Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA bayonet charge by the Foot Guards then broke them. Source: Internet
The 4th Chasseurs battalion, 800 strong, now came up onto the exposed battalions of British Foot Guards, who lost all cohesion and dashed back up the slope as a disorganized crowd with the chasseurs in pursuit. Source: Internet
Suddenly 1,500 British Foot Guards under Maitland who had been lying down to protect themselves from the French artillery rose and devastated them with point-blank volleys. Source: Internet
Some French troops managed to enter the courtyard.sfn The 2nd Coldstream Guards and 2/3rd Foot Guards arrived to help. Source: Internet