Hello all. I figure I will make my first post here as it is my only detailed past life dream.
I think I was a general of the brigade under Napoleon. In my dream, I looked down trying to figure out who I was and where I was. I realized I was an officer in charge of the pickets. I had on boots and a uniform. I was in the foyer of a large house with double doors and a staircase. Several light French infantry were in front of me. I remembered we had crossed a river and were advance of the main force.
I only had a moment to figure this out. Almost immediately several French soldiers came running up as if the devil himself was coming. They were yelling that the enemy was advancing and were right behind them. I sprung into action. I ordered men to the right and left to man the windows on the lower floor of the house. I ordered them to bar the doors, but it was too late. Before they could get the doors together, the enemy forced the doors open.
All hell broke loose. Hand to hand fighting started. The enemy wore forest green jackets with white vests and breeches. I later found pictures of light Prussian infantry wearing the exact same uniforms. Anyway, one Prussian came running straight for me planning on bayoneting me. I drew a pistol, waited till the last possible second, so I wouldn’t miss, and fired. Immediately, I dropped my pistol to the floor and drew my saber. Three more Prussians with bayonets attached to their rifles took his place in front of me.
I started backing up the stairs so they had to reach up off balance to stab at me. I was slashing at the rifles and their arms trying to disable them. I can still remember the sounds their weapons made as they rattled around on the steps and struck the wood at my feet. I made it up the first landing, and was backing up the second flight, when a thought hit me. This attack is too fierce. No one will be sent to assist us. We are on our own, and it looks as if I might die fighting these three men. I woke up.
I did a lot of research over the years, and everything was time appropriate and unit appropriate. My cavalry saber and pistol were really what an officer would have used. I think I even know who I was but since I am not 100% sure I won’t say. I will say that when I researched him he survived the battle in my dream, and he was killed later at Eylau.
As a child I had seen a print of a painting from Eylau, but couldn’t get it due to unavailability. As an adult, I had found it on the aftermarket. Bought it. Framed it. I had it on the wall of my bedroom. I figured out who I was in the dream after I had owned the picture for a while, so I felt the painting was not a coincidence. I was 11 when I had this dream and it has stuck with me. I am in my forties now. Hopefully, some of you will find this interesting. Thanks for reading this if you are still with me.