Carabiniers : 1679-1871

In 1676, Louis XIV had some of his
bodyguards equipped with rifled carbines,
first four, then fifteen and soon seventeen
men per brigade, and these troopers quite
naturally took the name of "carabiniers".
This is the way their adventure begins which will
come to an end with the disaster of the Franco-Prussian
War in 1870.
Two centuries of history in the service of the King
the Republic and the Empire for these troopers,
supreme symbols of the elite of the French
cavalry, that they are put on by the three-cornered
hat, the bearskin or the helmet...

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• Authors: Alan McKay, André Jouineau, Andre Jouineau, André (1952-....) Jouineau, JOUINEAU A-LAPRAY O, Major Olivier Lapray, Olivier Lapray, Olivier (1971-....) Lapray, Olivier Lapray
• Publisher: Histoire et Collections
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.08.2013
• EAN: 9782352502746
• ISBN: 978-2-35250-274-6
• No. of pages: 82
• Weight: 350 g
• Series: Officers & Soldiers; Officers and soldiers, n° 11; Officers and soldiers, n° 22; Officers and soldiers, n° 27; Officers & Soldiers; Officers and soldiers; Officers and Soldiers of; Officers and soldiers, n° 22; Officers and soldiers, n° 27; Officers and soldiers, n° 18
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History