During the Napoleonic Wars the supreme battlefield shock weapon was the heavy cavalry - the Frenc...

Napoleon's Imperial Guard was one of the most famous military formations in history. The Imperial...

Though less celebrated than the infantry and cavalry, Napoleon's 'specialist' troops - artillery,...

Explains and illustrates the training and tactics of the Light Infantry and Rifle regiments, famo...

The retreat to Corunna is one of the epic campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). Late in 1...

Napoleon's line infantry was founded upon that of the Ancien Régime. A total re-organisation bega...

The rifle corps of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815) are among the most rec...

Osprey's examination of commanders of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). On the Napoleonic battlefi...

The Gallipoli expedition of 1915, the brainchild of Winston Churchill, was designed to knock the ...

In 1795 the Russian army was as vast as the territory from which it was drawn. The College of War...

A highly illustrated account of the battle of Borodino, the most crucial action in Napoleon's 181...

Haythornthwaite brings his reputation as a leading Napoleonic historian to bear on the examinatio...

During the Napoleonic era, Russia possessed a vast force of cavalry, forming a greater percentage...

Victory or defeat on the Napoleonic battlefield was dependent on the skills, reactions and person...

Throughout the wars undertaken by Frederick the Great, probably his greatest resource was his inf...

This classic work is a distillation of the knowledge, intuition and wisdom of one of history's gr...

Waterloo is one of the most famous battles in history and it has given rise to a vast and varied ...

At the accession of Maria Theresa in 1740, the Austro-Hungarian army included 52 infantry regimen...

In 1823 Texas was opened to American settlement; over the next 12 years thousands took advantage ...

During the Napoleonic Wars all the major combatants fielded large numbers of light cavalry.These ...

A detailed study of the Waterloo armies, it includes an analysis of the armies engaged - French, ...

Osprey's study of Britain's infantry tactics used during the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). The Bri...

Despite the many celebrated victories of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815),...