The Garde Imperiale and Its Commanders during the Period 1804 1815

The Infantry Regiments Part Two: Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale

By Tony Broughton, FINS

Colonels
1801: Soules (Jerome) 1809: Curial (Philibert-Jean-Baptiste-Francois) 1815: Morand (Charles-Antoine-Louis-Alexis) All of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above Soules, (Jerome) Born: 24 Auust 1760 Chef de Brigade: 6 December 1801 (Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Consulaire) Colonel: 17 October 1804 (Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) General-de-Brigade: 17 October 1804 Commander of the Legion dHonneur: 14 June 1804 Died: 3 October 1833 Curial, (Philibert-Jean-Baptiste-Francois) Born: 21 April 1774 Chef de Brigade: 23 September 1801 and Colonel in General Jerome Soules 1803 (88e demi-brigade dInfanterie de Ligne) Major: 1 May 1806 (Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Colonel: 16 February 1807 (Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Colonel: 1 July 1814 General-de-Brigade: 25 June 1807 General-de-Division: 5 June 1809 Baron of the Empire: 6 June 1808 Count of the Empire: 22 March 1814 Died: 30 May 1829

Morand, (Charles-Antoine-Louis-Alexis) Born: 4 June 1771 Chef de Brigade: 21 July 1798 (88e demibrigade dInfanterie de Ligne) Colonel: 13 April 1813 (Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) General-de-Brigade: 6 September 1800 General-de-Division: 24 December 1805 Count of the Empire: 24 June 1808 Died: 2 September 1835 Senior officers who commanded the Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde killed and wounded while in the service of France during the years 1791-1815 Soules wounded 5 August 1796 and 15 General Charles Morand November 1796, Curial wounded 21 March 1801 Morand wounded 14 October 1806, 8 February 1807, 6 July 1809 and 7 September 1812

1er Regiment de Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale

Regimental History 1800: Chasseurs--Pied des Garde de Consuls 1804: Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale 1806: 1er Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale 1809: Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale 1811: 1er Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale 1814: Disbanded becoming Chasseurs--Pied de France 1815: Reformed, 1er Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale Major-Colonels, Colonel-Majors, and Majors 1804: Gros (Jean-Louis) 1813: Decouz (Pierre) 1813: Rottembourg (Henri) 1813: Cambronne (Pierre-Jaques-Etienne) 1815: Michel (Claude-Etienne) 1815: Cambronne (Pierre-Jaques-Etienne) 1815: Pelet - Clozeau (Jean-Jacques-Germain) All of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade Gros, (Jean-Louis) Born: 3 May 1767 Major: 30 January 1804 Major-Colonel: 15 April 1806

General-de-Brigade: 9 July 1809 Commander of the Legion dHonneur: 14 June 1804 Baron of the Empire: 24 June 1808 Died: 10 May 1824 Decouz, (Pierre) Born: 18 July 1775 Colonel: 27 December 1805 (21e Regiment dInfanterie de Ligne) Major: 8 March 1813 (1er Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) General-de-Brigade: 12 July 1809 General-de-Division: 4 August 1813 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 21 September 1809 Baron of the Empire: 27 November 1807 Died: 18 February 1814 (of wounds received at Brienne) Rottembourg, (Henri) Born: 6 July 1769 Colonel: 20 October 1806 (108e Regiment dInfanterie de Ligne) Major: 14 September 1813 (1er Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) General-de-Brigade: 21 July 1811 General-de-Division: 20 November 1813 Baron of the Empire: 20 August 1809 Died: 8 February 1857 Michel, (Claude-Etienne) Born: 3rd October 1772 (Pointre) Colonel: 27th December 1805 (40e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne) Major: 1 May 1806 (Grenadiers--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Colonel-Major: 16 February 1807 (1er Regiment de Grenadiers--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Major-Colonel: 26 December 1813 (1er Regiment de Grenadiers--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Colonel-en-second: 1 April 1815 (1er Regiment de Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) General-de-Brigade: 24 June 1811 General-de-Division: 20 November 1813 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 6 April 1813 Baron of the Empire: May 1808 Count of the Empire: 23 March 1814 Died: 18 June 1815 (killed at Waterloo)

