
"Napoleon’s Dragoons and Lancers: Uniforms and Equipment" Topic
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Tango01  | 30 Aug 2025 4:37 p.m. PST |
"Having their origins in the Army of Louis XIV, the dragoons were originally mounted infantry. During the wars of the 1e Empire, they became ‘jacks of all trade' equally capable as fighting as battle cavalry, scouting or operating as infantry. Yet, precious few studies have been made of the dress of these thirty regiments or of the ten regiments of lancers which evolved from the dragoons in 1811. The dress and equipment of each regiment of dragoons and lancers in Napoleon's army is analysed and portrayed here with greater accuracy than previously possible. This is because renowned Napoleonic author, Paul Dawson has been granted access to over 1,000 archive boxes, found in the Service Historique de l'Armée de Terre in Paris and the Archives Nationales. These have enabled the author to assesses how the wide ranging 1806 uniform regulations and the more famous Bardin regulations were adopted in practice. This vast resource, as yet untapped by the majority of researchers and historians for understanding the Napoleonic era in general, provides detail never before revealed to the general public…"
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Tango01  | 30 Aug 2025 5:58 p.m. PST |
Napoléon contre Pie VII: Ou comment kidnapper un pape "1799. Après le coup d'Etat du 18 Brumaire, Bonaparte, désormais Premier consul, a pour priorité de ramener la paix civile en France et d'y réintroduire le culte catholique. Pour cela il lui faut renouer avec Rome, où un nouveau pape, Pie VII, vient d'être élu. Après de longues et difficiles négociations entre les deux hommes, le Concordat va faire renaître l'Eglise de France. Et en 1804, Pie VII accepte de venir sacrer l'Empereur Napoléon Ier à Paris. Mais la discorde ne tarde pas à s'installer quand ce dernier décide d'indure les Etats pontificaux dans le blocus qu'il impose à l'Europe. Le pape résiste. La situation s'envenime. Napoléon ordonne l'occupation militaire de Rome et l'annexion à l'Empire d'Ancône, de Macerata, de Fermo et d'Urbino. Ordre mal interprété ou excès de zèle d'un général ? Toujours est-il que le Saint-Père est arrêté et détenu en exil, d'abord à Savone, puis à Fontainebleau jusqu'en 1814. Mais c'est une bataille que l'Empereur n'est pas sûr de gagner. Lui dont la tactique consistait à amener l'ennemi à combattre sur un terrain qu'il avait choisi se voit obligé de guerroyer sur un terrain qu'il connaît mal, celui du spirituel…"
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