By Ronald Pawly
Napoleon's final 'Campaign of France' in 1814 proved to be one among his so much really good through the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). He relied as by no means sooner than on committing his elite Imperial safeguard cavalry to conflict. He raised 3 new regiments of crack Éclaireurs – 'Scouts' – that have been hooked up to the shield fixed Grenadiers, Empress's Dragoons and varnish Lancers respectively which might counterattack the Cossacks and assemble very important details. every one regiment had its personal kind of uniform, yet a part of every one was once armed with lances. even supposing they have been short-lived, those Scout devices significantly distinctive themselves within the final battles of the collapsing Empire.
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