French lancers of the Napoleonic Wars, 19th century. An officer of the Chevaux-legers Lanciers (2nd Regiment of Imperial Guard), with a mounted private in the background. In 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo this unit formed part of General Lefebvre-Desnouettes' Guard Light Cavalry Division, which took part in Marshal Ney's massed cavalry attack on the British lines. They had also been engaged at the Battle of Quatre Bras on 16 June as scouts ahead of Marshal Ney's main body.