The Battalion of Marins de la Garde, 1803-1815 (Bataillon des Marins de la Garde, 1803-1815‪)‬

A translation of Eugène Lomier’s history of the Marins (sailors) of Napoleon’s Imperial Guard. Annotated with hyperlinks to reference works on the Web. The Marins were created to man the boats that were to convey Napoleon and his Guard across the Channel to invade England. That never happened, but the sailors served the Grand Army as transporters, engineers, artillerymen and sometimes infantry.