RÉGIMENT DE CHEVAU-LÉGERS LANCIERS DE LA GARDE - Waterloo 1815 Snowdonia sported dark blue cuffs

sported dark blue cuffs

as those accepted had to provide their own uniforms

The iconic National Gallery on a moonlit winter's night

The unit was described as "lying dead in a square"

from Cowbar

RÉGIMENT DE CHEVAU-LÉGERS LANCIERS DE LA GARDE - Waterloo 1815 Snowdonia sported dark blue cuffsIn 1807 Napoleon authorized the raising of a guard regiment of Polish light horse. His motives were probably political as there seems to have been a vague promise that an independent Polish state would be established. Qualifications for enlistment were high. Applicants had to be landowners, or the sons of landowners. Some financial backing was necessary, as those accepted had to provide their own uniforms, saddlery and horses. In the beginning the