Chasseurs Britanniques

The Chasseurs Britanniques was a light infantry regiment of the British Army during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

[1] Initially operating with the Austrians, the Army of Condé served under Russia before entering British service.

[5] After being accepted into British service, the royalists' first chance in battle as the Chasseurs Britanniques came in 1801 during the Egyptian campaign.

[7] Although they were not present at the Battle of Maida, the Chasseurs took part in the capture of Reggio Calabria on 9 July 1806, where they were able to entice 300 French prisoners to join their ranks.

[8] As part of Wellington's Army, they saw action in many of the major engagements of Peninsular campaign from 1811 to 1814, including the battles of Fuentes de Oñoro, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca and Vitoria, as well as the fighting in the Pyrenees.

[9] The detachment was present aboard ship for the Battle of Fort McHenry, but does not appear to have been part of the landing which culminated in the Burning of Washington.

With the end of hostilities after Napoleon's first abdication and exile to Elba, the Chasseurs Britanniques were withdrawn from France and brought back to Great Britain.

[10] The Chasseurs Britanniques are the unit that a group of French re-enactors based at Colmar in Eastern France represent since 2014.