This "venerable" elite fighting force created in 1804 made Napoleon's last charge at Waterloo
The duke of Wellington established his head-quarters opposite the 
church at... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte" - Internet Archive [PAR] On the same day, the 5th of April, Napoleon inspected his troops in the .... the 
very day on which the Comte d'Artois made his entry into Paris with the title ......