Napoleon’s 1st and 2nd Honor Guards: The 1st Regiment of Honor Guards; The 2nd Regiment of Honor Guards During The Blockade of Mainz (1813-1814) (Soldiers of the Napoleonic Wars Book 6)

In 1813, Napoleon found himself short of cavalry--and short of money to mount and outfit new cavalrymen, the most expensive soldiers. He resurrected his 1806 plan for the Gendarmes d’Ordonnance: he would allow (i.e., require) 10,000 sons of the nobility and the upper-middle class to sign on as light cavalry of the Guard, well-mounted and gorgeously equipped à la hussard entirely at their own expense. Not only did these young fellows have money, but most of them knew how to ride.In one volume: translations of Valère Fanet’s Le 1er Régiment des Gardes d’Honneur (11 Juin 1813-14 Juillet 1814) and Le 2e Régiment de Gardes d’Honneur pendant le Blocus de Mayence (1813-1814) by Albert Depréaux. Together, these works tell the story of Regiments 1 and 2 set against the last days of the Napoleonic Wars (the German Campaign and the Campaign of France). Read more