The Reserve Cavalry Corps or Cavalry Reserve of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1805, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte appointed Marshal Joachim Murat
French cuirassier in 1809
Joachim Murat
Louis Klein
Louis Sahuc
Battle of Austerlitz
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The Battle of Austerlitz was fought on Monday 2 December 1805, near Austerlitz, being the decisive engagement of the War of the Third Coalition. The Grande Armée under the command of Emperor Napoleon
Reserve Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée)
…the Ulm campaign, Murat led his horsemen in successfully hunting down many Austrian units that escaped the capitulation of Ulm, before fighting at Austerlitz in December 1805. Under Murat, the Cavalry Reserve played a prominent role in the destruction of the Prussian armies after the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt…
Battle of Austerlitz, 2 December 1805 François Gérard, c. 1810
Napoleon accepts the surrender of General Mack and the Austrian army at Ulm. Painting by Charles Thévenin
French cuirassiers taking position
Capture of a French regiment's eagle by the cavalry of the Russian guard, by Bogdan Willewalde (1884)