The Chasseurs Britanniques was a battalion-sized corps of foreign volunteers, who fought for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland during the...
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(6th) Chasseurs Bretons (7th) Chasseurs d'Auvergne (8th) Chasseurs des Vosges (9th) Chasseurs des Cévennes (10th) Chasseurs du Gèvaudan (11th) Chasseurs des...
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Chasseur designation was given to certain regiments of French light infantry (Chasseurs à pied) or light cavalry (Chasseurs à cheval). The Chasseurs à...
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military mission. Five hundred troops of the 31st Foot and the Chasseurs Britanniques were detached, accompanied by a section of Royal Artillery, under...
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Regiment of the SS fought for Germany in the Second World War. Chasseurs Britanniques of the Napoleonic Wars. Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism...
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Sir John Thomas Duckworth, detached the 31st regiment and the Chasseurs Britanniques, accompanied by some field artillery under Major-General Wauchope...
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In 1803 it was amalgamated into the Royal Foreign Artillery. The Chasseurs Britanniques were originally formed from French Royalist emigres in 1801, and...
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poised on the borders of France, desertion had become a problem. The Chasseurs Britanniques—recruited mainly from French deserters—lost 150 men in a single...
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the Battle of Aboukir and the Battle of Alexandria. In 1801, the Chasseurs Britanniques unit was formed from French Royalist emigres under the charge of...
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any advance on Bordeaux. The Comte de Maquerre, a member of the Chasseurs Britanniques, joins the expedition at the last minute. Sharpe fears his wife...
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