The Dog of the Regiment is Wounded by Horace Vernet
The Dead Trumpeter by H Vernet A trumpeter of the Chasseurs Cheval lies dead with his faithful horse
overlooking the body.
A Grenadier of the Guard at Elba by Horace Vernet
Wearing patched white trousers and gaiters made of mattress ticking. In
the mid distance, officers of the Polish Lancers and the Guard. Napoleon
stands on the distant cliff. To the right a ship flies a tricolour. The
Elba battalion was Napoleons bodyguard in exile, comprising six
companies of Guardsmen, 100 artillery men and a crew of 21 seamen, They
formed the nucleus of the Imperial Guard in 1815.
The Veteran at Home by Horace Vernet A Grenadier of the Old Guard in tenue des climanches, with beige
breeches and white stockings, he is shown playing with a small child while
on leave.
The Battle of Jemappes by Horace Vernet On the 6th November 1792 Dumouriez defeated the Austrians under the
Duke of Saxe Teshen and Clerfayt at Jemappes, near Mons. This led to the
French Occupation of Belgium
Battle of Valmy by Horace Vernet The French General Kellerman
(Duc de Valmy) resisted the invading
armies under the Duke of Brunswick at Valmy, between Reims and Verdun, on
20th September, 1792, a turning-point in the French revolutionary wars.
Battle of Montmirail by Horace Vernet One of Napoleons last successes in France when he defeated the Russian
General Sacken on 11th February 1814 at Montmirail near Paris.
The Battle of Hanau by Horace Vernet The campaign of Leipzig forced Napoleon to retire to the west of the
Rhine, in the course of which he defeated a force of Germans at Hanau near
Frankfurt on 30th October 1813.
Battle of Fontenoy by H Vernet Battle of Fontenoy during the war of Austrian Succession. French
victory under Marshal Maurice De Saxe over the allies (British, Dutch and
German under the Duke of Cumberland), 11th May 1745. Fontenoy, 5 miles
south east of Tournai (Tolnay), the battle which started with a Dutch
assault and British and Hanovarian infantry advance against the French
centre during the battle a sudden attack by an Irish Brigade under French
command, attacked the allied forces. The allied square was broken but the
British, Hanovarian and Dutch forces retreated in good order.
The Bataille de Bouvines 27th July 1214 by Vernet
Fought at Bouvines a village in Flanders (now part of France)
Between the French army led by King Philip Augustus of France, against the
combined forces of King John of England, The Holy Roman Emperor Otti IV,
and Ferdinand Count of Flanders. Due to this French victory, Frederick of
Hohenstaufen became Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in 1215. and King John
of England who could not wage war against France because of dwindling
support was forced to sign the Magna Charter on June 15th 1215.
