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<p>Ever since the 15th century Switzerland had been exporting professional soldiers to serve as mercenaries for foreign monarchies. Napoleon, therefore, was not the first to make full use of the martial qualities of the Swiss and obtained Swiss agreement to expand the recruitment of regiments for service in the French Army. Napoleon would use Swiss troops on the battlefields of Italy and Spain, and in 1812 re-organize the four original regiments into a single division for the invasion of Russia,

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Author

David Greentree; Gerry Embleton(Illustrations)

Publisher

Osprey Publishing (UK)

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781780960470

Category

history

Subjects

History, Strategy, Special Forces

Updated

2026-03-24