Sujet
French lancer of the Imperial Guard, Napoleonic Wars, c1815
Légende
French lancer of the Imperial Guard, Napoleonic Wars, c1815. Engraving produced in Paris. In 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo this unit formed part of General Lefebvre-Desnouettes Guard Light Cavalry Division, which took part in Marshal Ney's massed cavalry attack on the British lines. They had also been engaged at the Battle of Quatre Bras on 16 June as scouts ahead of Marshal Ney's main body.
Date
1815
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive
Notre référence
HRM19B40_358
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
60,7Mo (2,9Mo) / 32,8cm x 46,4cm / 3869 x 5486 (300dpi)