Old Guard (France)
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The Old Guard was a formation of the French Army's Imperial Guard. Consisting exclusively of veteran troops, it was the most prestigious formation in Napoleon's Grande Armée. French soldiers often ref
1st Regiment of Foot Grenadiers of the Old Guard Wearing their distinctive bearskin caps while fighting in the Six Days Campaign. Napoleon's Old Guard was the most celebrated and most feared elite military formation of its day.
Grenadier Cavalry of the Old Guard during the Battle of Eylau by Édouard Detaille
Napoleon saying goodbye to the Old Guard at the Palace of Fontainebleau, after his first abdication (1814)
Bertrand Malvaux holding a 1st Regiment of Foot Grenadiers of the Old Guard bearskin (1811 Pattern)
Middle Guard (Napoleonic)
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The Middle Guard was a formation of the French Imperial Army's Imperial Guard. It was an intermediate force between the elite Old Guard and the less experienced Young Guard. It was used in Napoleon's
Old Guard (France)
…The 1er Regiment, charged with protecting the field position around Napoleon himself, served as a rear guard after the failure of the attack of the Middle Guard on the Anglo-allied center. The Old Guard cavalry was involved in the unsuccessful midday charges against Anglo-allied infantry, and was unavailable…
Soldier of the Fusiliers-Grenadiers
Fusiliers–Chasseurs and Fusiliers–Grenadiers de la Garde Impériale