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"Les Grenadiers Hollandais"
(The Dutch Grenadiers)
2e Régiment de Grenadiers-à-Pied de la Garde Impériale
3e Régiment de Grenadiers-à-Pied de la Garde Impériale
Uniform variations of the regiment and its attached supporting units
Active1810–1813, 1815
Country3rd Foot Grenadier Regiment of the Imperial Guard First French Empire
BranchFrench Army
TypeGrenadiers
RoleGuards
SizeRegiment
Part ofImperial Guard
EngagementsNapoleonic Wars
  • Battle of Smolensk
  • Battle of Krasnoi

The Dutch Grenadiers were a French Imperial Guard regiment during the Napoleonic Wars. They were originally formed out of Louis Bonaparte's royal guard in the Kingdom of Holland.

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