At the accession of Maria Theresa in 1740, the Austro-Hungarian army included 52 infantry regiments, of which three were Hungarian, three Netherlandish and one Italian. The remainder drew their recruits not only from the Habsburg territories, including Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia (the last being lost to Prussia in 1742), but from the autonomous states of the Holy Roman Empire and beyond. The proportion of Hungarian raised regiments was set to rise in the coming years though - indeed 'foreign' personnel comprised an important part of the military etablishment. This title, the second in a sequence of three, details the organisation, uniform and equipment of the cosmopolitan Austrian Army from 1740-80, focusing on infantry troops.
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Packed with specially commissioned artwork, maps and diagrams, the Men-at-Arms series is an unrivalled illustrated reference on the history, organisation, uniforms and equipment of the world's military forces, past and present.
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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 40 books, including more than 20 Osprey titles, and innumerable articles and papers on military history - but still finds time to indulge in his other great passion, cricket.
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In this book you will find many pictures of the infantry's uniforms. This helped me because I am in a Seven Years' War Minatures Club. If you need any book like this stay at this site and you will find many more books of interest on this subject.
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The composition of the Habsburg Empire and its military forces is summarized in the first part of this study, The Austrian Army 1740-1780 (1): Cavalry (MAA 271). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
including turnbacks, turnback patch, including waistcoat, turnback badge, hat rosettes, barrelled sash, white shoulder strap, two grenadier companies, brass grenade, yellow pompon, light blue facings, white turnbacks, white pompon, red shoulder strap, yellow rosettes, red pompon, red facings, cap bag, yellow buttons, facing colour, fusilier companies, hussar boots, grenadier cap, white rosettes, blue centre Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The composition of the Habsburg Empire and its military forces is summarized in the first part of this study, The Austrian Army 1740-1780 (1): Cavalry (MAA 271). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
including turnbacks, turnback patch, including waistcoat, turnback badge, hat rosettes, barrelled sash, white shoulder strap, two grenadier companies, brass grenade, yellow pompon, light blue facings, white turnbacks, white pompon, red shoulder strap, yellow rosettes, red pompon, red facings, cap bag, yellow buttons, facing colour, fusilier companies, hussar boots, grenadier cap, white rosettes, blue centre Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Maria Theresa, David Morier, Erzherzog Ferdinand, Los Rios, The Gudenus, Garrison Regt, Sec Plate New!
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