The Napoleonic Wars

Upon the French Revolution, European warfare saw great changes in a period that became known as the Napoleonic Wars.

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Hint	Answer
Battle of 1815, and final defeat for Napoleon	Battle of Waterloo
Elite French skirmisher	Voltiguer
Fast Light Cavalry units with distinctive uniforms	Hussars
Nickname of the British muskets	Brown Bess
Commander of British forces during the Peninsular War	Arthur Wellesley
Place of origin of the Vistula Legion	Poland
Decisive British naval victory of 1805	Battle of Trafalgar
British admiral in above battle	Horatio Nelson

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German Confederation set up by Napoleon in 1806	Confederation of the Rhine
Type of heavy, armoured cavalry that saw a resurgence under Napoleon	Cuirassier
Name for Light Infantry and Rifle units in German-speaking countries	Jäger
A combined-arms grouping of soldiers	Corps
Name of the army commanded by Napoleon	Grande Armée
Deadliest battle in the Napleonic Wars	Battle of Borodino
French marshal who pledged to bring Napoleon back to Paris in an iron cage, upon his return from exile	Michel Ney