VERY GOOD+ 1st Edition / 1st Printing (2004) - No marks noted in text. Binding is tight and square. Gently read. . . . . . . Throughout the Revolutionary (1792-1802) and Napoleonic (1799-1815) Wars, France's most consistent enemy on land was the Austrian Empire. Austria's huge armies played a central part in the several coalitions against France, from the 1790s, to the Austerlitz campaign of 1805, the closely-balanced battles of 1809, and the final upsurge of 1813-14. Contrary to the myth of rigid aristocratic conformity, the generals who led those armies were as diverse in origin and characte... View More...
VERY GOOD+, 3rd Printing (1981) No marks noted in text. Binding is tight and square. Gently used if at all. . . . . . . . . . France was to call up a total of 1,600,000 men during the Napoleonic Wars, of whom a mere 600,000 were to survive. For those conscripted into service, one of the better fates would be recruitment as a cavalryman. Napoleon's dragoons were not just any band of individuals sorted and labelled cavalrymen; they were mounted infantrymen, trained to be adept with both musket and sabre, and proud of that distinction. Originally mounted for the sake of mobility but generally fig... View More...
VERY GOOD+ 3rd Printing (1980) No marks noted in text. Binding is tight and square. Gently used if at all. . . . . . . . . The chasseurs, being the indigenous French light horse, can perhaps be equated best with the infantry demi-brigades of this period, a half-trained, unprofessional, makeshift collection, making up with zeal what they lacked in experience, a qualification which in no way diminished the importance of their role within Napoleon's all-conquering army. Emir Bukhari's fine text examines the dress and equipment of Napoleon's line chasseurs, plus the histories of individual regimen... View More...
VERY GOOD+ No marks noted in text. Binding is tight and square. Gently used if at all. . . . . . . In April 1756 the Horse Guards agreed, with some reluctance, to the addition of a single 'light troop' to most cavalry regiments. From their formation these troops were fashionable and treated as having a special character, and they became so useful that by 1759 it was decided to form complete regiments of light cavalry. Bryan Fosten provides an in depth account of the organization, uniforms and history of Wellington's Light Cavalry in a text backed by numerous illustrations including eight full ... View More...
No marks noted in text. Binding is tight and square. Gently read. . . . . a reprint of the original: *Indian Atrocities: Narratives of the perils and sufferings of Dr. Knight and John Slover, among the Indians, during the Revolutionary War, with the short memoirs of Col. Crawford & John Slover* published by U. P. james in 1867. This reprint was published in 2003 for Fort Henry Days in Wheeling WV View More...
VERY GOOD+ No marks noted in text. Binding is tight and square. Gently used if at all. . . . . . . In the early years of the English Civil War (1642-1651), a French traveller in England remarked that the Irish 'are better soldiers abroad than at home. Between 1585 and 1818, over half a million Irish were lured from their homeland by promises of glory, money and honour in a constant emigration romantically styled The Flight of the Wild Geese. Throughout this period, the Irish brigades in France and Spain participated in conflicts ranging from the wars of the Spanish and Austrian Succession (170... View More...
VERY GOOD+ 1979 Printing (Napoleon's Italian and Neopolitan Troops) - No marks noted in text. Binding is tight and square. Gently used if at all. View More...
1st Edition / 1st Printing - Pages are clean with no apparent marks. Binding is tight and square. Light shelf wear to cover, including bumped corners. View More...
