In 1815 during the retreat of Prussian army after Ligny the Prussian cavalry met French cuirassiers on the road. Ltn. Hoeken wrote: "We had been riding at a trot for some time when suddenly we saw a line of French cuirassiers about 100 paces to our front. They greeted us with a salv...
All you need to know about the armies, infantry, cavalry and artillery that fought in the Napoleonic Wars between 1792 and 1815. Napoleon Bonaparte's French troops, his enemies from Britain, Austria, Russia, Prussia, their uniforms, weapons, leaders, slang terms, range and accuracy of weapons...