NAM.1980-11-38-3

Bound manuscript order book containing copies of General Cavalry Orders issued to Lt Gen Vivian's Cavalry Brigade in France, 4 Aug 1816 - 4 Nov 1818. The orders concern courts of enquiry and courts martial, movements to new billets, drill and training, cast horses, submission of returns, inspections, discharges, and relations with the local population. The Brigade consisted of the 12th (or Prince of Wales’s) Light Dragoons (Lancers) and 18th Light Dragoons (Hussars) with Royal Horse Artillery. At the end of the volume the orders prepare for the embarkation of the troops to England. This volume continues the series of orders in a separate volume also in the National Army Museum collection. From a collection of papers of Lt Gen Sir Richard Hussey Vivian, 1804-1818.

France, Occupation of, 1814-18 (Napoleonic Wars, France 1803-1815)