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| Tango01 | 24 Oct 2026 1:46 p.m. PST |
"This presentation of my French Imperial Guard is the first two of six battalions of Voltigeurs. The 1st and 2nd Voltigeur Regiments were formed by a decree of 1 May 1854, drawn from the line regiments with the requirement of 1 to 2 years active service, a minimum height of 1.65 m, and a proven, clean conduct record. Alongside the Grenadiers they went to the Crimea early in the war and established a solid combat record. Their baptism of fire was in the night attack of 22-23 May 1855 against cemetery on Quarantine Bay where the 2nd Regiment assaulted Russian trenches suffering the heavy loss of 14 officers and over 300 men killed or wounded. In the attack on the Malakoff Redoubt both regiments were committed during the final general assault. Operating on the flanks of the Zouaves de la Garde and Chasseurs, they took the outer trenches and suppressed Russian firing positions. Concentrated artillery fire there inflicted losses as high as 40% in many companies…"
1866 and all that
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