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    Francois-Guy Ne Rea ceI A TOU KOU AA Patrice COURCELLE HISTOIRE & COLLECTIONS SOLDIERS AND UNIFORMS OF NAPOLEONIC WARS Francois-Guy HOURTOULLE Patrice COURCELLE HISTOIRE & COLLECTIONS ‘The Plates “Soldats et uniformes du Premier Empire” Running number Prench Title Plate? 1 Lessard bados Plan? 2 Les huss bados Plae n° 3a Jee Garde en Espagne Plaen® 4 Les fuser chasseurs del Garde Platen® 5 Les fuses grenades de a Garde Platen® 6 Les cherw-légers hesois Plaen* 7 La Jeune Garde a Plancenoit Plaen® 8 Les Tartare lthuaniens Piten®9 Les chevanlégers de Berg Plate? 10. Les changers de Berg Plaen® 11 Lasalle devant Sein Pla n° 12 Le 30 chasers Hambourg Plate n° 13. Une brigade stxonne n 1812, Les cuirasiers de Zr Plate n° 14 Une brigade svonne en 1812, Ls gardes du corps Plate n° 15 Lemaréchal Davout Avert Plate n° 16 Legal Auguste de Colbert Lena Piten 17 La éjon dela Visule en Espagne Pian? 18 Lalégjon dela Vue en Espagne Plate n® 19 Le 13+hussards Plate n® 20 Le 13hussards Plate n° 21 —Larllrie pied de la Garde & Wagram, Plae n* 22 Les gendarmes 'ordonnance Plate n° 23 Le ginal Cohehom a Ebersberg Plate n° 24 Le Lcuiaslers en Espagne Plate n° 25 Les krakus Pate 26 La grande charge dAnsterite Plate® 27 Les chaseurs de montagne Plate n° 28 Les gandes honneur Pate n® 29 Les andes dThoneur Plate n® 30 Aspe Plate a° 31 Les cheers sons en 1812 Plate n° 32. Les cherléers sons en 1812 Plate a” 33. Lagarde de Pari en Espagne Plate 34 La garde de Pris en Espagne Plate n° 35 Le Hebussards Plate n® 36 Le général Espagne Essting Plate n° 37 Le batallon de Neuchel Plate n® 38 Le bation de Neuckitel Pla n° 39 Lamaison det'Empereur Plae n° 40° La maison de'Empereur Plaea* 41 Laon porgaise Placa” 42 Lalégon portgaise Placa” 43 La gendarmerie en Espagne Plae a” 4i La gendarmerie en Espagne Platen® 45 —_Cinfantrie badise pendant I campagne de 1809 Running number Preach Tide Location Plate n’ 46 nfanterie dose pendant campagne de 1809) page 105, Plate? 47 Les pontonniers age 9 e es ambulances ela chirarge aux Amées age 185, Le régiment Isembourg page 47 Le régiment dIsembourg, page 79 Mura Eau page 38 Murat Naples page 125 Murat Naples page 126 ‘Murat Naples page 127 Le général Edouard de Colbert tes lanciersrouges page 203 ‘Le général Edouard de Colbert tes lanciersrouges page 205 lata des Quatre-Bras age 195, ahaa des Quatre-Bras page 197 Plan’ 59 Labatale des Quare-Bras page 199 Plae n* 60 —4a-major de Welington 3 Waterloo page 201 Pla n° 61 Carillerie anglaise 2 Watrioo page 202 Plae n° 62 Carillerie de marine en 1813 page 179 Plae n° 63 Cartllerie de marine en 1813, page 181 Pla? 64 Larewe de Nansouty page 119 La ree de Nansouty page 121 Las Coats tla Grande Armée en 1812 page 167 las Croats la Grande Armée en 1812 age 169 1-2 usar en Espagne age 65 Le 2: hussars en Espagne page 67 las dragons Elchingen page 17 es dragons 2 Eleingen page 19 Le 10 chasseurs en Espagne page 61 Le 10> chaseursen Espagne page 63 Plate n° 74 Le général Pajol page 21 Plate n* 75 Le général Pajol page Hit Plate n° 76 Les Baris Fekmithl age 89 Pisten® 77 Les Brvarois Eck nom publiée Psten® 78 Le I rg. de volgers dela Garde Krasnoie page 155, Paten 79 Le I rg de volgeurs dela Garde &Rrasnie Paten® 80 Le I rgiment de chaseus cheval Plate St Le I régiment dechaseurs cheval Plate n° $2 Lelhuéme cos en Russie Plaen® 83 Le hime comps en Russie Plaen® 4 Le huitme comps en Russe Plaen® 85 Le ulime oeps en Russe Plate n° 86 Le corps du général Moathrun Piten® 87 Le comps du général Montbrun Piten® 88 Le général Gudin a Valutina Plaen® 8) Te général Gudin Valuing SOLDIERS AND UNIFORMS OF