Code: pA80-16
- French Foot Dragoons 1809
These 3 molds can cast a Officer, Trooper and Drummer.
Each of Napoleon's Dragoon regiments comprised
54 mounted and 36 dismounted troopers. This regulation
existed solely because of the unavailability of sufficient
suitable horses under the empire. On many separate occasions,
these dismounted elements were grouped together into
a distinctive Dragoon division. The First was at Bolougne
on the eve of the proposed invasion of England in 1803
and the second occasion at Strasbourg in 1805 in preparation
for the coming war with Austria.
During the Italian campaign of 1805 a
temporary battalion of foot Dragoons were attached to
General Verdier's 2nd division and the following year
Napoleon ordered two regiments to be formed and attached
to the Imperial Guard Grenadiers and foot Chasseurs
respectively. During the Peninsula campaign a detachment
of the 9th regt was dismounted before the Battle of
Talaviera in 1809 and for want of suitable mounts, elements
of the 10th and 11th regiments were dismounted after
the action at Alba-de-Tormes. |
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Description - Napoleonic 54mm molds |
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