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HistWar (English zone) => History & Tactics => Discussion démarrée par: Smokehammer le 10 avril 2010, 22:46:27 pm

Titre: Garde de Paris
Posté par: Smokehammer le 10 avril 2010, 22:46:27 pm

Does anyone have any information about this unit?It keeps turning up in random OOBs and looks interesting.

(http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1723/gardedeparis.th.png) (http://img522.imageshack.us/i/gardedeparis.png/)

I can’t seem to find any references too it. What was it historically? A regiment made up of the Paris national guard, or some sort of volunteer infantry unit, like the guards of honour in the cavalry.

Titre: Re : Garde de Paris
Posté par: EricJ le 10 avril 2010, 23:22:32 pm

Well, the uniform of this unit is green, right?
So I think that it is the unit which was responsible for maintaining order in Paris. It was composed of former soldiers, veterans of 5 campaigns but younger than 40. By 1805, this unit will be used to strengthen the Grande Armée : they were at Dantzig, Friedland, Burgos... This unit was disbanded in 1812, because they were involved in the maret's conspiration.
Regards, EricJ

Titre: Re : Garde de Paris
Posté par: mccourt le 11 avril 2010, 00:42:19 am

Some details here which might be of interest http://www.napoleon-series.org/cgi-bin/forum/archive2008_config.pl?md=read;id=87236 (http://www.napoleon-series.org/cgi-bin/forum/archive2008_config.pl?md=read;id=87236)

1st Regiment http://www.historex.com/montage/im/im012.jpg (http://www.historex.com/montage/im/im012.jpg)

2nd Regiment http://www.historex.com/montage/im/im013.jpg (http://www.historex.com/montage/im/im013.jpg)

Tom