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Napoleon’s Dragoons of the Imperial Guard
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See moreLavishly 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.
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.
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The Dragoons of Napoleon's Imperial Guard were a legendary regiment that fought with the Emperor in many famous battles across Europe.
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).
Lavishly illustrated and based on a wealth of archival sources, this study by noted authority Ronald Pawly celebrates the colourful history and appearance of this regiment in Napoleon’s Dragoons of the Imperial Guard.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781849088060
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 April 2012
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Illustration: 40 b/w; 8 col
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Patrice Courcelle
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 5.0mm
Width: 178.0mm
Height: 239.0mm
Weight: 180g
Pages: 48
About the Author
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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