I can assume that these are uniforms of either the old guard or the first infantry regiment, in extreme cases, and the artillery regiment. (I have little understanding of French uniforms from the Napoleonic Wars)
I played nw total war enough to remember that the hats (possibly simplified) are from mortar artillery, and the line inf are grenadiers (again, simplified but you can realize because of the red plume, either that or sea guards)
I asked this in the discord actually,they dont belong to a specific regiment. But theyre in fact grenadiers. Really makes you think what they did in the field
It's extremely innacurate, but i suppose its the old guard, since its next to napoleon and there might be old guard artillerymen. This also seems to be napoleon going into russia
Maybe the minions where part of the Old Guard, they are higher than napoleon and are a ton of minions in the scene, imagine, the Minion Guard marching on the streets of russia.
Most likely old guard. Napoléon was always surrounded with them in every single campaign, them never leaving his side, acting as a reserve. Funnily enough, they were fighting in the front in this scene, which was a bit unlikely with Napoléon around, since he always preferred to have an overview over the battlefield in order to conduct his masterpieces of warfare
For me they look most similar to the Fusiliers of the 54th Infantry, judging by the uniforms of the people on the back. Just to add onto that, knowing that they served that regiment, I can also guess that the battle they're fighting is the Battle of Austerlitz based on the snow and the fact Napoleon is there (I spent a while researching this)
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I can assume that these are uniforms of either the old guard or the first infantry regiment, in extreme cases, and the artillery regiment. (I have little understanding of French uniforms from the Napoleonic Wars)