NAPOLEONIC WARS Contents AUTHOR OF COLOUR PLATES BEFORE THE EMPIRE ‘THE CAMPAIGN OF 1805 ‘THE CAMPAIGN OF 1806 ‘THE CAMPAIGN OF 1807 THE QUIET YEAR, 1808 ‘THE PENINSULA WAR, 1808-1814 ‘THE CAMPAIGN OF 1809 IN THE GARRISON, 1810-1813 ‘THE CAMPAIGN OF 1812 THE CAMPAIGN OF 1813 THE CAMPAIGN OF 1814 THE HUNDRED DAYS, 1815 Histoire & Collections © 2004 3 130 178 190 194 How to become a collector of lead soldiers ‘hen [as chil, ol had one pe fy ead soles Aen we were esas tbe irs tbe Grea War and pros ws til spntaneons stil felt be natura ‘We used adie wou restraint rench Ames marching past, partly the 107th nf andthe 502 Tank Regn Angane, hoe. Te fiers were pol fh unos ‘the endfor ste, he ue vce here nasa toys nthe Rude Poe dsp ea solers ‘hela a emetns 1 seneines becuse fer work on he principle th money ‘ade ear and didnot spi sin th way hide acess. inthe press sare te aes had das hen ey weet ome, teatime gargs fords es theta soe a sea, sharks omy odes tens san artist mde devin, stl combos hing nanan my rend ‘ek sd uy han Ths money yack wet ino sponsoring the recrament of more brandnew soles Athesame tine here was the cena Ito was ery roe, ternary he ero, wh ls ke "To de Sen ie Te), "Theat ara” ane ine maser, he Bera ances Gary Gooprin th role of Metre the Zane Ikan ths amospher tat myo fo itary sory as boen and gre. saw mse ready at Comiche rearing ny enrance Sain Or Then here was war agin andthe dsr 1990 ith the German eng down afar sAngoaleme, WL cela iain be ord ete Mais My experience in ndochina cob very arg © dampen yrs oh ewido weer ‘aking else inet tay sn, 1 hecamea surgeon and id my hospital inert (ne day at Salpice, waed pas the sop cla the Sala Bane Tn Sle). vasa nck ich triggered things of again and I bought some ofthe Surin. .but you had tpn them ano do you fad abo 1 kaw al about unos. asl 00 the Imades wher he brary was ery ich i this domain When en here net rahe i gclenan, aero of 191 an Dowaon His name was Rober. ‘Boru, adorable menor 1 ear tat here was an OLOUR PLATES _ssocaton forth colts of grins the Sot des CollctionneusdeFgurines, ws he fice wason ‘he Boulevards near the Olympia Music Hall Natural | went there and it wasthere alongside “rts” Pere Touré and so many others that learnt all he painting ‘techniques and found out which were the hooks which ‘were indispensable to ood docuentaton, {sare th hurt loking around al he second hand bucsees an rearing al specs bookshops rear the Min of War in the re S. Domingue oF on ‘he Bonk Sunt ermai Mr Roa, ny end Pett and tne very serous Mr Hite: My library gig very quickly goin touch with the very best German makers offigurines (Ocha, Neck and Blum) daring my sna tipstn Sugar and Nuremberg, And each time T brought hack ne wea o pinta my suse Wht plu ‘The collection was sare, and I could now dream of colour plas How I became an author of colour plates My documentation was centred on, apart fom the support of meen Bosse, Margera yi bible pase ae Dread st by ick olin Be ee pe dada Cae Ar pam 8 arr ah by kr oe (Gps de: he omc patsy Pram Pre Sa Urms c PromrEo cf ur pags ani nr ts, 2177 flats "94. Samara bcs a ss dey Pai orale. Baim Aira tf ers Dr are pare and the coloared stencils plate bythe charming Lien Rousset, och sold and fundamental ses Bat like more fancflsibjcs. {persuade mse that the mary tapsconcering he rales wel-nown unis ha to be fle. In ode to paint more original plates had on ‘out more about he history of these regiments hen id an ants good enough o bring precision and artsy othe drasings. [was capable of composing the senes but certo gv them movement and suppleness, needed 2 real srt a already tice Jack ira and his reamakable