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Cranston Fine Arts  Military Art and Artists Napoleonic Military Art Napoleon's Army  Napoleon's Infantry |
[UP] - Napoleon's Cavalry - Napoleon's Infantry - Guard Regiments - Napoleon's Generals |
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1st Regiment French Light Infantry at Waterloo by Brian Palmer. No text for this item |
Hougoumont by Mark Churms. Depicting Jeromes Infantry attacking the South gate of the Chateau during the battle of Waterloo. |
French Voltigeurs by Jim Lancia. No text for this item |
Tireur D Elite by Mark Churms. A Voltigeur corporal, 2nd battalion, 4th regiment etranger, Holland 1813. |
The Dog of the Regiment is Wounded by Horace Vernet. As the French regiment man the postion while under heavy attack, a French drummer boy and soldier are seen attending the wounded mascot dog of the regiment. |
The Bloody Eleventh by David Rowlands. The 11th (North Devon) Regiment at the Battle of Salamanca, 22nd July 1812. |
Capture of the French Eagle by Sgt Ewart by Sulliven. Sgt Ewart is shown taking the French standard from the 45th French Infantry Regiment. Ewart cut down two French soldiers and the standard Bearer to keep hold of the Eagle and standard, he was ordered to take it to the rear. By being ordered to the rear, this probably saved his life and also the standard for the regiment, as the rest of the regiment continued charging forward to French artillery positions, much further than they should have gone, now with very tired horses and unable to rally, the Scots Greys were attacked by Farines Brigade of Cavalry (6th and 9th Cuirassiers.) and later by the 4th Lancers, very few managed to return to the British Lines. |
On the March From Moscow by Laslett Pott. The remnants of the French Grand Army retreat from Moscow back to France in the harsh Russian winter. Only a few thousand reach France from an army of over 137,000. |
Battle of the Pyramids 21st July 1798 by Louis Lejeune. Napoleon with an army of 36,000 seized Malta on the 10th of June 1798 form the Knights of St John then sailed on to land west of Alexandria on July 1st. They seized Alexandria form the Mameluke ruler Ibrahim who fled into Syria. But the Mameluke military Commander Murad Bey was determined to stop Napoleon entering Cairo, so blocked the French advance at Embabeh on the left bank of the Nile near the pyramids. Under his command he had 40,000 troops but only 6,000 of these were the fierce fighting force of Mamelukes. On July 21st napoleon moved onto the Egyptian positions and Murad launched an all out attack with his cavalry. But the 6,000 Mamelukes were no match for the French infantry and artillery which fired volley after volley, devastating the Mamelukes. When the charge had failed the disorganized Egyptian infantry fled. With only 300 casualties, Napoleon marched into Cairo. |
Crossing the Ford by H Bellange. No text for this item |
Passage Du Pont de Landshut by Louis Hersent (Battle of Landshut, 21st April 1809) The painting depicts the hand picked force led by General Mouton storming over the burning main Isar bridge and forcing an entry into the town of Mosseburg. |
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