Code: PA80-10
- French Imperial Guard
Mounted Mamaluk 1805
These 3 molds can cast the horse and rider.
When Egypt was evacuated by Napoleon in 1801,
those Egyptians who had co-operated with France and
the French were allowed passage to France. From those
émigrés Napoleon formed a squadron of
Mamelukes under the leadership of the French colonel
Rapp. In 1803 this squadron was reformed as a company
of Mamelukes under, and attached to the chasseurs a
cheval of the Imperial Guard, a unit which was charged
with the personal safety of the Emperor. The company
was commanded by captain commandant Delatrie who together
with the adjutant and five of the nco's were French
men. In addition, there were two mameluke captains,
four Mameluke lieutenants and fourteen Mameluke nco's.
Including the 2 trumpeters and other support troops
the company strength was 9 officers and 114 men in other
ranks.
At Austerlitz the company received its
baptism of fire by taking part in the charge of the
Grand cavalry against the Russian horse-guards and thereafter
received their standard.
In 1806 the company was reorganized and
its strength raised to 13 officers and 147 men. During
subsequent years the number of Mamelukes of true Egyptian
origin inevitably declined, their being only eighteen
left in 1814. After the campaigns of 1812, however,
the unit was reorganized once again with an influx of
French born troops and its strength raised to 250. It
now become part of the Chasseurs a cheval of the Old
Guard while a second company was established with Young
guard status. In its 15 year history, a total of 583
men served as mamelukes of whom only 209 were Orientals
of either Egyptian or Syrian origin.
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Mounted Mamaluk |
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