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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Napoleon's Guard (Re: Prussian Military)
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:24:06 GMT
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- From ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
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- In article <BzM9zp.MLD@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> Neal Smith <sasrns@unx.sas.com> writes:
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- > The funny thing is that hussars probably never left their horses, except
- >to start fires, loot, etc. A hussar who left his horse was easily captured
- >because of the nature of his work, and his need to range over large areas of
- >territory.
-
- And go to sleep I suppose 9-)
-
- > I think you are making a minor mistake by inferring too much from the pictures
- >of these troops. What kinds of things would one expect of troops dressed in
- >bearskins? Would they be elite guardsmen? Well there were a lot of troops
- >dressed in bearskins during the Nappy wars that were pretty bad troops, but some
- >would say that they had to be good troops just because they wore a funny hat and
- >were titled "guard".
-
- I've always wondered about this. Napoleon's Grenadiers of the Guard
- (the "Old Guard") were undoubtedly very good, but how variable was the
- quality of the other Guard units? I'd heard that the Young Guard
- had deteriorated to pretty bad by Waterloo, when they tangled with
- the Prussians on Napoleon's flank.
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- How did the Chasseurs a'Cheval differ in mission from the Hussars? They
- were (according to the tables) somewhat better light cavalry than your
- garden variety hussar..
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