10% off all books and free delivery over £40 - Last Express Posting Date for Christmas: 20th December
Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks.

Napoleon’s Dragoons of the Imperial Guard

View All Editions

The selected edition of this book is not available to buy right now.
Add To Wishlist
Write A Review

About

Napoleon’s Dragoons of the Imperial Guard Synopsis

Dressed in distinctive green uniforms and classically inspired copper helmets, the Dragoons of the Imperial Guard were raised in 1806 by the same criteria as other Guard units – by selection of picked, literate veterans from Line regiments who had six to ten years of service, and citations for bravery in at least two campaigns. The following year they were named Dragons de l'Impératrice in a unique compliment to the Empress Josephine. As a ceremonial regiment it enjoyed many privileges, but it also saw combat on a number of occasions, including the battles of Essling and Wagram (1809), the Russian campaign (1812, when it suffered severe losses), at Bautzen, Wachau and Leipzig (1813), in the 1814 Campaign of France, and at Ligny and Waterloo (1815).

About This Edition

ISBN: 9781849088060
Publication date: 20th April 2012
Author: Ronald Pawly
Illustrator: Patrice Courcelle
Publisher: Osprey Publishing an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 48 pages
Series: Men-at-Arms
Genres: Specific wars and campaigns
Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare)
Military institutions
European history