Voltigeur

This article is about the French military unit. For the Thoroughbred racehorse, see Voltigeur (horse).
French voltigeurs crossing the Danube before the battle of Wagram

The voltigeurs were French military skirmish units created in 1804 by Emperor Napoleon I.[1] They replaced the second company of fusiliers in each existing infantry battalion.[2]

  1. ^ "French Infantry : Uniforms : Organization : Weapons : Infanterie française".
  2. ^ Crowdy, Terry (2015). Napoleon's Infantry Handbook. South Yorkshire: Pen and Sword. p. 166. ISBN 9781783462957.