Cambronne, (Pierre-Jaques-Etienne) Born: 26 December 1770 Colonel-Major: 6 August 1811 (3e Regiment de Voltigeurs de la Garde Imperiale) Colonel-Major: 14 September 1813 (2e Regiment de Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Colonel-Major: 20 November 1813 (1er Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Major-Colonel: 13 April 1815 (1er Regiment Chasseurs-Pied de la Garde Imperiale) General-de-Brigade: 20 November 1813 Officer of the Legion dHonneur: 16 January 1807 Commander of the Legion dHonneur: 6 April 1813 Grand Officer of the Legion dHonneur: 1 April 1815 Baron of the Empire: 4 June 1810 Count of the Empire: 2 June 1815 Died: 29 January 1842 Pelet-Clozeau, (Jean-Jacques-Germain) Born: 15 July 1777 Colonel: 10 April 1811 Colonel: 11 October 1812 (48e Regiment dInfanterie de Ligne) Major: 1 July 814 (Chasseurs royaux de France) Major: 13 April 1815 (2e Regiment de Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Major: 25 June 1815 (1er Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) General-de-Brigade: 12 April 1813 Chevalier of the Empire: 13 July 1813 Died: 20 December 1858

General Pierre Cambronne

General Jean PeletClozeau

Senior officers who served with the 1er Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale killed and wounded while in the service of France during the years 1791-1815 Gros wounded 10 June 1795, 3 August 1796, 15 September 1796, 12 November 1796, 22 May 1809, 26 August 1813 and 17 October 1813 Decouz wounded 29 January 1814 and died of wounds 18 February 1814 Rottembourg wounded 26 March 1799 and 6 July 1809, Michel - wounded 2 October 1799, 18 December 1800, 11 February 1814, 29 March 1814, and killed 18 June 1815 Cambronne wounded 27 February 1814, 6 March 1814 and 18 June 1815 Pelet-Clozeau wounded 30 October 1805 and 18 November 1812 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 1er Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale during the period 1804 - 1815

Officers killed: Two Officers died of wounds: None Officers wounded: Twenty-six Regimental History (battles and combats in which officers were killed and wounded) 1805: Austerlitz 1807: Eylau 1809: Essling and Wagram 1811: San-Pedro, Villedrigo, and Aois 1812: Krasnoe 1813: Leipzig 1814: Bar-surAube, Craonne, and Paris 1815: Waterloo Battle Honours (1815 model drapeaux) Marengo 1800, Ulm 1805, Austerlitz 1805, Jena 1806, Eylau 1807, Friedland 1807, Eggmuhl 1809, Essling 1809, Wagram 1809, Smolensk 1812 Moskowa 1812, Vienne, Berlin, Madrid, and Moscou

2e Regiment de Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale

Regimental History 1806: Created, 2e Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale 1809: Disbanded and merged with the 1er Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale 1811: Reformed, 2e Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale 1814: Disbanded 1815: Reformed, 2e Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale Major-Colonels , Colonel-Majors, and Majors 1806: Curial (Philibert-Jean-Baptiste-Francois) 1808: Boyer de Rebeval (Joseph) 1811: Rosey (Francois) 1813: Sicard (Joseph-Victorien) 1813: Deshayes (Jean-Baptiste-Joseph) 1813: Cambronne (Pierre-Jaques-Etienne) 1913: Varlet (Jean-Marie) 1813: Mallet (Antoine-Jean-Laurent) 1814: Lalaude (Jean-Pierre) 1815: Pelet-Clozeau (Jean-Jacques-Germain) Five of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above Curial, (Philibert-Jean-Baptiste-Francois) Born: 21 April 1774 Chef de Brigade: 23 September 1801 and Colonel in 1803 (88e demi-brigade dInfanterie de Ligne)

