RÉGIMENT DE CHEVAU-LÉGERS LANCIERS DE LA GARDE - Waterloo 1815 Snowdonia the 1st Regiment

the 1st Regiment

but with a more peaceful

They were joined by two more troops in November 1793

as those accepted had to provide their own uniforms

from Cowbar

RÉGIMENT DE CHEVAU-LÉGERS LANCIERS DE LA GARDE - Waterloo 1815 Snowdonia the 1st RegimentIn 1807 Napoleon authorized the raising of a guard regiment of Polish light horse. His motives were probably political as there seems to have been a vague promise that an independent Polish state would be established. Qualifications for enlistment were high. Applicants had to be landowners, or the sons of landowners. Some financial backing was necessary, as those accepted had to provide their own uniforms, saddlery and horses. In the beginning the