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French Napoleonic Cavalry Prints
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DHM0454. La Charge (Donop's Cavalry at Waterloo) by Mark Churms. With Marechal de camp Frederic-Guillaume de Donop at their head, the 2nd and 3rd Cuirassier regiments charge the steadfast bayonets of the redcoat squares. DHM0249. La Salle at the Battle of Wagram by Mark Churms. Depicting General La Salle before his last charge before being killed at the Battle of Wagram. DHM0457. The Generals Escort by Mark Churms. Depicting Polish Lancers escorting a general's carriage as they pass through an infantry bivouac during the Hundred Days Campaign. DHM0247. La Moscowa. The Battle of Borodino, 7th September 1812, by Mark Churms. Sous-Lieutenant Ferdinand de la Riloisiere of 1st Regiment of Carabiniers, moments before he received a mortal wound, in the charge of the 2nd reserve cavalry Corps, against the reavski Redoubt. Despite his injury he survived for several days after the battle and was presented with the cross of the Legion of Honour only hours before his death. DHM279. Le Gueper Espagnol by Mark Churms. French dragoons attack a Spanish farmhouse where they believe Spanish guerillas are hiding. DHM0259. News from the Front by Mark Churms. DHM0565. Sabres on the Esla. Pursuit of the Imperial Guard at the Battle of Benevente by Mark Churms. Sir John Moore's epic retreat to Corunna was punctuated by desperate and often heroic rear-guard actions - none more dramatic than the cavalry clash at Benevente on the 29th December 1808. Having crossed the river Esla, cold and swollen by recent rainfall, a British picquet, comprised of elements of the King's German Legion Hussars and the 7th, 10th and 18th Hussars, covers the river and its tactically demolished Castro Gonzalo's bridge from a position near the town of Benevente. Napoleon himself leads the pursuit. The Emperors elite Guard Light Cavalry, commanded by General Lefebvre-Desnouettes, is ordered at daylight to ford the river and launch a surprise attack on what appears to be the numerically inferior British units. As five-hundred and fifty French cavalry emerge in orderly fashion from the river, intent upon quickly dispatching the opposition, they are startled to find the British piquet, reinforced by a host of British cavalry, streaming from within the confines of Benevente, some on their left flank. Under the command of Lord Paget, the British become the pursuers of the surprised French, who turn and retreat with the frigid waters of the Esla blocking their escape. Unlike their crossing in echelon just minutes before, the French now in disorder plunge into the river, where many drown. Others are captured including General Lefebvre-Desnouettes who is made prisoner by Grisdale of the 10th Hussars following a dramatic pursuit. General Lefebvre-Desnouettes will eventually escape from captivity in England, to encounter Lord Paget once again on the field of Waterloo. MC0014. Die Uberlebenden by Mark Churms. Saxon Gardes du Corps Officer and The Survivors of the French heavy cavalry attack on the Great Redoubt at the Battle of Borodino in the Napoleonic Wars. MC0015. Honor & Glory by Mark Churms. Surrounded by the enemy and cut off from their comrades, a handful of the Emperor Napoleons French Grenadiers choose to attack, against all odds, rather than face the dishonor of surrender!
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