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What (who) is voltigeur - definition
IMPERIAL FRENCH LITTLE INFANTRY UNIT
Voltigeurs
voltigeur
n.
1.
Tumbler, leaper, vaulter.
2.
Light-infantry soldier.
Voltigeur
·noun A tumbler; a leaper or vaulter.
II. Voltigeur ·noun One of a picked company of irregular riflemen in each regiment of the French infantry.
Voltigeur
The Voltigeurs were French military skirmish units created in 1804 by Emperor Napoleon I. They replaced the second company of fusiliers in each existing infantry battalion.
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Voltigeur
The Voltigeurs were French military skirmish units created in 1804 by Emperor Napoleon I. They replaced the second company of fusiliers in each existing infantry battalion.
Examples of use of voltigeur
1. Hard Top, ambitiously promoted from maiden company, came late to deprive The Geezer of a group two prize in the Daily Telegraph Great Voltigeur Stakes.
2. Kinane was impressed, though, by the manner in which this twice–raced colt quickened past The Geezer to land the Great Voltigeur by half–a–length.