At last on Youtube. I have this album on vinyl - it's good but I never got round to digitising it but now someone has. Different slee...

 

 This is a good record I have. Discogs for tracklisting etc. Has a different cover to the version I have. Hear one of the pieces here

 Yes Martin (Sabretache) posted this detail. The whole painting is here . It depicts an event of 1843 but was painted later I believe. Horac...

 Artwork by V. Vuksik. If you read French there is a memoir of a Chass. D'Af. in Mexico here

 From the wiki On 5 May 1863 the 1st Chasseurs d'Afrique distinguished itself in a clash with Mexican lancers during the  Battle of San ...

 Here  https://manuscritdepot.com/a.pierre-bonin.5.htm

  Composer: Souplet

Claude Monet Interesting blog piece thanks to Thomas Payton

I have created a Facebook group dedicated to the 1852-70 period French army if you have an interest. Go here

Constantin Guys

If you are interested in cavalry in Mexico then this famous memoir is up in full on Google books . If you need an English translation then g...

Before the kepi there was the C asquette d'Afrique - the type of headgear worn by some of the Chasseurs d'Afrique -generally worn f...

Images from around 1860. Chasseurs d'Afrique, tenue de campagne Description : planche 43 du second recueil d'aquarelles de Lalaisse...