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Fascinating Series, October 24, 2006
This review is from: Louis XV's Army (1) : Cavalry & Dragoons (Men-At-Arms Series, 296) (Paperback)
All five books in this series are magnificent. What makes them great is that they are not in the usual Osprey fashion. Their is no chronology of dates at the begging taking up space; Chartrand jumps right in with organization details, tactics, equipment, armament, and each regiments uniform distinction as it changed through Louis XV reign. The plates are outstanding. Usually for Osprey their only three figures per plate. Not here, 5 and more a plate. With that number it's not cluttered and doesn't detract from the detail. On a last note, I will never have to buy anything else to help me paint my Seven Year War French figures.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Thought I evaluated this one before, April 20, 2006
This review is from: Louis XV's Army (1) : Cavalry & Dragoons (Men-At-Arms Series, 296) (Paperback)
Rene Chartrand provides in this series an insightful look into the French army of this period, its formations and basic organization as well as the caliber of its troops, with great detail to its unforms which are well illustrated by Eufene Leliepvre.
Truly on an organizational level the French army is quite impressive though its performance a shadow of what it had been under its previous monarch.
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