French Light Infantry 1784-1815 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook French Light Infantry 1784-1815 write by Terry Crowdy. This book was released on 2021-08-15. French Light Infantry 1784-1815 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the partisans and legions of the mid-eighteenth century to the Napoleonic regiments, this title is a comprehensive study of French light infantry between 1788-1815. It covers the formal chasseur battalions and regiments and the light companies of scouts and voltigeurs in Napoleon's armies. It details the separate roles of the chasseurs and car
Napoleonic French Military Uniforms 1798-1814
Napoleonic French Military Uniforms 1798-1814 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Napoleonic French Military Uniforms 1798-1814 write by Guy Dempsey. This book was released on 2021-11-15. Napoleonic French Military Uniforms 1798-1814 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Three talented French artists, Carle Vernet, Horace Vernet (son of Carle) and Eugène Lami, capitalised on the wave of nostalgia for the First Empire brought on by the death of Napoleon in 1821 by producing a series of prints of French military uniforms of the French revolutionary and imperial armies. These colourful lithographs, each accompanied by a text by an unidentified author describing the unit depicted, were published in book form in 1822 as Collection des Uniformes des Armées Françaises de 1791 à 1814 (Paris: Gide fils, 1822). The broad range of uniforms depicted includes many from infrequently-illustrated foreign and auxiliary units in the French army. The images also include unusual back and side views of uniforms. The images in this book are contemporary watercolor copies of the prints and are reproduced with permission from the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, where they currently reside.
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Vol II (1784-1815)
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Vol II (1784-1815) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Vol II (1784-1815) write by Major Francis Duncan. This book was released on 2012-10-23. History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Vol II (1784-1815) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This two-volume history of the Royal Artillery is one of the earliest published on that subject, and covers the period from its formation in 1716 to Waterloo, a hundred years of history. This volume takes the history of the Regiment to Waterloo and the defeat of Napoleon, and in connection with performance of the Artillery in that battle the author devotes an Appendix to a letter from Wellington to Lord Mulgrave, then Master-General of the Ordnance, in which he wrote: "To tell you the truth, I was not very well pleased with the Artillery in the Battle of Waterloo" and when the French cavalry charged "they ran off the field entirely, taking with them limbers, ammunition and everything." Major Duncan angrily refutes, in detail, the accuracy of such a statement, based as it was on false reports, implying the Iron Duke was talking through his cocked hat. This makes a lively conclusion to a most entertaining account of a further thirty-two years in the history of the Gunners. Operations described include the ill-fated expedition against the French in Flanders, led by the Duke of York, but the main focus is on the Napoleonic Wars - the campaign in S America, the Walcheren campaign, a malaria-infested island where battle casualties amounted to a little over 200 while thousands died of sickness, and the Peninsular War culminating in the Battle of Waterloo. Descriptions include detailed order of battle of artillery units involved with strengths and names of all the officers in each unit. But just as impressive is the wealth of information on the continuing development of the Regiment, beginning with the raising of the Royal Horse Artillery in January 1793. We read all about equipment, dress, pay, in fact there is a statement of the Artillery Forces of Great Britain in the year 1810, according to the establishment laid down in the King's Warrant, listing every unit, with numbers in each rank and daily pay of each rank. To finish, the author provides a tabular statement showing date of formation and former designation of every battery now (1879) in the Service. There is a good index. These two volumes, telling the story of the first hundred years of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, are an invaluable source of information and essential reading for any historian, student or enthusiast.
The Great Waterloo Controversy
The Great Waterloo Controversy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Great Waterloo Controversy write by Gareth Glover. This book was released on 2020-12-02. The Great Waterloo Controversy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As the Battle of Waterloo reached its momentous climax, Napoleons Imperial Guard marched towards the Duke of Wellingtons thinning red line. The Imperial Guard had never tasted defeat and nothing, it seemed, could stop it smashing through the British ranks. But it was the Imperial Guard that was sent reeling back in disorder, its columns ravaged by the steady volleys of the British infantry. The credit for defeating the Imperial Guard went to the 1st Foot Guards, which was consequently honored for its actions by being renamed the Grenadier Guards. The story did not stop there, however, as the 52nd Foot also contributed to the defeat of the Imperial Guard yet received no comparable recognition. The controversy of which corps deserved the credit for defeating the Imperial Guard has continued down the decades and has rightly become a highly contentious subject over which much ink has been spilled. But now, thanks to the uncovering of the previously unpublished journal of Charles Holman of the 52nd Foot, Gareth Glover is able to piece together the exact sequence of events in those final, fatal moments of the great battle. Along with numerous other firsthand accounts, Gareth Glover has been able to understand the most likely sequence of events, the reaction to these events immediately after the battle and how it was seen within the army in the days after the victory. Who did Wellington honor at the time? How did the Foot Guards gain much of the credit in London? Was there an establishment cover-up? Were the 52nd robbed of their glory? Do the recent much-publicized arguments stand up to impartial scrutiny? The Great Waterloo Controversy is the definitive answer to these questions and will finally end this centuries-old conundrum.
'Their Infantry and Guns Will Astonish You'
'Their Infantry and Guns Will Astonish You' - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook 'Their Infantry and Guns Will Astonish You' write by Andy Copestake. This book was released on 2021-07-15. 'Their Infantry and Guns Will Astonish You' available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The book details the rise and fall of the Army of Hindustan. Containing detailed organizational tables and pay scales. Campaign and battles narratives. Details of the European soldiers of fortune who raised and led these 'Trained Brigades' in the service of the House of Scindia and the Maratha Confederacy.
