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Napoleon's Infantry Handbook

Napoleon's Infantry Handbook

If not a field marshalâ€™s baton, what did Napoleonâ€™s soldiers really carry in their backpacks?

Napoleonâ€™s Infantry Handbook is an essential reference guide, filled with fascinating detail on the training, tactics, equipment, service and administration of Napoleonâ€™s infantry regiments. Based on contemporary training manuals, regulations and orders, Napoleonâ€™s Infantry Handbook details the everyday routines and practices which governed the imperial army up to the Battle of Waterloo and made it one of historyâ€™s most formidable military machines.

Through years of research, Terry Crowdy has amassed a huge wealth of information on every aspect of the infantrymanâ€™s existence, from weapons drill and maintenance, uniform regulations, pay, diet, cooking regulations, hygiene and latrine digging, medical care, burial of the dead, how to apply for leave and so on. This remarkable book fills in the gaps left by campaign histories and even eyewitness memoirs, which often omit such details. This book doesnâ€™t merely recount what Napoleonâ€™s armies did, it explains how they did it. The result is a unique guide to the everyday life of Napoleonâ€™s infantry soldiers.
Country USA
Brand PEN AND SWORD MILITARY
Manufacturer Pen and Sword Military
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 20 illustrations b/w
ReleaseDate 2015-03-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781783462957

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