An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars: An Expert, In-Depth Reference to the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Period, 1792-1815

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that were noted for having the army’s highest desertion rate.” ( Leggiere – “Bulow and the Campaign

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Anyhow, the enthusiasm of the authors is very clear, and there are some interesting moments and of course the pictures are the main thing in this book. It also contains what has become one of my favourite quotes of the period by Charles Lasalle writing in a letter for his wife while on a campaign in Spain, ending the letter thusly: Clark, Christopher (2006). Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600–1947. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard. pp. 776. ISBN 0-674-02385-4. Charmy. Splendeur des Uniformes de Napoleon: Infanterie Regiments Etrangers. Charles Herissey, 2004. On parade, the detachment stood on the right flank of the battalion. Marching past a superior, they were at the head of the battalion, in front of the musicians, the battalion commander and his adjudant at their (the volunteers') head.

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It was reserve and comprised 1 musketier and 1 combined grenadier battalion. The cavalry stood behind the

The buttons on the shoulder straps of Grenadiers carried the number of the company within their parent regiment in Roman letters. Tragically, the battles of the Napoleonic Wars were a truly bloody carnage but, as Colonel Elting concluded, “If you survived, you should look like a conqueror; if you didn’t, you should at least try to make a handsome corpse.”

Polish Infantry and Artillery Uniforms of the V Corps During the Invasion of Russia, 1812

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