Since the bitter defeats and loss of territory of 1805, Austria had been hard at work overhauling and expanding her military machine. In 1808, the Austrian government felt that with the outbreak of the Spanish War, Napoleon would have too much to do to be able to devote large forces to deal with them. On February 25th, 1809, Friedrich Wilhelm of Brunswick entered into an agreement with the Austrians to raise a corps of infantry and cavalry to fight alongside them as they invaded his old domains, raising the population against their French rulers and exacting a long-awaited revenge on the hated Napoleon.
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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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Otto von Pivka (the nom de plume of Digby Smith) wrote his first title for Osprey Publishing in 1972 (The Black Brunswickers, in the Men-at-Arms series). He is a prolific author, who has contributed many titles to the Men-at-Arms series on the armies and forces of the Napoleonic Wars. A former major in the British Army, he is now retired, but continues to write books on this key period.
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Before delving into the details of the uniforms, campaigns and organisation of the troops of the Duchy of Braunschweig-Luneburg-Oels it is necessary to cast a brief look at the political situation in Europe during the Napoleonic era, in order to see why it was that these Germans, with no direct connection to the British crown, entered British service and fought so bravely against Napoleon. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Before delving into the details of the uniforms, campaigns and organisation of the troops of the Duchy of Braunschweig-Luneburg-Oels it is necessary to cast a brief look at the political situation in Europe during the Napoleonic era, in order to see why it was that these Germans, with no direct connection to the British crown, entered British service and fought so bravely against Napoleon. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
picker equipment, sabre knot, chin scales, springing horse, light blue collar, black slings, hussar boots, pouch belt, hussar regiment, black pouch, steel sheath, waist sash, hussar officers, black gaiters, rank badges, foot artillery Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Quatre Bras, Black Duke, Line Inf, Black Band, Line Battalion, Gelernte Jäger, Light Battalion, Bossu Wood, Uhlan Squadron, Brunswick Landesmuseum, Duke of Brunswick, Holy Roman Empire, Light Inf, Officers-see Plate, Landesmuseum Braunschweig, Brunswick-Oels Jägers, Prince of Orange, Trousers Black, Emperor Franz, Mit Gott New!
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