The Dutch 'Red' Lancers – the 2nd Light Horse Lancers of Napoleon's Imperial Guard – were formed in 1810 after the emperor annexed Holland and its army to France. The former hussars of the Dutch Royal Guard got a new uniform, a new weapon, and a new colonel, Baron Edouard Colbert. His lancers distinguished themselves in Russia in 1812; in Germany in 1813, and in the Low Countries in 1814. When Napoleon returned from exile in 1815 the Red Lancers were with him until after Waterloo.
Ronald Pawly an expert on the archival and pictorial record left by this regiment.
Napoleon’s Red Lancers (Men-at-Arms 389)
Author(s) : PAWLY Ronald
- Year of publication :
- 2003
- Place and publisher :
- London: Osprey
- Number of pages :
- 48