The French Imperial Guard

The third volume in this successful series detailing the elite phalanx of Emperor Napoléon, puts an end to the study of the Guard cavalry. The troops depicted in Vol. 3 are the Mamelucks in their oriental dress, the famous Polish lancers, the red lancers (Dutch) and the guards of honor. (A fourth and last volume will subsequently describe the other mounted troops of the Imperial Guard: horse artillery, supply train and gendarmerie