Napoleon s Elite Cavalry Book [PDF] Download

• Publisher : Greenhill Books
• File Size : 23,9 Mb
• Release Date : 03 June 1999

In a series of wonderful, full-color plates, this superb book conveys the glory of soldiers of a military era surpassing the splendor of any others. 91 illustrations.

• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• File Size : 50,6 Mb
• Release Date : 20 February 2012

A concise history of the hand-picked elite cavalry guard that served as Napoleon's close personal escort and were committed to the most dangerous areas of combat on the battlefield. Formed

• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• File Size : 23,8 Mb
• Release Date : 20 July 2013

During the Napoleonic Wars the supreme battlefield shock weapon was the heavy cavalry – the French cuirassiers, and their British, Austrian, Prussian and Russian counterparts. Big men mounted on big horses,

• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• File Size : 39,8 Mb
• Release Date : 20 February 2012

A concise history of the hand-picked elite cavalry guard that served as Napoleon's close personal escort and were committed to the most dangerous areas of combat on the battlefield. Formed

• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• File Size : 23,9 Mb
• Release Date : 20 December 2013

During the Napoleonic Wars all the major combatants fielded large numbers of light cavalry. These nimble, fast-moving regiments performed a variety of vital roles, from reconnaissance and keeping contact with

• Publisher : Casemate Publishers
• File Size : 27,6 Mb
• Release Date : 01 February 2007

The Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale was the Emperor Napoleon's habitual escort and a valuable cavalry reserve in battle. It was a unit formed of light cavalrymen of

• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• File Size : 53,5 Mb
• Release Date : 03 June 1978

Dressed in outrageously romantic uniforms and led by a flamboyant clique of aristocrats and ex-troopers, Napoleon's cavalry fought in Austria, Germany, Egypt, Italy, Poland, Belgium, and Spain. This account of

• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• File Size : 32,6 Mb
• Release Date : 20 August 2012

Bonaparte's Grande Armée, one of the most renowned battle-winning machines in history, evolved from a merging of the professional army of the Ancien Régime and the volunteers and

• Publisher : Pen and Sword
• File Size : 51,6 Mb
• Release Date : 30 May 2019

The author of Battle for Paris 1815 examines the uniforms and equipment of the cavalry of Napoleon’s Imperial Guard. Few military formations have attracted more attention than Napoleon’s Imperial

• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• File Size : 55,9 Mb
• Release Date : 20 April 2012

Dressed in distinctive green uniforms and classically inspired copper helmets, the Dragoons of the Imperial Guard were raised in 1806 by the same criteria as other Guard units – by selection of