Voltigeur
French military skirmish units / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the French military unit. For the Thoroughbred racehorse, see Voltigeur (horse).
The voltigeurs were French military skirmish units created in 1804 by Emperor Napoleon I.[1] They replaced the second company of fusiliers in each existing infantry battalion.[2]
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