Following his study of the astonishing range of French Royalist and foreign mercenary units employed by Britain in the period 1793–1802 of the French Revolutionary Wars (Men-at-Arms 328), the author describes - often for the first time in an English language publication - the part played by their successors during the crucial years of the Napoleonic Wars. He covers not only relatively well-recorded units, such as Roll’s, Meuron’s and Watteville’s Swiss corps, but also the unjustly neglected Italians, Corsicans and Greeks, and such exotica as the African and Ceylon regiments. Uniform details of nearly 40 corps are based on impressive primary research, and this book and its companion volume make a genuinely new contribution to Napoleonic studies.
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René Chartrand was born in Montreal and educated in Canada, the United States 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 numerous articles and books including almost 20 Osprey titles and the first two volumes of Canadian Military Heritage. He lives in Hull, Quebec, with his wife and two sons.
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FROM 1803 TO 1815 foreign corps represented a sizeable proportion of the British forces. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
red coatee, white turnbacks, black accoutrements, grey pantaloons, stovepipe shako, pewter buttons, broad lace, blue coatee, foreign corps, facing colour, black gaiters, blue pantaloons, foreign units, green plume, yellow collar, white pantaloons, crimson sash, white breeches, flank companies, black collar Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ionian Islands, Royal African Corps, Greek Light Infantry, West Indies, Chasseurs Britanniques, Brown Military Collection, Brown University, Italian Levy, King's German Legion, Napoleonic Wars, Regiment of Foot, Royal Corsican Rangers, Calabrian Free Corps, Hamilton Smith, Isle of Wight, Maltese Military Artificers, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Regiment, Royal Engineers, Santa Maura, Sicilian Regiment, Sierra Leone, Ceylon Regiment, Dillon's Regiment, Fort Erie New!
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FROM 1803 TO 1815 foreign corps represented a sizeable proportion of the British forces. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
red coatee, white turnbacks, black accoutrements, grey pantaloons, stovepipe shako, pewter buttons, broad lace, blue coatee, foreign corps, facing colour, black gaiters, blue pantaloons, foreign units, green plume, yellow collar, white pantaloons, crimson sash, white breeches, flank companies, black collar Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ionian Islands, Royal African Corps, Greek Light Infantry, West Indies, Chasseurs Britanniques, Brown Military Collection, Brown University, Italian Levy, King's German Legion, Napoleonic Wars, Regiment of Foot, Royal Corsican Rangers, Calabrian Free Corps, Hamilton Smith, Isle of Wight, Maltese Military Artificers, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Regiment, Royal Engineers, Santa Maura, Sicilian Regiment, Sierra Leone, Ceylon Regiment, Dillon's Regiment, Fort Erie New!
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- British Redcoat 1793-1815 (Warrior) by Stuart Reid in Back Matter
- Armed Forces (War on Terrorism) by John Hamilton on page 40
- History of the Uniforms of the British Army: v. 5 by Cecil C.P. Lawson on page 40
- Portuguese Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1) : 1793-1815 (Men-At-Arms Series, 343) by Rene Chartrand in Front Matter
- The Hanoverian Army of the Napoleonic Wars (Men-at-Arms) by Peter Hofschroer in Back Matter
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