792: De la Marliere (Antoine-Nicolas) - Colonel
1792: Merle-Beaulieu (Pierre-Nicolas) - Colonel
1795: Dauriere (Charles) - Chef de Brigade
1797: Porra (?) - Chef de Brigade
1797: Marchand (Jean-Gabriel) - Chef de Brigade
1797: Moreau (Jean-Claude) - Chef de Brigade
1803: Mazas (Jacques-Francois-Marc) - Colonel
1805: Savary (Charles-Joseph-Louis-Marie) - Colonel
1806: Henriod (Jean-Francois) - Colonel
1810: Esteve (Etienne) - Colonel
1814: Bugeaud de la Piconnerie (Thomas-Robert) - Colonel
Seven of the above officers attained the rank of General de Brigade and above
Hinnisdal de Fumal (Louis-Maximilien-Francois-Herman)
Born: 2 May 1751
Colonel: 25 July 1791
Died: ?
Meusnier de la Place (Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Charles)
Born: 19 June 1754
General de Brigade: 1 September 1792
General de Division: 5 May 1793
Died: 13 June 1793

Merle-Beaulieu (Pierre-Nicolas)
Born: 25 May 1738
Colonel: 9 September 1792
Died: 6 April 1826
Marchand (Jean-Gabriel)
Chef de Brigade: 16 June 1797 (14e demi-brigade d'Infanterie)
General de Division: 24 December 1805
Grand Eagle of the Legion d'Honneur: 13 July 1807
Count of the Empire: 26 October 1808
Moreau (Jean-Claude)
d'Infanterie)
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 19 March 1813
Baron of the Empire: 3 May 1810
Henriod (Jean-Francois)
Born: 21 October 1763
Colonel: 30 December 1806
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 21 July 1808
Baron of the Empire: 18 March 1809
Died: 20 June 1825
Esteve (Etienne)
Born: 11 October 1771
Colonel: 29 June 18 June 1810
General de Brigade: 25 November 1813
Baron of the Empire: 13 July 1811
Died: April 1844
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding 14e the Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
Colonel Moreau: wounded 26 March 1799
Colonel Mazas: killed 2 December 1805
Colonel Savary: killed 24 December 1806
Colonel Henriod: wounded 8 February 1807 and 10 June 1807

Officers killed: Sixty-five
Officers died of wounds: Seventeen
Officers wounded: One hundred and forty-nine
1792: Conquest of Belgium
1793: Conquest of Belgium
1795: Loano
1796: Montenotte, Dego, Lodi, Borghetto ,Mantoue and Rivoli
1797: Rivoli, Mantoue and Valvassone
1799: Mantoue, Bassignano, Novi, Bosco and Acqui
1805: Ulm and Austerlitz
1806: Jena
1807: Eylau and Heilsberg
1808: Tudela
1809: Monzon, Alcanz and Maria-de-Huerve
1810: Astorga
1811: Tortosa and Tarragona
1812: Capture of Urgal
1813: Biar, Castalla and Ordal
1813: Lutzen, Bautzen, Dresden and Wachau
1814: Arcis-sur-Aube
1815: Conflans and L'Hopital
Battle Honours
Rivoli 1797, Austerlitz 1805 and Eylau 1807
Regimental History
1597: Created Regiment de Balagny de Montluc
1762: Regiment de Bearn
1793: 15e Demi-Brigade de Bataille (formed from the)
1er bataillon, 8e Regiment d'Infanterie
3e bataillon Volontaires de l'Allier
1er bataillon Volontaires de la Gironde
4e bataillon Volontaires d'Indre-et-Loire
following)
68e demi-brigade de bataille (2e Bat, 34e Regt d'Inf, 2e Bat Vol
Loir-et-Cher and 13e Bat Vol des Reserves)

1791: Castellane (Michel-Ange-Boniface-Marie de) - Colonel
1791: Myon (Jean-Charles de) - Colonel
1792: Varennes (Marie-Louis de) - Colonel
1793: Dauriere (?) - Colonel
1796: Faure (?) - Chef de Brigade and Colonel in 1803
1804: Reynaud (Hilaire-Benoit) - Colonel
1808: Dein (Paul-Louis-Marie) - Colonel
1813: Levavasseur (Charles-Amable) - Colonel
Two of the above officers attained the rank of General de Brigade
Varennes (Marie-Louis de)
Reynaud (Hilaire-Benoit)
Born: 9 June 1772
Colonel: 6 April 1804
Baron of the Empire: 28 January 1809
Colonel Reynaud: wounded 14 July 1807
Colonel Levavasseur: wounded 20 July 1813
Officers killed: Thirty-six
Officers died of wounds: Twenty
Officers wounded: One hundred and seven
1792: Siege of Lille
1796: Armee du Nord

1799: Armee de Hollande
1800: Biberach and Hohenlinden
1807: Friedland
1808: Saragosse, Rio-Secco, Evora and Vimeiro
1809: La Corogne, Port-Martin and Oporto
1810: Astorga, Bussaco and Sobral
1812: Salamanca
1813: San-Millan, Sorauren and Bidassoa
1813: Bautzen, Wurschen, Leipzig and Hanau
1814: Vauchamps, Bar-sur-Aube, Reims and Fere-Champenoise
Battle Honours
Friedland 1807
Regimental History
1776: Created from 2e and 4e Bataillons Regiment de Bearn
2e bataillon,8eRegiment d'Infanterie 2e bataillon Volontaires de
la Haute-Marne
3e bataillon Volontaires du Cantal
2e bataillon Volontaires de la Haute-Marne
110e demi-brigade de bataille ( 2e Bat, 55e Regt d'Inf, 6e and
7e Bat Vol de la Meurthe)
2e and 3e bataillons demi-brigade de l'Yonne
1791: Blottefiere (Pierre-Louis de) - Colonel
1792: De la Combe (Jacque-Hyacinthe Leblanc) - Colonel
1795: Gillot (?) - Chef de Brigade
1796: Grandjean (Balthazard) - Chef de Brigade
1797: Beltz (?) - Chef de Brigade
1800: Mabiez deLatour deRouville (Jean-Joseph) - Chef de Brigade and
Colonel in 1803
1807: Marin (Jacques-Bartelemy) - Colonel
1809: Gudin des Bardelieres (Pierre-Cesar) - Colonel
1812: Lamotte (Pierre-Louis) - Colonel
Four of the above attained the rank of General de Brigade

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