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The 1st Polish Light Cavalry Lancers Regiment of the Imperial Guard (French: 1er régiment de chevau-légers lanciers de la Garde impériale (polonais); Polish: 1. Pułk Szwoleżerów-Lansjerów Gwardii Cesarskiej (Polski)) was a foreign Polish light cavalry lancers regiment which served as part of Napoleon's Imperial Guard during the Napoleonic Wars.
Polish uhlans from the army of the Duchy of Warsaw, 1807–1815, January Suchodolski painting. Uhlan (/ ˈ uː l ɑː n, ˈ j uː l ən /; French: uhlan; German: Ulan; [1] Lithuanian: ulonas; Polish: ułan) is a type of light cavalry, primarily armed with a lance. [2]
A 1st Cavalry Division, made up partly of Polish lancers of the 1st Regiment of Lighthorse-Lancers, existed in the French Army under Napoleon, being part of the Imperial Guard, from 1807 until 1815. This unit took part in most major engagements of the Napoleonic wars after 1807 and was highly regarded by Napoleon. [12] [13]
The Polish Legions (Polish: Legiony Polskie we Włoszech; also known as the Dąbrowski Legions) [1] were several Polish military units that served with the French Army in the Napoleonic era, mainly from 1797 to 1803, although some units continued to serve until 1815.
After this confrontation, the Emperor agreed to Colonel Krasiński's request to equip his men with lances, and the unit took the name of "Polish Lancers". In 1810, the Lancers regiment took the number 1 after the creation of the Red Lancers. [34] It was then engaged in the Russian campaign, where it distinguished itself at Gorodnia and Krasnoi.
"In May 1815 (Hundred Days) the 7th Lancers was formed again. However they had only 13 horses for 350 men. In July they fought on foot near Paris, and were highly praised by Marshal Davout. When the war was over, the 7th Lancers was one of few Polish units that refused to serve under the Tsar of Russia and was disbanded in France." [2]
Some of the most feared cavalry in the Grande Armée were the Polish lancers of the Vistula Uhlans. Nicknamed Hell's Picadors or Los Diablos Polacos (The Polish Devils) by the Spanish, these medium and light horse ( Chevaux-Légers Lanciers ) cavalry had near equal speed to the hussars, shock power almost as great as the cuirassiers, and were ...
Czapka of the officer of 3rd Uhlan Regiment 1815-1831. Czapka (/ ˈ tʃ æ p k ə /, Polish pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʂapka]; also spelt chapka or schapska / ˈ ʃ æ p s k ə /) [1] is a Polish, Belarusian, and Russian generic word for a cap.