The Chasseurs d'Afrique were a light cavalry corps of chasseurs in the French Armée d'Afrique. First raised in 1831 from regular French cavalry posted to Algeria, they numbered five regiments by World War II. For most of their history they were recruited from either French volunteers or French settlers in North Africa doing their military service. As such they were the mounted equivalent of the French Zouave infantry. The other major cavalry element in the Armee d'Afrique were the Spahis—recruited from the indigenous peoples of Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco with mostly French officers.
The Chasseurs d'Afrique, led by General d'Allonville, clearing Russian artillery from the Fedyukhin Heights during the battle of Balaclava .
Chasseurs d'Afrique during the battle of the Smala.
Chasseurs d'Afrique taking the standard of the Durango lancers at the Battle of San Pablo del Monte.
Chasseur d'Afrique in 1914.
Chasseur, a French term for "hunter", is the designation given to certain regiments of French and Belgian light infantry or light cavalry to denote troops trained for rapid action.
Chasseurs à pied bugler, illustration by Édouard Detaille in L'Armee Française (1885)
The Charging Chasseur by Théodore Géricault, depicting an officer of the Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale
The Chasseur in the Forest by Caspar David Friedrich
Chasseur d'Afrique in 1914