Designed for those with an interest in the Napoleonic Wars, from 1804 to 1815, this is a guide to all the uniforms worn in the Duke of Wellington's victorious army, from the hard campaigning of the Peninsular War to the final great victory over Napoleon at Waterloo. Each regiment and unit in Wellington's army is described, and its uniforms and equipment detailed. Beyond the regulations laid down for what a soldier should wear, the author describes the reality of life on campaign, the wear and tear on uniforms and the way they were adapted. How comfortable was it to wear a cocked hat in the rain with water running off it like a fountain? Drawing on first-hand accounts, the book creates a true picture of what Wellington's redcoats really looked like.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Lack of color prints,
This review is from: NAPOLEONIC WARS: WELLINGTON'S ARMY (Paperback)
While the book is well written and very informative, it is sorely lacking in color plates. Color plates are essential in a book dealing with uniforms. Black and white pictures just don't cut it for uniform descriptions. There are only about 5 or six color plates in the entire thing.Amin
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4.0 out of 5 stars
An above average addition to the uniform debate for Napoleonic wars,
This review is from: Wellington's Army (Napoleonic Wars) (Paperback)
Ian Fletcher is a renowned scholar of Napoleonic Wars history and in this volune published in the Brassey's series, attempts to outline the likely uniforms worn during the Napoleonic Wars by Wellington's army.
He points out the problems right from the start - the lack of real pictorial evidence of what was worn, the fact that uniforms altered markedly, the documentary evidence available, including contemporary references to the 'rag tag' army which marched down the Champs Elysee following Waterloo - a short campaign and already they looked bedraggled. He makes the valid comparison to the Peninsular War where one contemporary notes the horror expressed by 'martinets' who came out to the Peninsular from London expecting all to be dressed uniformly to find everyone had done what they could to stay dressed. Fletcher rightly points out that in modern recreations of single charges of cavalry the uniforms suffered wear including lost buttons - imagine that over a series of battles, weeks and months. In short, it is difficult to know just what was worn in battle over a series of months and years given that uniforms were essentially peripatetic due ot their hard use. However using contemporary sources he illustrates and describes in great detail just what was worn. Illustrated in colour and b/w it is a reasonable reference work but not ideal - there would be no way to recreate a uniform in complete detail, but it would give you the fundamental detail to do the basics. A nice addition to the Napoleonic wars library, and has good references to other books to assist.
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