Their campaigns during the Revolution, Consulate, and Empire
The chart below is the culmination of many man-hours of effort and is, to the best of our knowledge, the first to show all of the French hussar regiments of the Napoleonic era by theater of operations and year. Note that some regiments are difficult to place and that those dates are indicated by a "?." Where squadrons were split off, the chart shows the most intense area of operation.
NOTE: The years 1801-1804 show the regiments in garrison, with little activity.
Theaters of Operation: 1792-1800
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E = Eastern France, Rhineland, Germany (Armees de Rhine, Mosele, Sambre et Meuse, Mayence, and Danube)
N = North of France, Belgium, Holland (Armee du Nord)
O = West of France: anti-partisan duty (Armee de l' Ouest)
Eg = Egypt
I = Italy
Sp = Spain
Se = Switzerland
X = The 4th Hussars defected in 1792. In 1793, each of the remaining regiments were renumbered one lower.
? = No data
- = Not in Existence
| Theaters of Operation: 1792-1800 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regt. | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 | 1795 | 1796 | 1797 | 1798 | 1799 | 1800 |
| 1 | N | N | I | I | I | I | I | I | I |
| 2 | N | N | N | E | E | E | O | E | E |
| 3 | E | E | E | ? | N | N | O | E | E |
| 4 | X | N | N | E | N | N | O | E | E |
| 5 | N | N | N | ? | N | N | E | E | E |
| 6 | N | N | N | ? | O | N | E | E | E |
| 7 | N | E | E | E | E | E | Sz | Sz | E |
| 7bis | - | E | E | I | I | I | I | Eg | Eg |
| 8 | - | E | N | E | E | E | Sz | E | E |
| 9 | - | N | N | ? | E | E | ? | E | E |
| 9bis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | - | N | N | ? | O | ? | ? | ? | I |
| 11 | - | E | O | ? | O | E | Sz | I | I |
| 12 | - | - | Sp | ? | O | O | O | O | I |
| 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Theaters of Operation: 1805-1815
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A = Austria
F = France
G = Germany
H = Holland
I = Italy
R = Russia
W = Waterloo
Po = Poland
Sp = Spain
? = No data
- = Not in Existence
| Theaters of Operation: 1805-1815 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regt. | 1805 | 1806 | 1807 | 1808 | 1809 | 1810 | 1811 | 1812 | 1813 | 1814 | 1815 |
| 1 | A | G | Po | G | Sp | Sp | Sp | Sp | Sp | I | W |
| 2 | A | G | Po | G | Sp | Sp | Sp | Sp | G | F | F |
| 3 | A | G | Po | Sp | Sp | Sp | Sp | Sp | G | F | F |
| 4 | A | G | Po | G | Sp | Sp | Sp | Sp | G | F | W |
| 5 | A | G | Po | G | A | Sp | Sp | R | G | F | W |
| 6 | A | I | I | I | A | I | I | R | G | F | W |
| 7 | A | G | Po | G | A | G | G | R | G | F | W |
| 7bis | Became 28th Dragoons during 1801-1804 garrison | ||||||||||
| 8 | A | G | Po | G | A | H | G | R | G | F | - |
| 9 | A | G | Po | G | A | Sp | Sp | R | G | F | - |
| 9bis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sp | Combines with Westphaslian Hussars to form 12th Hussars in 1813 | ||
| 10 | A | G | G | G | Sp | Sp | Sp | Sp | G | F | - |
| 11 | Became 29th Dragoons during 1801-1804 garrison | Reformed, 1812 (from Dutch Hussars) | R | G | F | - | |||||
| 12 | Became 30th Dragoons during 1801-1804 garrison | Reformed, 1813, from 9bis Regt. | G | F | - | ||||||
| 13 | Formed from Westphalian Hussars in 1813 | G | F | - | |||||||
| 14 | Formed from detachments left in Spain, 1814 | F | - | ||||||||
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