ee for deal and precision who, inthe Association, drew the plates used by the engravers and sine for use in resin thir turing mous the standard she wed for making figurine moulds fom tin ae, 1 nary asked Jack wheter he el ready to ty the ‘colour pla vere with me He ery quick she bow een he was and his enum was progressive Around ste oer members ofthe asocaton ese ws and predicted certain allure. But movement is proven by ‘walking and pasion itl passion. Abig venture, marvellous complicity In oder do these plates in nour, atthe tme had ‘onl found one mend: the sence Lain Rouse The spciis in the mater - wh a god return on lnvesent- ath tine wash workshop of Meee, The sen cig equrs Hak and we pit tobe mae hich s te a br wasigsencs sno surest uring nor ree cas the luton vaso do wo sitesi To cpl theo um plas onthe sae sujet, verily adopted exon for pages which enol he pas, and prod colecos and ine uf ih esa 6 Serer wm rn, cathe eee npn at baat me ba meh alms ‘ata ba fa Pe peem bene ee g_« fs Hin 5 petition eas RS "he usaton 1, 2, and 3 enable oe pret te dats Pat Gy Hour a © mabe ok (Gib Frech sof or, ares or up, alte drat companied a decree neo ‘aphoogrph Thee avn wee weld asf as form, ait ander werencrned 40 of te ses made of te Ry Place at Dresden by rar daring oof ts be a. 5. compaon oft see goer can bape tei ston of oe cara rug dated suds ftlccume fat 6 To clara have en pun ston wit te pea ‘rf hs nw A be trator doo lich bere. 7. Thefnal sul he pate sowing be Savon Cay is Fred ‘of he regiment represcated o the pas. Tere was 90 lack ofsaject mater an he Forges in French sevice, among oes led me fae ite wh cone Each ime chose a subject, int regrouped he isi nd usiform documentation. During he second phase, 1 ‘dt find an atrative geoapic location ora heroic fet of ems casi ut bythe unit rhe Genera want toils. Ths forte Sexo Lema Thad find picture of the Palace ofthe Kings of Saxony in Dresden Se ie mms hc by eae ak rb (ecm eo a Be sh fant ate nt by Pray Bare a 9B ig ho za anf wie ander canine wd “pla seg dea aya aga expe 5 bk). ic nd ben dsr ring WWTL Inthe Brg Rational, inte Cabinet des Estampes, manage fd Ae ofthe Plicecourard which copied ery carefully Taser please wi is ind xc tme I completed a dossier for Jack Gib, 1 ge bi tbe sracur ofthe dravng the wniforms anda sks tthe empositon wich pressed he important people. Heudersood me perfec and his final work was exay aha oped or. Jack Girl went from discovery experi with ne art progress. He revealed to the uniform world his very ction lens Bustier ears of pret coloration ‘ick Gia found out that he was condemned by lines. ‘gles lope, he held out foe a ear, conning to work new iustraons. When he passe on, only wo of his plas al been complet a to top 1 rie odo the exis Bai eomposton came eit me, was incaabe of ea hing the rest and rshng the pes. 1d ty out 90 acs node the te four composts nov neds fora ne publicon, ‘And then Patrick Courcelle appeared on the scene Parck Courelles a young Began he saved me and accepted to takeover from ‘Jac Gal, asked him rst to re-do my second plate ofthe Voigeurs ofthe Guard. which was abt ti He copied tin hs own way, very satisfactorily. | prepared a second plate showing the part played by this regiment at Krasno and he dd it very well. ‘Wi cach new publication, he has made progress, geting more autonomous and becoming the great ais he today, creating his ovm plates which are faery high standard Bravo. ris: om pt ba amma res ft i iat ul ie ge ip 3 Ryda, rue ah bye BEFORE THE EMPIRE. . . Lasalle’s First exploits Adjudan-General Kellerman and his second command Lasalle arved in tly during the mon of May 1796 