Sailors of the Imperial Guard
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The Sailors of the Imperial Guard (French: Marins de la Garde Imperiale) were a naval unit within Napoleon's Imperial Guard. The unit's soldiers not only operated as naval infantry but as gunners (after the training they had received in naval gunnery), sailors and engineers. Napoleon himself stated, "They were good sailors, then they were the best soldiers. And they did everything - they were soldiers, gunners, sappers, everything!".[1]
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Sailors/Seaman of the Imperial Guard | |
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Active | 29 July 1804–23 April 1814 29 May 1815–4 September 1815 |
Country | First French Empire |
Branch | French Imperial Army |
Type | Artillery Support |
Size | Initially 4 x Companies, later expanded to 8 |
Part of | Old Guard, Imperial Guard |
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