National Guard

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The National Guard (French: La Garde nationale) was a French militia which existed from 1789 until 1872. It was separate from the French Army and existed both for policing and as a military reserve.

Founded in 1789 during the start of the French Revolution, the National Guard was initially led by the Marquis de Lafayette and took part in several important events of the revolution, including the Storming of the Bastille ^{[citation needed]} and the Women's March on Versailles. ^{[citation needed]}

With the dechristianisation of France an official policy, the newly appointed National Guard, resplendent in iconic blue, white and red were formally established during a benediction in Notre-Dame. Later on, Notre Dame became an inglorious though temporary storage facility for the troops.

On 10 August of 1792, the National Guard descended the Tuileries Palace while the royal family fled to safety, vastly outnumbering the 900 Swiss Guards in residence.

On May 1793, François Hanriot was appointed Commander General of the Paris National Guard.

Gallery

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  Concept art of National Guard
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  National Guard Regular
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  National Guard Sniper
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  Swiss Guards

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Unity
• Project Widow

Trivia

The uniforms of National Guard Sniper was very precise in terms of historical accuracy, as the outfit basically resemble the Paris National Guard Uniform pattern in roughly 1790. The only difference being the gad at the back of the clothes were not a ship, which resemble the Paris National Guard symbol. Nevertheless, the National Guard Snipers should be standard line infantry, who would not normally receive the sniping training which was usually for the Chasseurs forces. But during the gameplay, their accuracy is way too high. And they did not seem to be able to hold line infantry formation and shoot at the player as in Assassin's Creed III. Meanwhile, their tricorns were not worn in a slightly squint style, which was popular during the late 18th century to prevent the hat from hindering the bayonets of the musket.

The uniforms of National Guard Regulars, however, was not accurate in terms of the clothing, as it seems to be more similar with the French Grand Army drummer or dragon soldier during the Napoleonic War, which is one decade ahead of the timeline in the Unity. But the overall style of uniform and the tricorne was relatively similar with Carbine Cavalryman, which served the function of military police and garrisoned in Paris throughout the French Revolutionary War. But as the name suggest, these soldiers should be riding on horses in carrying out their policing duty and should equip more of the musket instead of filet pistol and one-handed swords.

The uniform of the Swiss Guard, however, was entirely wrong, the hat was only worn by French cavalryman listed in French dragoons, instead of by Swiss Guard. The real Swiss guard uniform should be white and red, which looks like British Army at the same period. And Swiss Guard would usually arm with musket and is well trained and famous for their resistance in protecting the King of France. The clothing itself were more of 20^th Century style during the trench welfare, instead of a 18^th century military style.