Major: 1 May 1806 (Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Colonel: 16 February 1807 (Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Colonel: 1 July 1814 General-de-Brigade: 25 June 1807 General-de-Division: 5 June 1809 Baron of the Empire: 6 June 1808 Count of the Empire: 22 March 1814 Died: 30 May 1829 Boyer de Rebeval, (Joseph) Born: 20 April 1768 Major: 1 May 1806 (Velites de la Garde Imperiale) Major-Colonel: 28 March 1807 (Fusiliers-Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale) Colonel-Major: 25 January 1808 (2e Regiment de Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) General-de-Brigade: 5 June 1809 General-de-Division: 20 November 1813 Commander of the Legion dHonneur: 21 September 1809 Baron of the Empire: 15 January 1809 Died: 5 March 1822 Rosey, (Francois) Born: 20 February 1775 Major: 29 May 1809 (2e Regiment de Tirailleurs-Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale) Major: 5 June 1809 (1er Regiment de Tirailleurs-Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale) Major: 30 December 1810 ( 1er Regiment de Voltigeurs de la Garde Imperiale) Major: 24 June 1811 (2e Regiment de Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Officer of the Legion dHonneur: 5 June 1809 Baron of the Empire: 15 March 1810 Died: 1 January 1813 Sicard, (Joseph-Victorien) Born: 28 October 1773 Colonel-Major: 24 June 1811 (5e Regiment de Voltigeurs de la Garde Imperiale) Major: 1 March 1813 (2e Regiment de Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) General-de-Brigade: 13 April 1813 Officer of the Legion dHonneur: 14 March 1806 Baron of the Empire: 15 March 1810 Died: 21 May 1813 Deshayes, (Jean-Baptiste-Joseph) Born: 12 March 1772 Major: 5 June 1809 (2e Regiment de Tirailleurs-Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale) Major: 30 December 1810 (2e Regiment de Voltigeurs de la Garde Imperiale) Major: 8 April 1813 (2e Regiment de Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Commander of the Legion dHonneur: 17 May 1813 Baron of the Empire: 15 March 1810 Died: 26 August 1813

Cambronne, (Pierre-Jaques-Etienne) Born: 26 December 1770 Colonel-Major: 6 August 1811 (3e Regiment de Voltigeurs de la Garde Imperiale) Colonel-Major: 14 September 1813 (2e Regiment de Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Colonel-Major: 20 November 1813 (1er Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Major-Colonel: 13 April 1815 (1er Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) General-de-Brigade: 20 November 1813 Officer of the Legion dHonneur: 16 January 1807 Commander of the Legion dHonneur: 6 April 1813 Grand Officer of the Legion dHonneur: 1 April 1815 Baron of the Empire: 4 June 1810 Count of the Empire: 2 June 1815 Died: 29 January 1842 Varlet, (Jean-Marie) Born: 22 November 1775 Major: 20 November 1813 (2e Regiment de Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Major: 21 December 1813 (5e Regiment de Voltigeurs de la Garde Imperiale) Officer of the Legion dHonneur: 16 March 1813 Baron of the Empire: 15 August 1809 Died: 18 October 1858 Mallet, (Antoine-Jean-Laurent) Born: 14 August 1773 Major: 24 June 1811 (1er Regiment de Voltigeurs de la Garde Imperiale) Major: 21 December 1813 (2e Regiment de Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Officer of the Legion dHonneur: 25 April 1812 Baron of the Empire: 15 March 1810 Died: 27 February 1814 Lalaude, (Jean-Pierre) Born: 11 January 1768 Major: 15 March 1814 (2e Regiment de Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Major: 19 May 1815 (7e Regiment de Tirailleurs de la Garde Imperiale) Officer of the Legion dHonneur: 8 June 1812 Died: 4 August 1848 Pelet-Clozeau, (Jean-Jacques-Germain) Born: 15 July 1777 Colonel: 10 April 1811 Colonel: 11 October 1812 (48e Regiment dInfanterie de Ligne) Major: 1 July 814 (Chasseurs royaux de France) Major: 13 April 1815 (2e Regiment de Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Major: 25 June 1815 (1er Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) General-de-Brigade: 12 April 1813

