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The units are listed by their respective army branches, i.e. Guard infantry and engineers. All of the regiments and units pertaining to the Guard had the phrase "della Guardia Reale" ( Italian : 'of the Royal Guard') after their official name, to indicate their status as part of the Royal Household Guard.
The army kept on expanding in size until 1815; at its peak, the Army of Naples consisted of Two Divisions of the Guard, 12 Regiments of Line Infantry, 4 Regiments of Line Cavalry, Four Regiments of Light Infantry, and 40 artillery companies along with many other irregular formations and provincial units. [2] [4]
On 1 April 1871, the grenadier regiments of the Grenadiers of Lombardy, Grenadiers of Naples, and Grenadiers of Tuscany brigades were transferred to the line infantry. On 15 October of the same year, the brigade level was abolished and the two grenadier regiments of the Grenadiers of Sardinia Brigade were renamed 1st Regiment "Granatieri di ...
The 1st Regiment of the Line (King's Own) or (Italian: 1° Reggimento della Linea 'del Re') was a line infantry regiment of the Royal Army of Naples.The regiment was the first infantry regiment formed by the small kingdom, but by 1811 gained a reputation as an exemplary infantry regiment, and was reformed with the honorary title of "King's Own, or del Re".
On the same date the 3rd Grenadier Regiment and 4th Grenadier Regiment of the Grenadiers of Lombardy Brigade ceded each one battalion to help form the 6th Grenadier Regiment (Grenadiers of Naples Brigade). The 5th Grenadier Regiment was mustered and initially based in Livorno, while the 6th Grenadier Regiment was mustered and initially based in ...
A voltigeur from the French-client state Kingdom of Naples. Several Napoleonic French allies based their battalion formation on that of the French and had voltigeur companies in their battalions. The allies using the French battalion system included the following: The Grand Duchy of Baden; The Duchy of Warsaw; The Kingdom of Bavaria (after 1810)
The Army of Naples (French: Armée de Naples) was a French Army unit which took this name following its capture of Naples in 1799. It was related to the Army of Italy.The Army of Naples was virtually annihilated after the Battle of the Trebbia: more than half of the personnel were casualties.
On the morning of 4 July, Reynier broke camp and advanced toward level terrain along the shallow Lomato River. Believing his army superior in numbers, Stuart marched toward the same location nearly parallel to the French column. As both forces deployed from march column, they ended up in echelon formation. On the French side, the left flank was ...