Gareth Glover, who has established a reputation as a leading authority on the Napoleonic Wars, uses letters sent home from the Peninsular War by British soldiers to give a candid account of what it was like to serve in the army during the long campa...Loe edasi...
This book provides a detailed analysis of the attack of the Comte dErlons French I Corps, and the subsequent allied counterattack, at the Battle of Waterloo. This assault by 20,000 men and eighty guns in the early afternoon of 18 June 1815 came as c...Loe edasi...
It is often forgotten that Britains struggle against Napoleon ranged across the continents, and the extensive operations of the Royal Navy and the British Army in the Mediterranean was a key battleground in this prolonged war of attrition. Even when...Loe edasi...
When the American War of Independence broke out, the American, British and French intelligence agencies were particularly well structured, but it soon became apparent to all involved that victory hinged on sound political and military intelligence. W...Loe edasi...
Transcribed for the first time from Commissary General Tupper Careys handwritten journals, this is the first of two volumes which cover the lively career of a Commissary who served throughout the Peninsular war and Waterloo campaign.Written with viv...Loe edasi...
This book examines the uniforms and equipment of the backbone of the French army, the Line Infantry, at the height of its glory. The crushing defeat of the Prussian army at the twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt in 1806 was arguably the most impressi...Loe edasi...
After evicting the French from Portugal in 1811, the Duke of Wellington went on the offensive, having decided to attack into Spain and liberate the country. To do this, however, he first had to capture the key border fortresses of Ciudad Rodrigo and...Loe edasi...
This groundbreaking book offers a detailed exploration of the dress of the thirty-seven regiments of Light Infantry and other support troops in Napoleons Grande Armée, including foot and horse artillery, sapeurs, musicians, and carabiniers. For the...Loe edasi...
Napoleons 1812 invasion of Russia marked a major turning point in his reign. His Grande Armée, consisting of over half a million men, was decimated within six months, leaving only about 10,000 survivors. The campaign cost over a million lives, inclu...Loe edasi...
Traditional accounts of the campaigns of 1813 concentrate on the major powers: Napoleon’s France versus Russia, joined successively by Prussia, Sweden and Austria, and how, as in the French catastrophe of 1812, early successes were transformed into r...Loe edasi...
For nearly two decades, Napoleon Bonaparte was Europe’s most feared and revered leader, ruling over vast territories from the Baltic to the Mediterranean. This book chronicles his rise from a young Corsican with a strange accent to Emperor of the Fre...Loe edasi...
Sieges were the exception, rather than the norm, of the Napoleonic Wars. This simple truth may seem unremarkable to the modern reader, yet it represented a significant shift from the norms of eighteenth-century warfare. The more agile style of campai...Loe edasi...
A critical study of five historical armies that offers solutions for how contemporary forces need to change to deal with modern threats. A critical study of five historical armies that offers solutions for how contemporary force...Loe edasi...
This volume of French eyewitness accounts of Waterloo, published for the first time in full in English, completes Andrew Field’s pioneering work on the French experience in this decisive battle. These vivid recollections add a new dimension to our un...Loe edasi...
Making extensive use of previously unpublished material this book gives an unprecedented view of the Waterloo Campaign from the viewpoint of a single regiment. It reveals the preparations that preceded the battle, the role of the regiment in the batt...Loe edasi...
William Hay had a varied and exciting military career during the later years of the Napoleonic Wars, which took him to the Peninsula, to Waterloo, and, after 1815, to Canada. William Hay had a varied and exciting military career during the la...Loe edasi...
The French Revolution threw Europe into chaos and forced the armies of the rest of Europe into crisis. Forty-Four Months in the Alps describes how the Piedmontese army reorganized to resist the tricolour tide that spread across the continent. Richly...Loe edasi...
