Belgian light infantry (chasseurs à pied) or light cavalry (chasseurs à cheval) to denote troops trained for rapid action. This branch of the French Army...

d'Éclaireurs à Cheval was attached to the Grenadiers à Cheval, and was thus named the regiment of Éclaireurs-grenadiers. The 2e Regiment d'Eclaireurs à Cheval was...

The Carabiniers-à-Cheval (French for Horse Carabiniers or Mounted Carabiniers) were mounted troops in the service of France. Their origins date back to...

secured the king's freedom and showed him on a richly decorated horse earning it the name franc à cheval (meaning "free on horse" in French). The obverse...

Mounted Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard (French: Grenadiers à Cheval de La Garde Impériale) was a heavy cavalry regiment in the Consular, then Imperial Guard...

regiments, the Chasseurs à Cheval and the Grenadiers à Cheval, along with a small unit of elite Gendarmes and a squadron of Mamelukes. A third regiment was...

left Egypt to return to France, he took with him a detachment of 180 Guides à cheval and 125 Guides à pied. The men chosen were the most devoted veterans...

Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (French pronunciation: [sikst fɛʁ a ʃ(ə)val]; Arpitan: Hi) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes...

undress uniform was as for the Chasseurs-à-Cheval of the Guard, but of a dark blue cloth. The Gendarmes d'élite wore a blue coat with red lappels, cuffs and...

Italian Royal Guard Cavalry of the Guard Grenadiers à Cheval (horse grenadiers) Chasseurs à Cheval (light cavalry) Les Mamelukes Gendarmerie d'Elite Artillery...