René Chartrand

The Portuguese Army of the Napoleonic Wars (2) (eBook, PDF)

Illustrator: Younghusband, Bill

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The second instalment in a remarkable three-part study that transformed the research material available to the English-speaking student of the Peninsular War.

Most know that Wellington's Portuguese troops were praised as the 'fighting cocks' of his army; fewer appreciate that they represented between half and one-third of his entire forces. René Chartrand's primary research in Portuguese and British archives now offers a wealth of important new material on the uniforms of these troops.

This second volume covers the light infantry, cavalry, specialist corps and several supporting military and civilian departments

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472800749
• Artikelnr.: 44816160

Autorenporträt

Rene Chartrand was born in Montreal and educated in Canada, the USA and the Bahamas. A senior curator with Canada's National Historic Sites for nearly three decades, he is now a freelance writer and historical consultant. He has written over 50 books, including some dozen Men-at-Arms titles and the first two volumes of Canadian Military Heritage.

Bill Younghusband was born in 1936; he was educated in Devon and studied at Newton Abbot College of Art. He has been interested in all things military since childhood, an interest compounded through the reading of authors such as G.A.Henty. In 1954 he joined the Life Guards and saw service in Egypt and Cyprus.

Inhaltsangabe

Legion of Light Troops
Loyal Lusitanian Legion
The Cazadores
Royal Volunteers of the Prince
The Cavalry
Specialists: Engineers, Arsenal, Artificers, Telegraph Corps, Military
Academies, Guides, Garrison Staff; Police, Castle & Body Guards; Veterans
Civil Departments: Treasury, Commissariat & Medical
Colours & Standards
Legion Portugaise in French Service
Commentary on the colour artwork