regiment des dromadaires
napoleon's egyptian campaign. 1799-1801
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| A Dromedary patrol |
INTRODUCTION
The 20 nivôse de l'an VII (9th January 1799) Bonaparte created
le Regiment des Dromadaires, i.e. the Dromedary Regiment. It was formed from picked infantrymen
from Light Infantry regiments so they
were not cavalry, but mounted infantry acting as eclaireurs in the
army's flanks. Commanded by the Colonel Cavalier (or Cavelier) it was
formed by four squadrons at 100 men each. Le Régiment des Dromadaires
was short lived and acted under Dessaix's command in the upper Egypt.
UNIFORMS AND FIGURES
Hussard style sky blue dolman and barrel sash with red
breeches and hussard boots. They wore a white turban but some pictures show
them in shako or bicorne.
I have used a pre-releasing sprue of the
HAT 8194 British Camelry set, kindly provided by HAT staff. The
helmet wearing heads of the British troopers were swaped with heads from ITALERI 6006
French infantry set which also provided the kneeling firing figure. The
cloaks were made from kitchen aluminium foil, primed grey and painted
with several layers of grey+white paint and finally highlighted in pure
white. The
camels were used as provided with only minor adjustments.
See a scheme of the uniforms and my painted
figures.
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| French Dromedary Regiment |
HAT 8194 ITALERI 6006 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Napoleon Series Archives 2003