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Military Division–a regional military district–then sent additional reinforcements, consisting of the 82nd Line Infantry and a battalion of the 15th Line. Shortly after, two new divisions of National Guardsmen were
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Imperial Army many times. These 'Corps' usually consisted of either one small division, or at max two large corps, being grouped into a 'Regional Army'. The purpose of these corps, throughout the war, was to provide a modern equivalent of border reconnaissance,
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consisting of 6,000 men. The army was further expanded with reinforcements arriving with a division from
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Les Cent Jours en Vendée: le Général
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Royaliste
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The below organisation is for the corps after its expansion to an army:
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Historie des Guerres de L'Ouest: Vendée et Chouannerie (1792–1815)
771:"Les Uniformes pendant la campagne des Cent Jours - Belgique 1815"
738:"Les Uniformes pendant la campagne des Cent Jours - Belgique 1815"
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Historie des Campagnes de 1814 et 1815, en France: Tome Troisième
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Formation of the French Imperial Army during the Hundred Days
682:. United States Army Combined Arms Center, United States.
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2nd, 3rd, and 4th Battalions, 65th Line Infantry Regiment
894:. Paris, Kingdom of France: La Libraire, Palais-Royal.
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French Forces Suppressing the Vendée Revolt: June 1815
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1815
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956:Military units and formations established in 1815
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912:. Paris, Kingdom of France: Le Palais-Royal.
903:. Paris, Kingdom of France: Le Palais-Royal.
603:"Napoleon's Return and Preparations for War"
398:4th and 5th Squadrons, 16th Dragoon Regiment
392:4th and 5th Squadrons, 12th Dragoon Regiment
288:though also known as the Army of the Vendee
840:. London, United Kingdom: Greenhill Books.
38:Imperial soldiers at the Battle of Thouars.
529:3rd Battalion, 14th Line Infantry Regiment
435:3rd Battalion, 8th Light Infantry Regiment
432:1st Battalion, 47th Line Infantry Regiment
429:3rd Battalion, 27th Line Infantry Regiment
328:till further reinforcements could arrive.
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932:. Paris: Libraire Militaire L. Fournier.
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525:Battle of Saint-Pierre-des-Échaubrognes
966:Corps of France in the Napoleonic Wars
359:3 x Foot Artillery Batteries (24 guns)
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395:xx Squadron(s), 14th Dragoon Regiment
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143:, one of the minor campaigns of the
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908:de Vaudoncourt, Guillaume (1826).
899:de Vaudoncourt, Guillaume (1826).
204:Corps of Observation of the Vendée
125:Corps of Observation of the Vendée
22:Corps of Observation of the Vendée
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383:4th Squadron, 2nd Hussar Regiment
939:Waterloo: Battle of Three Armies
636:"1789-1815 Divisions militaires"
481:, commanded by Division General
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254:), and 20th Military Divisions (
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818:"Waterloo Campaign, 1815"
815:Becke, Archibald Frank (1911).
520:, commanded by Colonel Prevost
135:) was a field formation of the
810:. Paris, France: Plon Library.
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700:Vaudoncourt Volume 3, p. 100.
625:Vaudoncourt Volume 4, p. 125.
149:War of the Seventh Coalition
147:. Following the end of the
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806:Lasserre, Bertrand (1906).
551:2nd National Guard Division
546:1st National Guard Division
356:both mounted and dismounted
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348:Jean Maximilien Lamarque
113:Jean Maximilien Lamarque
941:. Sidgwick and Jackson.
928:Regnault, Jean (1935).
828:Encyclopædia Britannica
607:www.napoleon-series.org
411:Michel Silvestre Brayer
923:. Paris: Plon-Nourrit.
592:Smith 2015, pp. 34–35.
535:Chasseurs de la Vendée
494:1 x Squadron from the
438:2 x Squadrons of Foot
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863:Smith, Digby (2006).
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496:Gendarmerie de Paris
317:Corps of Observation
290:(Armée de la Vendée)
137:French Imperial Army
90:Corps of Observation
80:French Imperial Army
509:240 gunners of the
220:Charente-Inferieure
141:1815 Vendéen Revolt
760:Smith 2000, p. 98.
483:Jean-Pierre Travot
378:Chasseurs à Cheval
370:Chasseurs à Cheval
352:10 x Squadrons of
296:, a division from
167:from his exile in
159:In February 1815,
874:978-0-7548-1571-6
727:Regnault, p. 309.
718:Chalfont, p. 205.
709:Lasserre, p. 114.
676:George Nafziger,
640:www.1789-1815.com
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232:Deux-Sèvres
173:Louis XVIII
950:Categories
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662:Becke 1911
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368:2nd Guard
210:formed in
161:Napoleon I
155:Background
104:Commanders
99:24,000 men
559:Footnotes
468:Voltigeur
440:Gendarmes
354:Gendarmes
326:rearguard
240:Finistère
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380:Regiment
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298:Bordeaux
294:Toulouse
272:Charente
260:Dordogne
252:Morbihan
175:fled to
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363:Cavalry
256:Corrèze
200:Orléans
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212:Angers
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165:France
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69:Branch
44:Active
821:. In
216:Niort
196:Loire
879:OCLC
869:ISBN
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