NAPOLEON'S HUSSARS AND CHASSEURS: Uniforms and Equipment of the Grande Armee, 1805-1815

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Describes the uniform of every Napoleon's 17 regiments of hussars and 32 regiments of chasseurs a cheval, with an emphasis on highly elaborate dress of the trumpeters. Sources used included access to over 1,000 archive boxes, assesses how the regulations were adopted in practice. This vast resources include the many regimental archive boxes preserved in the French Army archives as well as diaries, letters, inspection returns, regimental accounts, and even cases of fraud. Illustrated with 200+ color contemporary illustrations, original items of uniform and reconstructions of uniforms, this is the definitive guide to the dress of the Napoleon's light cavalry.