Russian Army of the Napoleonic Wars (2)

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18th eighteenth
19th nineteenth century
A01=Philip Haythornthwaite
A12=Bryan Fosten
Author_Bryan Fosten
Author_Philip Haythornthwaite
battle record
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Category=JWM
Category=NHD
Category=NHWF
Category=NHWR
combat history
Cossacks
Cuirassiers
Dragoons
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equipment
forces
French Revolution Revolutionary
Hussars
illustrated
insignia
Mounted Jagers
Napoleon Bonaparte Buonaparte
Napoleonic Wars
Opolchenie militia
organisation
Russia
Uhlans
uniform

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  • ISBN 9780850457469
  • Weight: 191g
  • Dimensions: 176 x 240mm
  • Publication Date: 26 Mar 1987
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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During the Napoleonic era, Russia possessed a vast force of cavalry, forming a greater percentage than that of most European armies.

This stemmed partly from their service against the Turks, who had huge numbers of troops, and partly from the fact that much Russian terrain was suitable for the manoeuvre of large bodies of cavalry.

This companion volume to Men-at-Arms 185 examines the organisation, tactics and uniforms of the Russian cavalry during this dynamic and turbulent period, covering Cuirassiers, Dragoons, Hussars, Uhlans, Mounted Jägers and the Lifeguard, as well as the Opolchenie militia and Cossacks.

Philip Haythornthwaite is an author and historical consultant specialising in the military history, uniforms and equipment of the 18th and 19th centuries. His main area of research covers the Napoleonic Wars. He has written some forty books, including more than 20 Osprey titles, and innumerable articles and papers on military history.

Bryan Fosten was born in 1928, the son of a Master Military Embroiderer and a Court Embroidress. He served in the army in Egypt and Palestine and returned to follow the printing trade. He was the founding editor of the innovative magazine Tradition and has written and illustrated many books, often in collaboration with his late brother, Donald Fosten.

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