Among Napoleons most versatile troops, the dragoons could fight on horse or be employed like dismounted troops to suppor ...

Hussars and Chasseurs a Cheval represented the backbone of the French light cavalry. Here they are represented wearing t ...

The steady “squares” of Wellingtons Infantry resisted the countless cavalry charges of Marshal Ney at Waterloo, and dram ...

Line infantry advanced in close order, often preceded by light infantry units like Chasseur, Tirailleurs or Voltigers. T ...

The word “hussar” identifies the light horsemen and comes from the Hungarian “huszar”. The most famous hussar units were ...

The curassiers, who had abandoned their breastplates in 1798, wore a white coat with the distinctive regiment colours ma ...