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