The Dutch Brigade () was a unit of the Royal Army of the Kingdom of Holland that was sent out in September 1808, by king Louis Bonaparte on the request of his brother emperor Napoleon of France, to take part in the Peninsular War on the French side. The brigade, under the command of major-general David Hendrik Chassé, was made part of the so-called "German division" (which also consisted of units from Nassau, Baden and other German allies of the French empire) under command of the French general Leval, in turn part of the IVth French Corps under command of marshals Lefebvre and Sébastiani, and later of the Ist Corps of marshal Victor. The brigade distinguished itself in a number of major battles, but was later mainly employed in counter-guerrilla warfare. After the annexation of the Kingdo
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| - The Dutch Brigade () was a unit of the Royal Army of the Kingdom of Holland that was sent out in September 1808, by king Louis Bonaparte on the request of his brother emperor Napoleon of France, to take part in the Peninsular War on the French side. The brigade, under the command of major-general David Hendrik Chassé, was made part of the so-called "German division" (which also consisted of units from Nassau, Baden and other German allies of the French empire) under command of the French general Leval, in turn part of the IVth French Corps under command of marshals Lefebvre and Sébastiani, and later of the Ist Corps of marshal Victor. The brigade distinguished itself in a number of major battles, but was later mainly employed in counter-guerrilla warfare. After the annexation of the Kingdo
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| - King Louis in the white uniform of a general of the army of the Kingdom of Holland; similar white uniforms were worn by the members of the brigade.
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| - The Dutch Brigade () was a unit of the Royal Army of the Kingdom of Holland that was sent out in September 1808, by king Louis Bonaparte on the request of his brother emperor Napoleon of France, to take part in the Peninsular War on the French side. The brigade, under the command of major-general David Hendrik Chassé, was made part of the so-called "German division" (which also consisted of units from Nassau, Baden and other German allies of the French empire) under command of the French general Leval, in turn part of the IVth French Corps under command of marshals Lefebvre and Sébastiani, and later of the Ist Corps of marshal Victor. The brigade distinguished itself in a number of major battles, but was later mainly employed in counter-guerrilla warfare. After the annexation of the Kingdom of Holland by the French empire in 1810 the brigade was formally decommissioned and its personnel (now French subjects) absorbed into the French 123rd regiment of line, which continued to be employed in the Peninsular War and later in the Russian campaign of 1812.
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