Voltigeurs

The Voltigeurs were firing faster, not bothering to aim, just concentrating on saturating their enemy with musket fire...
—Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Eagle
==In game==
===Vital stats===
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==History==
Voltigeurs ("leapers", "jumpers") were light skirmish units created for the Grand Armée of Napoleon I, and derived their name from their initial role which was to ride on the same mounts as used by dragoon units, then dismount (ie "jump off"), forming a line of battle to engage the enemy — in short, a precursor to mobile infantry or mechanised units. This proved unworkable on a large scale, but many Voltigeur units were still formidable foes, using their marksmanship skills along with cover in the field to harass and wear down the foe.
Although all French Voltigeur units were disbanded with the end of the First French Empire, the apellation was borrowed by the British who raised a company of light units in Canada in 1862 which survives to this day as the Québec Voltigeurs.
Category:Light infantry