Chevalier of the Empire: 13 July 1813 Died: 20 December 1858 Senior officers who served with the 2e Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale killed and wounded while in the service of France during the years 1791-1815 Curial wounded 21 March 1801 Boyer de Rebeval wounded 16 March 1797, 7 September 1812 and 7 March 1814 Rosey wounded 21 April 1799 Sicard wounded 16 November1796 and killed 21 May 1813 Deshayes wounded 29 April 1794, 10 June 1807, 14 June 1807, and killed 26 August 1813 Cambronne wounded 27 February 1814, 6 March 1814, and 18 June 1815 Varlet wounded 26 November 1800, 14 October 1806, and 6 February 1807 Mallet wounded 8 February 1807, 17 November 1812, 11 February 1814, and died of wounds 27 February 1814 Lalaude wounded 3 November 1795, 4 February 1798, and 14 October 1806 Pelet Clozeau wounded 30 October 1805 and 18 November 1812 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 2e Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale during the period 1804 - 1815 Officers killed: Four Officers died of wounds: One Officers wounded: Forty-five Regimental History (battles and combats in which officers were killed and wounded) 1807: Eylau 1813: Lutzen, Dresde and Hanau 1814: Langres, Bar-sur-Aube, Montmirail, Craonne, Arcis-sur-Aube and Paris 1815: Waterloo

3e Regiment de Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale

Regimental History 1815: Created, 3e Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale 1815 : Disbanded Major-Colonel and Major 1815: Malet (Antoine-Anselme) 1815: Harlet (Louis) One of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above Malet, (Antoine-Anselme) Born: 9 January 1778 Major: 13 April 1815

Commander of the Legion dHonneur: 11 April 1815 (anulled 1 August 1815) Chevalier of the Empire: 15 March 1810 Died: 9 August 1815 Harlet, (Louis) Born: 15 August 1772 Major-Colonel: 24 June 1811 (2e Regiment de Grenadiers a Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Major-Colonel: 19 May 1815 (4e Regiment de Grenadiers a Pied de la Garde Imperiale) Major-Colonel: 1 August 1815 (3e Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) General-de-Brigade: 13 April 1813 Baron of the Empire: 15 March 1810 Died: 2 March 1853 Senior officers who served with the 3e Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale killed and wounded while in the service of France during the years 1791-1815 Malet wounded 10 May 1796, 14 June 1800, 22 May 1809, 18 June 1815 and died of wounds 9 August 1815 Harlet wounded 22 December 1793, 27 November 1798 and 18 June 1815 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 3e Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale during the period 1815 Officers killed: Six Officers died of wounds: Two Officers wounded: Seventeen Regimental History (battles and combats in which officers were killed and wounded) 1815: Waterloo

4e Regiment de Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale

Regimental History 1815: Created, 4e Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale 1815: Disbanded Major 1815: Henrion, (Christophe) Born: 4 November 1772 Colonel-Major: 5 July 1813 (9e Regiment de Voltigeurs de la Garde Imperiale) Major: 19 May 1815 (4e Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) General-de-Brigade: 21 December 1813 Baron of the Empire: 24 January 1814 Wounds: 2 May 1813, 26August 1813 and 18 June 1815 Died: 2 November 1850 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 4e Regiment Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale during the period 1815

Officers killed: Three Officers died of wounds: One Officers wounded: Eleven Regimental History (battles and combats in which officers were killed and wounded) 1815: Waterloo

Regiment de Fusilier-Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale

Regimental History 1806: Created, Regiment de Fusiliers de la Garde Imperiale 1806: Renamed, 1er Regiment de Fusiliers de la Garde Imperiale 1809: Regiment de Fusiliers-Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale 1814: Disbanded Major-Colonels, Colonel-Majors, and Majors 1807: Boyer de Rebeval (Joseph) 1809: Lanabere (Jean-Pierre) 1811: Vrigny (Pierre-Francois) 1813: Rousseau (Guillaume-Charles) 1814: Boudon de Pompejac (Pierre) Three of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above Boyer de Rebeval, (Joseph) Born: 20 April 1768 Major: 1 May 1806 (Velites de la Garde Imperiale) Major-Colonel: 28 March 1807 (Regiment de Fusiliers-Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale) Colonel-Major: 25 January 1808 (2e Regiment de Chasseurs--Pied de la Garde Imperiale) General-de-Brigade: 5 June 1809 General-de-Division: 20 November 1813 Commander of the Legion dHonneur: 21 September 1809 Baron of the Empire: 15 January 1809 Died: 5 March 1822 Lanabere, (Jean-Pierre) Born: 24 December 1770 Colonel-Major: 12 March 1808 General-de-Brigade: 21 July 1811 Commander of the Legion dHoneur: 5 June 1809 Baron of the Empire: 4 June 1810 Died: 16 September 1812 Vrigny, (Pierre-Francois)

