Marine, musician of the grenadiers and grenadier of the Consular Guard
Active
28 November 1799 – 18 May 1804
Country
French Republic
Type
Infantry, cavalry, artillery
Role
Close protection
Size
2,089 (1799)
Engagements
War of the Second Coalition
Battle of Marengo
Commanders
Notable commanders
Joachim Murat Jean-Baptiste Bessières Jean Lannes
Military unit
The Consular Guard (French: Garde consulaire), also known as the Guard of the Consuls (Garde des consuls), was a French military unit responsible for the protection of the members of the Consulate, the executive government of France during the late First Republic. It was created by First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799, after the Coup of 18 Brumaire, and renamed the Imperial Guard in 1804, when Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of the French.
The ConsularGuard (French: Garde consulaire), also known as the Guard of the Consuls (Garde des consuls), was a French military unit responsible for the...
everything!". When Napoleon was crowned emperor on 2 December 1804, the ConsularGuard's Marine battalion consisted of 820 officers, non-commissioned officers...
the Imperial Guard (French: Grenadiers à Cheval de La Garde Impériale) was a heavy cavalry regiment in the Consular, then Imperial Guard during the French...
November 1813, by Marshal Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Duke d'Albuféra. The ConsularGuard or Garde consulaire was created by Bonaparte on November 28, 1799, through...
column of Ott's soldiers marching from the north and so he deployed his ConsularGuard infantry to delay it. The French then withdrew steadily eastward toward...
Imperial Guard (French: Chasseurs à cheval de la Garde impériale) constituted a light cavalry regiment in the Consular, then Imperial Guard during the...
Egypt, rising to become a General of Division and commandant of the ConsularGuard Édouard Mortier, a capable commander who served with great distinction...
of the Imperial Guard") was a gendarmerie unit formed in 1801 by Napoleon as part of the ConsularGuard which became the Imperial Guard in 1804. In time...
campaigns. In September 1800 he was given command of a battalion of the ConsularGuard. In 1803 he became colonel of the 10th Infantry regiment, which he led...
music regimental bands, particularly of the high prestige units such as the guards had as many as 32 (in the Preobrazhensky regiment) or more fifers. Some...
departure from the Constitutional Guard, he reported to the Committee of Surveillance of the Constitutional Assembly that the Guard was guilty of treason and...
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building housing its consular section. Sixteen people were killed in the strike, including eight officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and...
fog and drizzle..." "Space marines, arms reversed and heads bowed, stood guard around [the coffin]..." Prucher, Jeff (2007), "space marine", Brave New...
of division and commandant of the ConsularGuard. Back with the Armée d'Italie, Lannes commanded the advanced guard in the crossing of the Alps in 1800...
citizens in need of consular help in a country without diplomatic or consular representation of their own country may turn to any consular or diplomatic mission...
Territory of Trieste, Zone A. 1948: Jerusalem (British Mandate): A Marine consularguard was sent to Jerusalem to protect the U.S. Consul General.[RL30172] 1948:...
Consul Napoléon passed a decree which formed the Veterans Company of the ConsularGuard. This company was based just outside of Paris at the Palace of Versailles...
but autonomy within the Qing empire. It did, however, increase its consularguard in Urga to protect the returning delegation. The Russian minister in...
corps. On 17 November a pivotal moment occurred when the French Imperial Guard executed an aggressive feint. This maneuver prompted Kutuzov to delay what...
honour bestowed upon Corporal Bonnet, of the Mounted Grenadiers of the ConsularGuard, for distinguished conduct at the Battle of Marengo, on display at the...