Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko te 9th Light Infantry Regiment (9e régiment d<unk>infanterie légère) he roopu hoia French. Ko tetahi o nga roopu hiko tino rongonui i nga Pakanga o Napoleon, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te taitara "Kaore e taea te whakataurite" na Napoleon Bonaparte i muri i ta raatau mahi pai i te Pakanga o Marengo i te 14 o Pipiri 1800. I haere tonu te reimana ki te mahi i te pakanga o Ulm, i te Pakanga o Dürenstein (11 Noema 1805), te pakanga o Jena (1806), me te Pakanga o Friedland (14 Pipiri 1807). Katahi ka mahi te pu i te Pakanga Peninsular e whai waahi nui ana ki te Pakanga o Talavera 27-28 Hurae 1809 me te Siege o Badajoz (1812). I whawhai ano nga peihana o te pu i te Wahanga Wagram (1809), i te Pakanga o Leipzig (16-19 Oketopa 1813), me nga pakanga a Napoleon i France (1814). I nga ra kotahi rau i whawhai te 9th Light i te Pakanga o Ligny (16 Pipiri 1815) me te Pakanga o Wavre
(18<unk>19 Hune 1815). I whakakorehia te reimana i muri o te Whakahokinga Bourbon.