The order to march has been received. The Imperial Guard 1st Polish Light Horse Regiment commands your attention. Copies of Rembowski's monumental history available now.
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An immortal inscription for an immortal unit. The Memoirs of Miles Byrne is now available. Preface by John G. Gallaher
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Literally hundreds of documents translated by the US Army. Follow the 1806 campaign day-by-day, experience the fog of war, and see events unfold before your very eyes. March with Napoleon and the Grande Armée! The best source of archival correspondence available in one place. Numerous folding maps detailing troop positions in rear pocket. Copies now available.
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On August 3rd, 1815, six and a half weeks after Waterloo, Louis XVIII issued the decree for the dissolution of the Garde Impériale. This was quickly followed by the Royal Ordonnance of August 15th that set in place the "retirement criteria" for Bonapartist officers in the army. In October two special commissions convened and carefully reviewed the conduct of the officer corps from March 20th, 1815 until Waterloo. In 1816, 20,000 officers had been effectively "retired" and reduced to "half-pay" status.
And so the demi-soldes came to be . . . and accompanied their Empereur into posterity and legend.
O! bitter and painful memory, as - within a country that we were striving to re-conquer, and amidst our efforts to avenge and still defend so much glory and fame - our hands were suddenly disarmed. . . . We were no longer the heros of the day. . . . At that moment, deep and lasting regrets filled my soul, my ears still echoing from the din of battle, I retreated into the past in an effort to commemorate its glory.
De Segur, Mémoires
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