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Napoleon's Red Lancers

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Men-at-Arms - French Revolutionary War/Napoleonic Wars - France

Last Stocked on 10/29/2023

Product Info

Title
Napoleon's Red Lancers
Publisher
Category
Author
Ronald Pawly
Publish Year
2003
Pages
48
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147397785
MFG. Part #
OSPMAA389
Type
Softcover
Series
MAA389

Description

The legendary Dutch 'Red' Lancers – the 2nd Light Horse Lancers of Napoleon's Imperial Guard – were formed in 1810 after the emperor annexed Holland and its army to France. The former hussars of the Dutch Royal Guard got a handsome new uniform, a new weapon, and a hard-driving new colonel in Baron Edouard Colbert. His lancers distinguished themselves in Russia in 1812, at huge cost; in Germany in 1813, and in the Low Countries in 1814. When Napoleon returned from exile in 1815 the Red Lancers were with him until night fell over Waterloo. Ronald Pawly is the world's leading expert on the archival and pictorial record left by this regiment; his detailed text is illustrated with rare portraits and photographs, and eight glowing color plates of a surprisingly wide variety of uniforms.