Mamelukes of the Imperial Guard
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mamelukes-of-the-imperial-guard-169-16580855
title:
Mamelukes of the Imperial Guard
text:
The Mamelukes of the Imperial Guard were a cavalry unit that served in Napoleon I’s Imperial Guard during the Napoleonic Wars. Originally made up of Mameluk slave soldiers, the unit eventually was mostly recruited from a wide mixture of Middle Eastern and European soldiers. Originally only mustering a single squadron, a second squadron would be raised from European cavalrymen in 1813, both squadrons served under the Mounted Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard. The various spellings of the squadron's
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Military unit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamelukes_of_the_Imperial_Guard
date created:
2014-10-31T23:23:25Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T17:52:38Z
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