They are worn around the waist in either dark blue or red by corps such as the Foreign Legion, the Spahis, the Chasseurs d ' Afrique and the Tirailleurs which were originally raised in North Africa during the period of French colonial rule.

The Chasseurs Alpins () are the élite mountain infantry of the French Army.

The Chasseurs are said to have green blood, after the pun: " Le sang vert, c ' est pour la France / Le sang versé pour la France " ( Green blood is for France / Blood shed for France ).

Note: the NCO ranks Brigadier and Maréchal-des-logis are not used in the Chasseurs Alpins corps.

The Guard Chasseurs à Cheval tried to halt the advance of the enemy but they were met by Liechtenstein's Austrian cavalry and, receiving no support from their fellow Chevau-légers, they had to withdraw, coming away with only three enemy cannon.

Chasseurs d ' Afrique, led by General Armand-Octave-Marie d ’ Allonville | d ' Allonville, clearing the Fedyukhin Heights

Powdered hair and pigtails made a brief return during Napoleon ’ s reign, being worn by infantry of his Foot Grenadiers and Foot Chasseurs of the Old Guard and the Horse Grenadiers of the Guard.

On 7 June 1944, 297 Squadron took part in Operation Cooney by providing 2 of the 9 aircraft of 38 Group that were used to deploy elements of the 4th Free French Parachute Battalion or 2eme RCP ( Regiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes ) also known as 4th SAS.

General Etienne Gudin's French troops were on the move from Naumburg before 6: 30 a. m. By 7 a. m. the 1st Chasseurs were stopped cold in their tracks outside of Poppel by Prussian cavalry and artillery.

* Alphorns ( only by the bands of the Chasseurs Alpins )

On 28 February 1838, after having crossed the border from Vermont, Nelson, along with 300 to 400 Patriotes from a secret group called Frères Chasseurs, distributed copies of a declaration of independence written by Nelson ’ s brother, Robert Nelson.

The British resident, Major Missett, having urged the importance of taking Rosetta and Rahmanieh in order to secure supplies for Alexandria, General Fraser, with the concurrence of the admiral, Sir John Thomas Duckworth, detached the 31st regiment and the Chasseurs Britanniques, accompanied by some field artillery under Major-General Wauchope and Brigadier-General Meade.

Military berets were first adopted adopted by the French Chasseurs Alpins in 1889.

The traditional beret ( also worn by selected military units, such as the Belgian Chasseurs Ardennais or the French Chasseurs Alpins ), usually has the " sweatband " folded inwardly.

The Chasseurs d ' Afrique, led by General Armand-Octave-Marie d ’ Allonville | d ' Allonville, clearing Russian artillery from the Fedyukhin Heights during the battle of Balaclava.

The khaki uniforms worn by the Chasseurs d ' Afrique from 1915 onwards were distinguished by dark blue collar patches with yellow braiding and regimental numbers.

The Chasseurs à cheval, a type of French light cavalry, date from 1743 when an independent unit ( Fischer's Volunteer Company of Chasseurs ) was raised during the Austrian War of Succession to counter the pandurs and Croats employed as irregulars by the Austrian army.

When the Guards and other allied units emerged from the wood, they were met with heavy fire from French infantry and an attack by 6th Lancer Regiment ( and possibly the 1st Chasseurs ) of the 2nd Cavalry Division ( Piré ), the Guards were caught in line and forced to flee back into the wood.

* French 5e Demi-Brigade Chasseurs Alpins – Commanded by Général de Brigade Antoine Béthouart.

* French 27e Demi-Brigade de Chasseurs Alpins – Commanded by Lieutenant-colonel Valentini.

He did not remain there long, and he was painting by himself when he produced his first picture, The Fifth Battalion of Chasseurs at the Gervais Battery ( Malakoff ).

In 1860 Neuville painted an Episode of the taking of Naples by Garibaldi for the Artists ' Club in the rue de Provence, and sent to the Paris Salon in 1861 The Guard Chasseurs in the Trenches of the Mamelon Vert.

* Pictures of the " Chasseurs Volontaires " monument, by James Mastin, located in Franklin Square, Savannah, Georgia

The French soldiers were a mix of the Foreign Legion, the Chasseurs Alpins ( the Light Mountain Division for mountain warfare ) and a tank company The bulk of the soldiers were initially marched from the train station in the pouring rain in June 1940, a march through the streets of Stoke-on-Trent which is still recalled locally and which was by some mistaken for a German invasion.

The British cavalry showed a distinct superiority over their French counterparts at the action of Sahagún and routed the Chasseurs a Cheval of the Imperial Guard at Benevente.

The light blue tunics had yellow facings and reportedly earned the Chasseurs d ' Afrique the nickname of " Blue Butchers " amongst some of their opponents.

In 1776 this and other volunteer " legions " had their mounted elements converted into 24 squadrons of Chasseurs à cheval, each of which was attached to one of the existing dragoon regiments of the Royal cavalry.

From their establishment the Chasseurs Alpins wore a plain and practical uniform designed to be suitable for mountain service.

In the nineties, a reactive armour package, named BRENUS or Brennus, was also developed for the AMX-30B2, but was issued only to two tank regiments, in peacetime combined into 1er / 2e Chasseurs, in France's rapid reaction force ; the other two regiments using the AMX-30, 2e / 5e Dragons, only had their tanks adapted for a possible relatively quick upgrade, in case of an emergency.

Military beret | Military use of beret ( Commandant Soutiras, Officer of the French Chasseurs alpins )

The Chasseurs Alpins wear a large beret, known as the " tarte " ( the pie ) with dark blue or white mountain outfits.

The Chasseurs alpins wear a large beret, known as the " tarte " ( the pie ), and mountain outfits.

General Sir Hugh Jamieson Elles, together with Colonel Fuller came up with the idea of a black beret for the Royal Tank Corps after being influenced by the 70th Chasseurs Alpines, who wore a black beret at the time.

He then entered seminary of the Lazarists at Toulouse, but when a regiment of cavalry passed through the city in 1787, he ran away from seminary and enlisted on 23 February 1787 in the Chasseurs des Ardennes, which the following year became known as the Chasseurs de Champagne, also known as the 12th Chasseurs.

Soult's movements became even clearer when his Chasseurs à cheval and hussars engaged Long's cavalry at Santa Marta — once again Long retreated in what Beresford considered to be unreasonable haste.

Chasseurs do not say rouge ( red ) but bleu-cerise ( cherry blue ), except when speaking of the color of the lips of a beloved, the red in the Legion of Honour's insignia ( including its fourragère which is called la rouge ), and the red of the French flag.

He justified his rapid progress and reputation when at the Battle of Rivoli the young daredevil spurred ahead with the entire available cavalry — 26 horsemen of the 22nd Horse Chasseurs.

In 1803 he was promoted to brigadier general and in December 1805, he led a memorable attack at Austerlitz, when he charged at the head of two squadrons each of the Mounted Chasseurs and the Mounted Grenadiers of the Guard and the Guard Mameluks and decimated the Chevalier Guards of the Russian Imperial Guard.

Kearny rode into battle with a sword in his right hand, pistol in his left, and the reins in his teeth, as was the style of the Chasseurs.

Chasseurs d ' Afrique during the battle of the Smala.

During the battle Lasalle sent one of his brigades, the 13th and 24th Chasseurs under his best friend Bruyère, to extricate Marulaz's chasseurs.

At the battle of Sedan, which marked the defeat of Napoleon III and the subsequent dissolving of the Second Empire, he led the brigade of Chasseurs d ' Afrique in the heroic charge of General Margueritte's cavalry division, which earned him the admiration of the old king of Prussia.