Things sae had fr Las He was gen amiss to reccia which was occupied by a smal garrison, be ‘aw Quasdanovic’s columns launched by Wurmser seeping towards Mant. The town was captred and all the prisoners taken tothe Austrian General who ‘questioned them. Addressing Lasal, Wurmser sido him: 30 ow ois your new Commanderin- hie?” {o which Lasalle answered "Tbe same ag as Sepio when be defeated Hannibal.” Lal eft the Austrian prison wih the fist exchange ‘of prisoners. He was then on the Saf of Mana’ Dison where Thhault mt him forthe fst ime; he described him in is memes sells was at headquarter that | met the Adiudant General Kellerman forthe fs time... together with ase, is sistant « marvelous fier am excelent ‘man, wit and valiant, fled, graceful evento those taho wore the least likely o respond, a person tal favoured by Nature; there was nobody presen 10 ‘match bim. (0n7 Nees asl was dex capt, bu is was cn inp as ews jis hot nae sespot ‘nhghh nigral creams. Auth ie when he French sil occupied Ve, his ‘magifcent 2-year fer who docket up feinine suoeses wih daming ee, 0 know avery beat Telan lad: the Marchesa Sl. Tere was a passionate lowe air betwen them, ba the Austan Army aking up the ofesve ain, dd not exactly care about ths re ove and split the wo lovers by posing the French ines wel yond Wena Toke in toh all hat ws to dem was to we sere eters, but tis was not enough; ove makes fornia put gether arr ince operat, He gave the Marches is pls and pu dem ao elect on 16 December 1796 at ih. He ad selec his ‘ea’ from arog Regiment, the elite of th ary atthe ine. This am was nae up of went men wid Capt Carer and Leura Not ‘Theil gop dispar ino te igh fy remo thee cocks, pulled up the collars oftheir white reatcous. ves onlya mater of crossing the Astan Tse each erthat yw he hig Cay i thy cae Las wh spoke bent Geman, the way slong te ite paths which he knew very ‘well. The ist part was carried out ‘ead thelines were cross without trouble. They headed for Viena where according to the Marchesa there ws permanent fuson. They got there at midaight, the cxvalrymen hid themselves and Lasalle shed the arcs Tey were eid. tls But in his plan, the young officer bad rgd love wih war ad the Marchesa nd managed opt ingest of deals abou the Asta troops or Tam Thi baadpurerscafnonce las beautify when sen a ‘wo i the moming there was shot. Lusile immediately rushed of forging part of his wniform; be found his men on fl ert hecase Hussam Josephs Regiment had appeared and were prpparing 10 round the ie group. Althea do ws eum through he enemy army nw avare of their presence. A fist fnemy platoon was disposed of quick bt ere was on one way ‘out, on the Padua road. They 10 ‘lope ovard te gat which was open buh had ‘rss the Bachgone and thee, guarding the bridge in bate formation, were 100 Hussars frm te Joseph Regiment Las and his men numbered nl 18 guns 1002 shouldbe al ight ‘They charged and slmos all hs men go across the bride Lasalle for moment ws surrounded and had > set out by wounding fou Hussars. But he ould no get ‘orerthe bridge, se had wim across the iver. he ber ban, his men gave him a captured horse andthe tie group go a ‘Which way i thy go, which oad id they ws? God ‘Knows. But one thing i certain: they came back ight through enemy lines without hit; four men were coud buch Asis er fl al ie capi Back on he fen ide. ns 17 Dee, poke decided ores Massa Augers Dison hich ere ned up in fron of Verona in the presence of the (Commander chief and his tall. ‘Theuis were in fl des Borapare and his generals were astonished to see Lal ride up, Lasle who was always proud of ing one of the most elegant horse ihe Army