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Although certain units, such as the French chasseurs, combined certain functions of light infantry (chasseurs à pied) or light cavalry (chasseurs à cheval), armies during the Napoleonic Wars were generally formed by distinct infantry, cavalry, and artillery units, each using distinctly different arms.
This category includes sub-categories and articles about military units and formations which participated in the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), both those of France and its allies, and those of the Coalitions which opposed it.
In 1756, Horse Guards ordered that a troop of light horse be attached to each cavalry regiment. These new units proved so useful in the Seven Years' War, that in 1763 the 15th Dragoons were converted into 'light dragoons', as were the 17th–20th. By 1798 this arm had increased to some 23 regiments: the 7th–14th Dragoons had been converted ...
In 1796, during the Italian campaign, Napoleon ordered the formation of a bodyguard unit after he narrowly escaped an attack by Austrian light cavalry at Borghetto while at lunch. [43] This 200-man unit of Guides was the forerunner of the Chasseurs à Cheval of the Guard.
The VI Cavalry Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that had an ephemeral existence during the Napoleonic Wars.The corps was created on 9 February 1814 and General François Étienne de Kellermann was appointed as its commander.
The Reserve Cavalry Corps or Cavalry Reserve of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars.In 1805, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte appointed Marshal Joachim Murat to command all the cavalry divisions that were not directly attached to the army corps.
The II Cavalry Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars.It was first formed in December 1806, but only enjoyed a brief existence under Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières.
The Greenhill Napoleonic wars data book. London Mechanicsburg, PA: Greenhill Books Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-1-85367-276-7. OCLC 37616149. Smith, Digby (2006). An illustrated encyclopedia of uniforms of the Napoleonic wars : an expert, in-depth reference to the officers and soldiers of the revolutionary and Napoleonic period, 1792-1815. London ...