Author: Pawly, Ronald
Publisher: Osprey Publishing Ltd
Year: 2006
ISBN: 1841769568
Binding: Soft Cover
Book Condition: As New
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Description:
New book, 48 pages, MAA433. Driven out of Germany after his defeat at Leipzig in 1813, Napoleon seemed to face disaster. Some 345,000 Allied troops were converging on France from the east; and Napoleon had only about 80,000 men. Most of his veterans had been killed in Russia and Germany, and he was short of cavalry to counter the swarms of Cossacks. For his last and possibly most brilliant campaign, Napoleon raised three regiments of mounted Scouts for his Imperial Guard. Through the story of these units the reader can follow Napoleon's dazzling manoeuvres in the campaign of 1814; and their widely varied uniforms are reconstructed in meticulously researched colour plates. Contents: Napoleon's dilemma in 1813 - shortage of light cavalry, and frustration of reconnaissance by Russian Cossacks; His solution - the creation of three regiments of Mounted Scouts - organization and numbers, officers; Uniforms & equipment: 1er Regt d'Eclaireurs-Grenadiers - 2e Regt d'Eclaireurs-Dragons - 3e Regt d'Eclaireurs-Lanciers; The Scout regiments in the Campaign of France, 1814.