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    "the Gods"; also as "the Big Heels". The Regiment of Chasseurs a Cheval (1er Régiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval de la Garde Impériale) was also created from...
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    The Mounted Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard (French: Chasseurs à cheval de la Garde impériale) constituted a light cavalry regiment in the Consular, then...
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    regiments of French and Belgian light infantry (chasseurs à pied) or light cavalry (chasseurs à cheval) to denote troops trained for rapid action. This...
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    was made a baron and changed his surname to Meda (sometimes spelt Méda). Whilst fighting as colonel of the 1er régiment de chasseurs à cheval (France)...
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    The 1st Polish Light Cavalry Lancers Regiment of the Imperial Guard (French: 1er Régiment de Chevau-Légers Lancier de la Garde impériale (Polonais) / Polish:...
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    of the regiment was that of the Régiment de Marche de Chasseurs Indigènes à Cheval (R.M.C.I.C). The French Army had already raised four regiments of indigenous...
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    4e régiment de chasseurs d'Afrique fr:5e régiment de chasseurs d'Afrique fr:6e régiment de chasseurs d'Afrique fr:7e régiment de chasseurs d'Afrique (1914-16...
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    deployed without infantry support. Their losses were heavy. The 1er régiment de chasseurs à cheval [fr] also deployed 1 Escadron of M29s from 1949 to 1953. French...
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    and in landing operations on Vietnam shores. The 1er régiment de chasseurs à cheval [fr] also deployed a platoon of LVTs. LVTs were known as "alligators"...
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  • World War I, Bastin fought as in lieutenant in the Belgian 1er régiment de Chasseurs à cheval. He became heavily wounded on 16 August 1914 and was captured...
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