black powder epic battles waterloo french heavy cavalry brigadeCuirassiers, Carabiniers and Dragoons were France's heavy strike force and had proven themselves throughout Europe on every battlefield and against a host of enemies. Well armed and armoured, and intelligently led, these are big men on big horses two thirds of them in shining steel and copper armour bright in the Belgian sunlight. Some regiments may have taken their beloved eagle standards on the field of battle as rallying points we have included