Ronald Pawly was born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1956 and still lives and works in that city. He is a respected member of several international societies for Napoleonic studies, and an expert on 19th-century military portraiture. He is the author of the monumental The Red Lancers: Anatomy of a Napoleonic Regiment (Crowood Press, 1998), and of a study of Napoleonic veterans' tombs in Belgium.Patrice Courcelle was born in northern France in 1950 and has been a professional illustrator for some 20 years. Entirely self-taught, he has illustrated many books and magazine articles for Continental publishers, and his work hangs in a number of public and private collections.

• IntroductionRaising the regiment: the Imperial Decree of 15 April 1806 – recruitmentNaming – the Empress JosephineUniforms and equipment1807: the Eylau and Friedland campaign – enlargement of regiment1808 and 1810: service in Spain1809: Essling and Wagram campaign1812: raising and absorption of Young Guard squadron – service in Russia1813: German campaign; battles of Bautzen, Wachau and Leipzig – reinforcement by regiment of Eclaireurs1814: Campaign of France – defence of Champagne – battles of Brienne, Champaubert, Montmirail, Château-Thierry, Vauchamps, Montereau, Rheims, Craonne, Arics, St DizierParis – the First Abdication – disbandment and re-raising as Corps Royal de Dragons de France1815: the Hundred Days – Ligny and Waterloo – final disbandment Bibliography

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