FRENCH HUSSARS AT ROUEN
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French Line Infantry Passing Monument of Napoleon
The monument is near the village of Vauchamps, where the French defeated Blucher and the Prussians on February 14, 1814. It is in the Department of the Marne: scene of the first victory of the allies in the present war.
Red caps and trousers have been the uniform of French soldiers since Napoleon's day, but they provide the enemy with a good target, and are poorly suited to modern campaigning. The Germans, however, gave France no time to equip her army with khaki, and the French soldiers took the field in their historic garb.
FRENCH LINE INFANTRY PASSING MONUMENT OF NAPOLEON
PHOTO © BROWN BROS., N.Y.