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Author : Martin Windrow,Gerry A. Embleton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1974-01-01
Category : Europe
ISBN : 0711005095
Author : Martin Windrow,Gerry A. Embleton
Publisher : Windrow and Greene
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998-02
Category : Europe
ISBN : 1859150446
None of Napoleon's generals could succeed against the Duke of Wellington in a long series of clashes across Spain and Portugal in the Penisular campaign of 1808-1814; this epic struggle also produced unprecedented wear and tear on the uniforms of both sides, as accurately depicted in Gerry Embleton's paintings.
Author : Philip J. Haythornthwaite
Publisher : Blandford
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015040126271
Author : Charles Hamilton Smith,Philip J. Haythornthwaite
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000101906240
Charles Hamilton Smith's illustrations of soldiers of the British Army are a faithful and delightful record of how Wellington's troops were uniformed and equipped. Wellington's Army presents a collection of these sought after plates in a special, large format and provides a superb evocation of British military uniforms during the closing years of the Peninsular War and at the epic battle of Waterloo. The plates, drawn from life and completed in 1814, cover all the branches of service including line infantry; light infantry and rifles; heavy and light cavalry; general officers; foreign troops; artillery and engineers; and cadets and veterans. Each plate is accompanied by an incisive text by the leading expert on Wellington's troops - Philip Haythornthwaite - which discusses the unit in question, the uniform and its significant features. Wellington's Army also includes an extensive introduction analyzing the evolution of the British Army of the period and examining the colorful life of Charles Hamilton Smith.
Author : Scott Hughes Myerly
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0674082494
In the theater of war, how important is costume? And in peacetime, what purpose does military spectacle serve? This book takes us behind the scenes of the British military at the height of its brilliance to show us how dress and discipline helped to mold the military man and attempted to seduce the hearts and minds of a nation while serving to intimidate civil rioters in peacetime. Often ridiculed for their constrictive splendor, British army uniforms of the early nineteenth century nonetheless played a powerful role in the troops' performance on campaign, in battle, and as dramatic entertainment in peacetime. Plumbing a wide variety of military sources, most tellingly the memoirs and letters of soldiers and civilians, Scott Hughes Myerly reveals how these ornate sartorial creations, combining symbols of solidarity and inspiration, vivid color, and physical restraint, enhanced the managerial effects of rigid discipline, drill, and torturous punishments, but also helped foster regimental esprit de corps. Encouraging recruitment, enforcing discipline within the military, and boosting morale were essential but not the only functions of martial dress. Myerly also explores the role of the resplendent uniform and its associated gaudy trappings and customs during civil peace and disorder--whether employed as public relations through spectacular free entertainment, or imitated by rioters and rebels opposing the status quo. Dress, drills, parades, inspections, pomp, and order: as this richly illustrated book conducts us through the details of the creation, design, functions, and meaning of these aspects of the martial image, it exposes the underpinnings of a mentality--and vision--that extends far beyond the military subculture into the civic and social order that we call modernity.
Author : Charles Esdaile
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141927855
For centuries Spain had been the most feared and predatory power in Europe - it had the largest empire and one of the world's great navies to defend it. Nothing could have prepared the Spanish for the devastating implosion of 1805-14. Trafalgar destroyed its navy and the country degenerated into a brutalized shambles with French and British armies marching across it at will. The result was a war which killed over a million Spaniards and ended its empire. This book is the first in a generation to come to terms with this spectacular and terrible conflict, immortalised by Goya and the arena in which Wellington and his redcoats carved out one of the greatest episodes in British military history.
Author : Otto von Pivka
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1975-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0850452430
Despite Napoleon's clear advantage in the Peninsular War, the Spanish Army was never completely destroyed. Wrought by poor leadership and insufficient training, Spain's armies persisted in the fight against imperial France. This book gives an overview of Spain's confused position during the Napoleonic Era, caught between the competing interests of Britain and France. The book focuses primarily on the uniforms of the Spanish Army in the period before 1808 and during the war years as the Army of King Joseph, as well as the infantry uniforms of 1814-15. Numerous illustrations and eight color plates vividly depict the uniforms of this often-underestimated force.
Author : John Luard
Publisher : London : W. Clowes
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Military uniforms Great Britain
ISBN : BL:A0017075314
Author : Otto von Pivka
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1977-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0850452511
In 1806, at the beginning of the Peninsular War, the Portuguese army was not at the peak of military efficiency. Nevertheless, under British tutelage it played an important part in the fight against Napoleon. Under Wellington's command, the Portuguese army distinguished itself in battles at Bussaco, Fuentes de Onoro and Albuera, and in 1813 helped the Allies win a decisive victory at Vittoria. Beginning with a chronology of Portugal's part in the Peninsular War, this book examines the uniforms, equipment and organization of the Portuguese army's various units. Detailed color plates and numerous illustrations complement the text.
Author : René Chartrand
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1998-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1855327635
The Spanish Army was transformed during the 18th century by an influx of progressive officers who modernised and expanded it. It was closely modelled on the French armies of Louis XIV and Louis XV in tactical doctrine, organisation, armament and uniforms. In battle, they were often brave to the point of carelessness, and were thus sometimes difficult to control. The army also had several Swiss and Walloon regiments, less given to all-out attacks, but renowned for their steadiness under fire. In this first of three volumes, Réne Chartrand examines the organisation and uniforms of the Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815).
Author : Charles Esdailes,Alan Perry
Publisher : Helion
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Military uniforms
ISBN : 191151265X
Reproduces an unpublished manuscript showing Spanish uniforms of the early Napoleonic era.
Author : Paul L. Dawson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 941 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526705303
The author of Waterloo: The Truth at Last “sheds new light on the campaign of 1815 and surely will satisfy all with an interest in the Napoleonic Era” (The Napoleonic Historical Society Newsletter). When Napoleon returned to Paris after exile on the Island of Elba, he appealed to the European heads of state to be allowed to rule France in peace. His appeal was rejected and the Emperor of the French knew he would have to fight to keep his throne. In just eight weeks, Napoleon assembled 128,000 soldiers in the French Army of the North and on 15 June moved into Belgium (then a part of the kingdom of the Netherlands). Before the large Russian and Austrian armies could invade France, Napoleon hoped to defeat two coalition armies, an Anglo-Dutch-Belgian-German force under the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army led by Prince von Blücher. He nearly succeeded. Paul Dawson’s examination of the troops who fought at Ligny, Quatre-Bras and Waterloo, is based on thousands of pages of French archival documents and translations. With hundreds of photographs of original artifacts, supplemented with scores of lavish color illustrations, and dozens of paintings by the renowned military artist Keith Rocco, Napoleon’s Waterloo Army is the most comprehensive, and extensive, study ever made of the French field army of 1815, and its uniforms, arms and equipment. “Contains many rare and previously unpublished images in the form of full color drawings and photographs of surviving relics. As with the earlier volumes, this book will appeal to and be enjoyed by a wide readership with special interest for historians, military history enthusiasts, Napoleonic War enthusiasts and re-enactors.” —Firetrench
Author : Philip J. Haythornthwaite,John Fabb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Europe
ISBN : 0713705728
Author : Michael Glover
Publisher : Newton Abbot [Eng.] : David & Charles ; Hamden, Conn : Archon Books
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015020746197
Author : J. Tranié,Juan Carlos Carmigniani,Henry Lachouque
Publisher : Arms & Armour Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015005333128