The Grande Armée

Napoleon's elite corps

1804-1815

Foot Grenadiers of the Guard

Old Guard

1804-1815

Foot Chasseurs of the Guard

Old Guard

1804-1815

Horse Grenadiers of the Guard

Old Guard — heavy cavalry

1804-1815

Horse Chasseurs of the Guard

Old Guard — imperial escort

1804-1815

Empress's Dragoons

Guard — dragoons

1806-1815

Polish Light Horse of the Guard

Guard Lancers

1807-1815

Mamelukes of the Guard

Oriental cavalry squadron

1801-1815

Fusilier-Grenadiers

Middle Guard

1806-1815

Young Guard

Tirailleurs and voltigeurs

1809-1815

Sailors of the Guard

Elite naval battalion

1803-1815

Musicians of the Imperial Guard

Drum-majors and bands of the Guard regiments

1804-1815

Fusilier-Chasseurs of the Guard

Middle Guard

1806-1815

Tirailleurs of the Guard

Young Guard

1809-1815

Voltigeurs of the Guard

Young Guard

1809-1815

Elite Gendarmes of the Guard

Escort and military police

1801-1815

2nd Light Horse Lancers of the Guard

Red Lancers (Dutch)

1810-1815

Scouts of the Guard

Light cavalry 1813-1814

1813-1814

III Corps (Davout)

Napoleon's 'tenth legion' — discipline and fire

1805-1809

IV Corps (Soult)

Pratzen, Jena — the foremost manoeuvrer

1805-1807

V Corps (Lannes)

Montebello's vanguard

1805-1809

VI Corps (Ney)

Elchingen, the "bravest of the brave"

1805-1811

Reserve Cavalry (Murat)

Sabres of the Grande Armée

1805-1812

I Corps (Bernadotte)

1805 campaign — Austerlitz

1805-1806

II Corps (Oudinot)

Grenadiers, Wagram, Russia 1812

1809-1812

VII Corps (Augereau)

Ulm, Jena — left wing

1805-1806

IV Corps / Army of Italy (Eugène)

Under Eugène de Beauharnais — 1809 and 1812

1809-1812

Grand headquarters / general staff (Berthier)

Major-general of the Grande Armée — 1804-1814

1804-1814

Imperial Gendarmerie

Public order, escorts and military police

1804-1815

Line infantry

Backbone of the army

1803-1815

Light infantry

Skirmishers and vanguard

1803-1815

Voltigeurs

Elite skirmisher companies

1804-1815

Line grenadiers

Elite companies of infantry regiments

1803-1815

Vistula Legion

Polish infantry in French service (1808-1814)

1808-1814

Swiss regiments

Four infantry regiments in Imperial service

1805-1814

Cuirassiers

Heavy shock cavalry

1802-1815

Carabiniers

Heavy cavalry elite

1802-1815

Dragoons

Versatile medium cavalry

1803-1815

Chasseurs à cheval

Line light cavalry

1803-1815

Hussars

Flamboyant elite light cavalry

1802-1815

Lancers

Line light-horse lancers

1811-1815

Guards of Honour

Four regiments of young notables (1813-1814)

1813-1814

Horse Artillery of the Guard

Elite artillery — Drouot

1804-1815

Foot artillery

Line field artillery

1803-1815

Horse artillery (line)

Line mobile artillery

1800-1815

Foot Artillery of the Guard

The Emperor's fire reserve

1804-1815

Artillery train

Drivers, teams and ammunition for the guns

1800-1815

Engineers — sappers

Sieges, saps and field works

1804-1815

Pontonniers

Pontoon bridges — Éblé, Berezina

1800-1815

Supply train

Convoys of food, baggage and rolling hospitals

1807-1815

Army medical service

Larrey, flying ambulances and field surgery

1797-1815