wearing his sory unfom = ol else, iy boos and teasers and musing an Austian horse il ih s orga hamess. ‘Bonaparte sho his frst question Wat ore do you have there?” bore captured from the enemy Wyre” ‘mn Weeca, Si’ Are you ma” Tw us got back an feen ave sme nes fo yo sich tink you might find useful ‘Thiel relates how the Commander in-chie tok Lasix nd hed with him fora quar ofan hour ‘When e cane ack e announced this general ht he had just made Captain Lasalle a temporary Squadron Commander. This promodon was confirmed by the Diretire onthe following 7 Apt ‘Sono the oung ocr wasa Squadron Commande, atv as more mpott was the ct hat om tha as Lasile had goto know Bonapae andthe Commande In-hi,wh his usual ar; had been able o appreciate hs particu rilanyoug manele bones, courage chek and spit oii ‘This ws the ret leap forward, double or quis, the parr point or along series of exis hich were ot Jongin cong, ale rua sa (fe cata, on an athe | comm of roboaly bck and nes bear (rar, on i ep Lasalle at the head of the 22nd Chasseurs (0n 31 January 1799, Lasalle was one ofthe fis 10 reach Aswan where he reached the end of his travels He had seen al he marvels of Ancient Ft and there In fron ofthe Cataracts it was really the edge of the ‘word. twas s far asthe Romans had got his esplot had now been equalled and French solders erected a column engraved with Route de Paris N° 1167 340 In Upper Egypt, Desa was geting his conquest ngnise eaulard commanded the Syl seco, Fran Jsja and Davout Qus; but the conquest was only ‘superficial covering such vast areas wth se oops and again the eeineresing ores ofthe Mareukes ‘was an illusory undertaking, ‘The fst threat came from Osman Bey onthe right bark of the Nk he had already bon pte at Rede. Desax sent Daout there with the 22nd Chasseur, the 15uh Dragoons, and on 11 February they met. twas 2 terrible meting ‘The French marched quickly daring the night and towards 7m, Davut spted the laden camels moving aay. Seeing only afew escorting Mameluke, he stacked with his vanguard, But sudden 200 cavalry burst out of th vilage and rushed a the vanguard Dragons Thank, Lal was there He rushed to Davout rescue cat bath ands ofa Mameluke who wa abou to atackthe general, broke his sabre histo pss, picked up a dragon's sabre and cominued ighng and pu Osman Bey and bis cavalo fight Some peas who ha massacred he ‘wounded were cto pies Thelases wee hehe 15th Dragoons lost 242 killed among whom the Squadron Commande Fonte and 31 wound: he 2d Chases st 15h and 13 wounded Lae was furious wth Daout Here ithe leter he en to is ied an protect Dag shor whe teva ‘Sir 18 4 phantom straight back from the cataracts whois iting to you ino ery nd bm no ging on ay sno ie Bs deen, fe cam only say tha om a 300g marc bre is ot much ime to write; moreover, be admit that Jor a wil, be bad renounced the world and its ‘leasures. Once you are destined to conquer tbe tele world, you cam only tink of ourself as an instrument, useful today, discarded tomorrow without regret, since with good management can be replaced Ay reasoning appeared tobe right during te whol of theca, espeialy daring the Redecia afar wher the inexperienced and clumsy ambition of General Dou cost the We of 1 fy offers and chasers and 27oficersand dragoons ofthe 1508 Regiment. You wil ave ead tis moa unfortunate afar even less bonourae {than ha of alee, That gener has realy got on ‘my gut, and more than once, up ote point where 4 man of bonour bs to intron. Bu bts much too lemperate a character no tobe known bow te shold hav acto. wil yo al abot chen 15 you, my Dar Genera Ging Back the begining of my eter repeat ‘tha ating eter forget