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Marshal Ney at the Battle of Waterloo by Mark Churms. Marshal Ney charging at the head of the French cavalry against the British Squares. Of all Napoleons Generals at Waterloo none distinguished himself more than Marshal Ney, Prince of the Moskowa, the splendid warrior upon whom his Imperial master had conferred the proud title of Le Brave des Braves (The Bravest of the Brave) Twice he led the attack on the British centre, first at the head of the cavalry and then with the Old Guard, and he only retired from the field at nightfall, after five horses had been killed under him. |
Charge of the Cuirassiers in the Sunken Road by Benigni. Cuirassiers charging during the Battle of Waterloo, 18th June 1815. |
La Charge (Donop's Cavalry at Waterloo) by Mark Churms. Baron de Donops Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo, 5.30pm, 18th June 1815. After four hours of fighting, the squadrons of Napoleon's 3rd Cavalry Corps finally join the massed assaults on the battered allied infantry squares. With the 42 year old marechal de camp Frederic-Guillaume de Donop at their head, the 2nd and 3rd Cuirassier Regiments break from a trot into a canter as they clear the ridge. The heavy cavalry are smashed against the steadfast bayonets of the redcoats and countercharged by light horsemen. In one of these encounters the general himself is terribly wounded and falls from his horse. His son (aide-de-camp) is also injured. Both are reported missing and presumed captured. Although the general's body is not found,it is certain that he met his death in the muddy fields of Waterloo alongside many of his brigade. In 1895 his name is inscribed on the north face of L'Arc de Triomphe in Paris in recognition of his service to France. |
French Cuirassier at Waterloo by Brian Palmer. Depicting an incident during one of the charges by the French Cuirassiers, against the British Squares, here shown attacking a sole, Royal Horse artilleryman, who did not make it to relative safety in a square. |
Charge of Donops Cavalry Led by Marshal Ney at Waterloo by Demoulin. No text for this item |
French Cuirassiers Questioning a peasant outside a country farmhouse by Edouard Detaille. French Cuirassiers of Napoleons Army, obtain information from a peasant outside a country farm house. |
The Wounded Cuirassier by Theodore Gericault. No text for this item |
A Cavalry Skirmish by Theodore Gericault. Depicting French Cuirassiers capturing a Russian Standard. |
Officier de Cuirassier by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier. This is the study of the Cuirassier officer from the painting Cuirassiers Before the Charge at the Battle of Austerlitz. |
French 9th Regiment of Cuirassiers by Jim Lancia. No text for this item |
Friedland, 1807 by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier. Napoleon with his general staff salutes a regiment of Cuirassiers who charge by during the Battle of Friedland. |
Austerlitz Before the Charge by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier. A regiment of Cuirassiers stand awaiting orders during the Battle of Austerlitz during the Napoleonic war against Austria and Russia. |
The Battle of Waterloo by Felix Philippoteaux. Depicting French Cuirassiers charging onto the British squares during the Battle of Waterloo. |
Counter Charge of the 12th and 13th Light Dragoons by Chris Collingwood. Lord Uxbridge commits the Light Dragoons against the French Cuirassiers and Chasseurs, who are driven over the ridge and down the slope. This action happened many times during the battle. |
Napoleons Last Inspection Before Waterloo by J P Beadle. Napoleon is shown at the Battle of Waterloo while his horse artillery are moved forward and the regiment of Cuirassiers are cheering their emperor. |
Trumpeter of the French Cuirassiers Going to Battle by Edouard Detaille. No text for this item |
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