Grande Armée
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The Grande Armée was the primary field army of the French Imperial Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Commanded by Napoleon, from 1804 to 1812 it won a series of military victories that allowed the Firs
Napoleon Distributing the Legion of Honour at the Camp of Boulogne by Philippe-Auguste Hennequin. Napoleon is shown at the Camp of Boulogne on August 16, 1804
The Battle of Austerlitz, 2nd December 1805, by François Gérard
Napoleon reviewing the Imperial Guard at the Battle of Jena, 14 October 1806
Charge of the French cuirassiers at Friedland (1807), by Ernest Meissonier
The Horse Artillery of the Imperial Guard is a mounted artillery unit integrated into Napoleon I's Imperial Guard. Although it was not formed as a regiment until April 1806, its origins date back to M
Horse artilleryman of the Imperial Guard. Oil painting by Édouard Detaille, 1870.
The Battle of Marengo by Louis-François Lejeune, 1801
Jean-Jacques Desvaux de Saint-Maurice, in Guard horse artillery officer's uniform.
Napoleon checking the alignment of a cannon on the battlefield. Around him, the mounted artillerymen of the Imperial Guard prepare to fire the starter's pistol. Illustration by Job.