ast ls then gor General ess wating to mabe fr ny oss caring compe by sot oar, nde me ot grin at Tat witha talon the 88h Hal. Brigade command the print, ey aes, te ors Not of the wok bas ben done and I now have bad some moments of peace tic have permited met rfc, and I reed that tere was someting missing thong back o appr day, and Gomera Dugan bs gil ‘place my bear next o m Jospbine and even Foren I them side my mote, wel daring tse charming drvans bate gain pred (one tsstl allowed fo we the expression), aspired o ‘appines I remembered your fendi forme ‘our godnes, the rst tha ou ban me and Sido mys lone as am inp hae found fate in» ese, Dar Geer dono frget me; ou aoe can console me inthis coun [longer hae mies ora mists sn. hxe ol on pa bey find til and pes len my seca alciment oyu tase forthe second purely cay ate the oeome wasn oy longtime sed eur ‘hich fog sme, with ey hey sss oh Sie oka Lasalle’ rin orc the con and the young colonel cane ot othe scrap nu hich showed ho mich role fechas ipo an ow power sere as san By was thrown back the Re Seals ‘the lithe port of Al Qusayr, used as a base by the warriors from Mec. They wer coming th hdres and wera permanent dager forthe French positions Conros, the Brigade Commander pushed them back to ene on 12 ebay Friant et the at bua on he 7h But other reifrcemens sil arrived and the Manele appeie ofthe desert atc Des Suan Camda ea of fe 2nd ass ‘nd be of 18 gine har Caray's Mame te ek aftr on te bak of i al i oe tf sie cc att ead ft any mes aa ae Gal Da ey at of ef ow be eta bw tra The Cs er li sre ppt Oy eee Caring back bea) a mam ea wb Pc et nd a Ths ead by ma of be rch Dax fe ul te eo pc wig lean fagmonl fe iguana ‘otek ool fon ha fel tut cr Sr The 10th Hussars in a garrison 1 was in Salamanca that Lasille made bis next demonstration nthe country of guitar serenade he mented his own type of serenade, There was adhe rather anced, but she ad then Gener Vitor in as her lodge. Lasalle mobs the regimental banda midday and ‘rose the tow tits head; he stopped in front of bea’ ldgings under the windows and ha the band play abilant concer. Inrgud, the lady cae out oto the balcony and General Vico thinking that the show asin is honour, came ou tet her and gre hem, tut impernrbably, asl ud, a the sume ime geting his horse to bow is head, "Tbe seronadei not, for you, Si bu forthe Lay Thi an example of some ofthe prank his young twensine ol Hussar Clone by the name of Charles Lal wou et upon 1800 Spin, country which ade time wast an ally of he Republic Bis stayin Spin was at an end andthe 10 Hassars retuned to Face, Lasalle wast be found in grison toys here is presence was bound oe a fe aes ere for lastance is an example of wha happened at Ag. The Prt organise great hall and invite nether theofcers ofthe 1th Hussars nor ther Colne. Very much pt cu, Lasalle didnot hes an ener the all svt is usar, Very quickie cleared he whole place ut os, dbs, ots sets were thrown very calmly fromthe window by the men ofthe 10 The Pre’ pros ws sent Pasar on Bonaparte desk who apparent si: 7 tabs ast asgnatne oma Pret abs ger than ents years fo mais alas!” Conclusion: Lasalle gu hy ‘day Guadroom andthe Prefs was moved severe Tn August 1802, as witnessed bythe document signed ‘by Captain ila the regiment wast Cahors wasthere ‘hathe rl Fourier (who had compromised himself ‘pling wth he opposton to Bonar, had ben ssc and sent imo ei in Sra) cae ose his ‘ind Lasalle The of tha verry eae this eunion and Lasalle’ couse! no doubt consoled te unfortunate Fournier nee ater, moving up to what was to be the camp a Boulogte, the regiment passed through Nir. wasn this town ht the 22nd Regimen