Organisation
Decree of June 18, 1811 creates nine regiments of light-horses by converting the 1st, 3rd, 8th, 9th, 10th and 29th Dragoons Regiments, 1st and 2nd Vistula Lancers Regiments, and 30th Mounted Chasseurs Regiment into lancers regiments.
Each of the new regiments is composed, as dragoons regiments of a staff with :

And four squadrons of two companies each with :

Uniforms

Light horses of the first six regiments

• Short tailed coat of dark green cloth. Regimental colour collar with green piping. Green shoulder straps piped in regimental colour. Regimental colour squared lapels hooked down to the waist. Regimental colour pointed cuffs. Turnbacks in regimental colour bearing a green cloth eagle badge and Soubise pockets simulated by a piping in regimental colour. Brass buttons.
• White cloth sleeveless vest and dark green cloth stable vest.
  Dark green Hungarian breeches with bright yellow side band and black leather Hungarian boots. In field dress, dark green cloth overalls with regimental colour piping and black leather inserts.
  Sleeved riding mantle with half-cape and facing coloured trim.
• Helmet with brass crown and brass crest bearing a black fur caterpillar. Around crown, turban in false panther fur. Black leather peak and neck guard with brass strengthenings. Brass chinscales.
  From 1813, company coloured pompon.
• White leatherwork. Black leather cartridge pouch bearing a brass crowned N. Light cavalry sabre with brass three bars hilt and steel sheath. Black wood lance with scarlet over white pennon.
• Black leather light cavalry harness. Hungarian saddle with white sheepskin saddle cover trimmed with facing coloured wolf teeth. Dark green cloth cylindrical portmanteau laced yellow.

Light horses of the last three regiments

• Short tailed polish coat of dark blue cloth. Regimental collar. Blue shoulder straps piped in regimental colour. Regimental colour squared lapels hooked down to the waist. Regimental pointed cuffs. Turnbacks in regimental colour and vertical pockets simulated by a piping in regimental colour. Sleeves and back seams underlined with regimental colour piping. White metal buttons.
• White cloth sleeveless vest and dark blue cloth stable vest.
  Dark blue polish trousers with bright yellow side band and black leather light boots. In field dress, dark blue cloth overalls with regimental colour piping and black leather inserts.
  Overcoat as French regiments.
• Czapska with dark blue cloth top piped and laced in regimental colour and black leather crown bearing a white metal sunrays plate with brass centre stamped with crowned N cipher. Company coloured pompon over tricoloured cockade with white Maltese cross. Black leather peak and white metal chinchain.
• Same equipment as French regiments. Cloth sash with white and blue stripes worn over sabre belt. Lance with crimson over white pennon.
• Same horse equipment as French regiments. Dark blue cloth cylindrical portmanteau laced in regimental colour.

Elite companies
Fringed epaulets in red thread in French regiments and white thread in Polish regiments.
From 1813, red plumes tuft.

NCOs
Yellow (white in Polish regiments) or gold (silver in Polish regiments) rank chevrons over both cuffs.

Officers
Troopers’ dress with gold (silver in Polish regiments) thread rank epaulets. Saddle covers in green (blue in Polish regiments) cloth laced gold (silver in Polish regiments) embroidered with a gold (silver in Polish regiments) crowned N in front corner and a crowned eagle on crossed lances in rear corner.
Officers often wear a Minerva style helmet with fur extending on peak and neck guard.

Trumpeters and musicians
Dress of trumpeters and musicians, when known, is detailed in regimental plates.
Trumpeters usually wear troopers’ helmet with white fur caterpillar.
In 1811 and 1812 they usually wear the trooper’s dress in reversed colours with collar, lapels, cuffs and waist buttons laced white.
From 1813, short tailed habit-veste in green cloth closed by a row of nine buttons. Regimental collar with imperial livery lace trim. Facing colour piping on front of coat, bearing five livery buttonhole laces. Livery laces trim to cuffs and turnbacks. Livery lace trim to pockets. Green and yellow trumpet’s cord.