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The light cavalry might not be my favourite troop type but they do come in at a close second, especially the Hussars.  There is something inherently romantic about them – in an adventurous way.  They also have long moustaches and wear pelisses.  Gotta luv’ em!

Napoleon had three basic types of light cavalry in the regular army: Hussars, Lancers and the Chasseurs-a-Cheval.

First up are the Chasseurs-a-Cheval. Chasseurs were frequently used as advance scouting units providing valuable information on enemy movements. In DBN  you are allowed to have 2 bases of scouts and they can be cavalry, so I went with the Chasseurs.

I will be painting up more Chasseurs for the Imperial Guard later on, so I went more with the other types of light cavalry. They are Italeri models.

Below are my Hussar regiments.  I believe (and if memory serves) they are the 5th, 6th and 7th. All the Hussars are from Italeri.

I could not resist painting up the 7th Hussars.  My favourite general,  Antoine Lasalle, commanded these guys so they were an auto include.

The last, but definitely not least, are the breakers of the British cavalry – the Lancers.  Contrary to common belief they did not always carry a lance into battle.

These lancers are from the company Waterloo 1815.  The lances are a bit flimsy and brittle and they don’t have a lot of poses, but they are the best looking Lancers of the line on the market at the moment.

And there you have it, my French Napoleonic army of the Line at 1/72 scale for DBN and beyond.

My next and last post will be a very short article about the pros and cons of DBN. I might post it up tomorrow or the day after.

Best regards,

NR