Download or read book French Carabiniers written by Olivier Lapray and published by Officers & Soldiers. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the glorious history of the elite French cavalry. Through 61 plates of highly detailed uniform illustrations, André Jouineau guides the reader from the first company of carabiniers established within in each regiment, to the fiery carabiniers of Napoleon III's Imperial Guard who disappeared in defeat in 1870.