Keith Rocco's painting of the French 11th Hussars — "The Rear Guard" — shows this light cavalry regiment performing one of its primary missions, protecting the army's supply wagons near the Chateau of Schliengen (in the right background) as they retreat across the Rhine River during the campaign in Germany in 1796. By 1799 the 11th Hussars had been transferred to the Army of Italy but would be completely worn away before the fighting at Novi. Vastly understrength and poorly employed during the campaigns of the Revolution, the French cavalry was not yet a match for the more professional light cavalry of Austria and Russia. But the hard lessons were being absorbed, and a nucleus of tough veterans would emerge to form the cadres of the great cavalry regiments that Napoleon would lead to immortality.

The Allies Strike Back: Suvorov Retakes Italy 1799

Allies Strike Back: Introduction
Allies Strike Back: Movements
Allies Strike Back: Battle of Novi Begins
Allies Strike Back: Post-Battle
Allies Strike Back: Post-Novi Allied Grand Strategy Map (54K)
Allies Strike Back: Order of Battle: Text (fast: 15K)
Allies Strike Back: French Order of Battle: Graphics (slow: 235K)
Allies Strike Back: Russo-Austrian Order of Battle: Graphics (slow: 221K)
Allies Strike Back: Infantry Uniforms: Color (slow: 123K)
Allies Strike Back: French 11th Hussars Uniforms: Color (slow: 109K)
Allies Strike Back: Battle of Novi Maps (extremely slow: 532K)
Allies Strike Back: Joubert Biography
Allies Strike Back: Suvorov Biography
Allies Strike Back: Suvorov Painting (slow: 100K)