of Chasers Chea, the fist regimen tha Lasalle eer commande afer tbe ‘atl ofthe Pyramids was stone, The detour must Fane been made on purpose, afterall one dos ave to say on ld buds, doesn one? ‘That ening a mamber of Chasers were atthe theatre tobe prt ofthe erwin avery classe pla. Lae went tothe theatre and when he saw his ld cronies on sage gus as Greeks and Romaas, he leapt up ard a shouted in his deep stentorian voice: “Rally om me, Chasseur Regs the vole of home non he a= baie Grek and Romans, jumped into the aden a surounded the woublemaker ery hap tse kim, ‘agin, The spectators were all ery astounded Butts tne to rum tothe more serious se of Lasalle’ carer and the fe of his ving legend 1m Angus 1800, weapons of Honoar were awarded 0 the young colonel a sabe and a pai of ps fromthe ‘Versales wordhops, in grade for hs service in Kay andin gp These as of Honour ge him reo concerning the lion Honneu. Apropos made this effect appears in the War Ministry archives dated ‘50 March 1803. Lasalle was duerforea member ofthe [gion on 20 September 1803, ten Coramander of ie Légion on 14 June 1804, one of three cavalry eolonls wth Marla an his frend Desrels ‘as als at hisime that he sted down with he ow isi, tara Josephine Lasalle had wanted ‘mary his sweetheart fora long ime: Here isa range Jee that he wrote in Cahors ebroary 1802 Tm wx app with you, good mothe bow ca you thin so badly of me? No F love you too much to complained tb counsel ich rend pues ou agit me brings me evn closer fo you. Fr be frm meds with ou tbat! ama nasty ee of wr sted to comec mye uta a over sense, {ogood aswell as er, J ould not bp expressing wat as thinking in pte of the trouble tis bas caused ‘me. 1 aeays get worked up when I'm thwarted or app Theres but ome remedy fortis, ou kt what it fs: the day I cam call mysetf my ends busbar, 1 stl be cure nti then I promise nothing Ico dep be promise even if made. Asa moter, ou ‘should bp your son to reac bis goa: make sure is rend decides nolo refs bim and you ould net from he oy ou would give tebe must protest, jor instance gaint tbe idea that ou hae of ping me aay from Pris intend to. ther in a month and nothing wl change ‘my mind, do you bear me? Goodbye, good motber, nobody loves you as Lio 1 vas addressed to Madame Brémont, née TAuiullon, 410, ve Monbane, Pai ‘es Co seal rs sr fle asad gs br nde as ni Beat te Pf gla eed ‘psa fens of et Cooma our ae scarce Td fom gars ie its Be ate ro Bena pi eis ad ee hd nef Ra, fry Yar 1805 ‘The plat seas 56D Regime rig pared ern ane ee Sa ang Cae Same won are cro Be bra. Teton eine aa The 18° and 19° dragons As period the march made byte French Amy alos. sande he sti under Ger Mack, whose ain amy weal, ‘Aiibegining Napoleon was orto det pens inst and his tetera, Mara ale amish wich ed eopardsing een He et Neyo far rar tet unk ofthe Danube, He had Dapnt’ son lone which foun ise under atack Hatch by at sapere took hei gy tee meno aida disse (0013 Ober te npr avd and cured: he as erasing doe age beach etn Dupont bo ha fick Mkt et oN crpsich astra aha thor ak oe Danae ‘Theilage and eb of chingen were a in ney ends The al en Boke hfe wie open fi hom se ata ero th ech fares. Ths oe hal at alosiiobect. Murat aca! ey Nye on flowed Marre inspeofdsagren ith hen, was fos but eres wea to repr he damage, 1 outer 1805 aight in the morning. Pl Mah hs to il sar thal sears Resin aha oad ‘He arrived in front ofthe Eichingen Bridge on the right hank ofthe river The bridge's crosspieces had been removed, but hot tener se ab is he pies on these Gener two was gat ea is bale wake ig ps Info of hem General Risch asin Cons al een rag ela ing rte Tela dominated