Born: 26 May 1770 Major: 5 April 1809 (2e Regiment de Concrits-Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale) Major: 1810 (1er Regiment de Concrits-Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale) Major: 30 December 1810 (3e Regiment de Voltigeurs de la Garde Imperiale) Major: 7 September 1811 (Regiment de Fusiliers-Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale) Officer of the Legion dHonneur: 14 June 1804 Baron of the Empire: 15 March 1810 Died: 5 January 1813 Rousseau, (Guillaume-Charles) Born: 27 November 1772 Colonel-Major: 18 September 1811 (6e Regiment de Voltigeurs de la Garde Imperiale) Major-Colonel: 1 March 1813 (Regiment de Fusiliers-Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale) General-de-Brigade: 21 December 1813 Commander of the Legion dHonneur: 30 August 1813 Baron of the Empire: 19 June 1813 Died: 1 October 1834 Boudon de Pompejac, (Pierre) Born: 19 May 1765 Major: 6 December 1811 (Regiment de Flanqueurs Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale) Major: 3 January 1814 (Regiment de Fusiliers-Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale) Commander of the Legion dHonneur: 28 November 1813 Baron of the Empire: 16 August 1813 Died: 7 June 1843 Senior officers who served with the Regiment de Fusilier Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale killed and wounded while in the service of France during the years 1791-1815 Boyer de Rebeval wounded 16 March 1797, 7 September 1812 and 7 March 1814 Lanabere wounded 22 May 1809, 7 September 1812 and died of wounds 16 September 1812 Vrigny wounded 28 September 1799 Rousseau wounded 26 June 1799, 25 December 1800, 22 May 1809, 15 September 1811, and 11 January 1814 Boudon de Pompejac wounded 3 December 1793 and 26 August 1813 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the Regiment de Fusilier Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale during the period 1806 - 1814 Officers killed: Twelve Officers died of wounds: None Officers wounded: Fifty-eight Regimental History (battles and combats in which officers were killed and wounded) 1807: Heilsberg and Friedland 1808: Madrid, Medina-del-Rio Seca, and Somo-Sierra

1809: Essling 1811: Arlavan and Salinas 1812: Krasnoe and Beresina 1813: Reichenbach, Dresde, and Leipzig 1814: Bar-sur-Aube, Montmirail, Meaux, Craonne, Vitry, and Paris

Regiment de Flanqueurs-Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale

Regimental History 1811: Created, Regiment de Flanqueurs Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale 1814: Disbanded Majors 1811: Boudon de Pompejac (Pierre) 1814: Teisseire (Jean-Francois) Boudon de Pompejac, (Pierre) Born: 19 May 1765 Major: 6 December 1811 (Regiment de Flanqueurs Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale) Major: 3 January 1814 (Regiment de Fusiliers-Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale) Commander of the Legion dHonneur: 28 November 1813 Baron of the Empire: 16 August 1813 Died: 7 June 1843 Teisseire, (Jean-Francois) Born: 4 October 1773 Major: 3 January 1814 (Regiment de Flanqueurs Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale) Major: 13 April 1815 (4e Regiment de Voltigeurs de la Garde Imperiale) Officer of the Legion dHonneur: 16 March 1813 Baron of the Empire: 28 November 1813 Died: 19 February 1819 None of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above Senior officers who served with the Regiment de Flanqueurs Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale killed and wounded while in the service of France during the years 1791-1815 Boudon de Pompejac wounded 3 December 1793 and 26 August 1813 Teisseire wounded 14 October 1806 and 11 February 1814 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the Regiment de Flanqueurs Chasseurs de la Garde Imperiale during the period 1811 - 1814 Officers killed: Five Officers died of wounds: Four Officers wounded: Thirty-six

Regimental History (battles and combats in which officers were killed and wounded) 1812: Krasnoe, Beresina, and Kowno 1813: Dresde, Leipzig, Eisenach, and Hanau 1814: Epinal, Brienne, Montmirail, Chateau-Thierry, Craonne, Laon, and Paris