Napoleon's Regiments Battle Histories of the Regiments of the French Army, 1792-1815

 

This superb and comprehensive book details the combat histories of the individual regiments which formed Napoleon's vaunted Grand Armée. Examining each unit in turn, Napoleon's Regiments gives an overview of the unit's origins, its organisational history, the fate of standards issued, battle honours borne on all colours and standards, details of the unit's eventual fate after Napoleon's abdication in 1815 and a complete listing of its officer casualties at all the major Napoleonic battles. Also included are 200 biographies of regimental officers, giving a unique insight into the careers of these neglected figures during the Napoleonic conflict. All regiments of the line are listed in the numerical sequence which they enjoyed in Napoleon's reign from 1803 to 1815. Within each regiment its ancestors (the ancient regiments from which some of them were derived) are shown together with the titles and numbers which they bore in 1792. A system of cross-referencing allows the reader to track all battalions of such ancestral regiments into their Napoleonic descendants.

 

Digby Smith

Hardcover 327pp

Book Code:  EX1008

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