the valley and the ridge was oy guard by 38) men supported by two canna. ‘mach ti nusen eg, ere protein the workers. The Vgers ofthe 6h Lp by (Gyan ale maugdi cas et ig de cos layin plas hy were love yh Cis the eget e Ga ol Tse liye) quickly dsengaged he bridgehea, Tease eeu pes hs plese the Nah el it galas, toa iste the to Lihat te age ad te 3 ew he ht torr Sint alg Cpe Mabe Gene Resch eng saghepeis tesa gah for combat. The igh ad marge tnd of he es othe ila a he 3 nse fora ad tad redone sheer ati ood Moor ener Lain othe seed brigade (Rous Brea) ces i asin te el with he 7 se wo remeron upward pea They wer ver uh Jone ye Corps ight Crary Brigade, incadig te 10 ‘Ges Cher egies an he ed Hears under abe age Gaeta) who commande be ae ‘hy ached plas bate Frc igs ke a andy aetna The susie Sle take by Asan Curae, Damon wo asin command of ie Hussars was wounded and his horse ill ut he Chases cleared the and he ride was ale wally ‘The Dragoons ime ha come... These Dragons were thos fom Bourde’ dion ad pec thw of apache’ Brig tic othe The fr regimen o crs the bridge was he 18h Drguos comma Caod Lebre esos nach the peat and vs preset hen he Ligh Cay ral In fat othe he Auris ad foe ino ses and vere pr by fe Case uo degen Bou reba vc as el by Gener Llc and Gate Leder Dsus square as dee i he aan wo canon veel Te regia fre bal and veined th Case of who iy er ied ot tan prone, Daring this acto, Roget Brigade socceled in is smanoewes and aac, The second Dragon Regimen > singh et asthe 19, comme Coo oa ‘ie eningcrsed beeen he 8 head ens bengal eme ares acs ten en iy ‘The Dragons aed fra and Lena Pad sig, hgh he inf and te neighbouring ond ct of ie rere 250 men ail down her ams Adjutant Commandat Farge msl alo byaning a cape ail ee and fring at the enemy Fuerte eens * squadons ene Calais. Ole is sudo vas blew ch te they ok ren hos ofthe Later ne ements on sway to Neesteen when ‘vs suddenly tacked, Night ba allan he suprise was compl; there was sarod acon ons ey ul tee mas of ay ha ee ad the eal repr ssi es eno one wink inde, wich earbuds mache bre and cam fected he ganas Gabe Canara sl. ‘heer nent Borders Dan were po ‘spp ad moro es cored hs day’ ss caacome The Male Dison vas hin eee. ‘Ths ort day al pase was Calera, he 1 and 19 Dragoons and tury tendo Loon’ dvsion wb ied he da abso exhausted ster Genre seer Marche ding oe igh, wih these wis Corti, rad ened ray. us oe ws fe Tsp ds e138 Dag gn na ar Ny ad af gir argon tar ae ad charging General Pajol ‘lade Pere Pajol was bor on 3 February 1772. He ‘ame rom an upper mide cls iy nd as destined to become a lawyer. But the Revolution made him first into a Volunter National Guards of 1789, (0n21 August 1791, he else inthe 1st Banaon of the Doubs and found himself cect Sergeant Major in the Grenader Compu (n12 January 1792 he was made a Leutenaat inthe Sond infin Reinet With Cusine, he was wounded in font of Spire on 30 September 1792. 1793 during the siege of Mainz he was more seriously wounded in the elt arm, Frode the surrender he was able take a Jong pero of eomalescent leave in Besancon. (On 12 May he was made captain inthe Army of the Sambreand Meus, an chsen by ler aside de ap, Fe became the end of Ne te Adudant General an this st. tFsnein the sane yer be cape ag. which vesthen sent the Contention Sl wh Wr he ok another fag at Friedberg; he was now Batialon ommander In 1797, he was with heh Hussar Regiment i the Mainz Ary Disingused by Sout, then by Sain, he ‘was pt ude Wndarme in March 1797 in the Ayo the Danube. He was inthe vanguard, had three horses led under hin and manage to get out of al sont of

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