At the height of the Battle of Quatre Bras, (16th June 1815), the French Cavalry almost broke through Wellingtons position. One Regiment of the 69th was decimated and lost its colours as it tried to form a square. The Black Watch receive a terrible mauling by General Pire's Lancers as it formed the square depicted here.

Intervengono nuovamente il 6° Cacciatori ed il 5° Lancieri di Pirи che dalle ali di Foy si gettano sui fuggitivi.

Nello slancio i Lancieri urtano l'ala destra di Picton che stava riformandosi. Gli uomini del 1/42° (Royal Highlanders), 2/44° (East Essex) formano velocemente il quadrato ma questo viene rotto e subiscono un massacro. Cadono il tenente-colonello ed il maggiore. I Lancieri caricano il quadrato vicino ma non riescono a disperderlo e si ritirano sotto il fuoco.

5e Regiment de Chevau-Legers-Lanciers
Created in 1811, formed from the 10e Regiment de Dragons.

6e Regiment de Chevau-Legers-Lanciers
Created in 1811, formed from the 29e Regiment de Dragons which itself had been formed from the 11e Regiment de Hussards by the decree of 21 September 1803.

Length of blades of French sabers :
Mamelukes' curved saber - 77.2 cm
a la husarde (1786 pattern) - 80 cm
a la chasseur - 89.1 cm or 90 cm (1801 pattern)
for light cavalry - 84.5 cm and 87.9 cm
for cuirassiers and dragoons - 97.5 cm (until 1805)
for cuirassiers and dragoons, it was made more solidly - 97 cm (after 1805)
a la chasseur de la Garde (XI Year pattern) - 84.5 cm or 87 cm (3.4 cm wide, 1 kg heavy)
a la dragons de la Garde - 97.5 cm
a la grenadiers a cheval de la Garde - 97.5 cm
Montmorency saber for carabiniers - 97.5 cm

Lances in Napoleon's army :
weight - between 3.2 and 3.6 kg
length - between 250 and 290 cm