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  • British Napoleonic Infantry Tactics 1792–1815

    by Philip Haythornthwaite ...
    Series Book 164 - Elite
    The British Army that faced Napoleon in the Peninsula was small by continental standards, but it consistently out-fought larger French armies, never losing a major open-field action.Its cavalry and artillery were standard; but its infantry achieved unique results, as their tactics were brought to a peak of professional perfection by Wellington. Using contemporary instruction manuals, first-hand ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Napoleonic Light Cavalry Tactics

    by Philip Haythornthwaite ...
    Series Book 196 - Elite
    During the Napoleonic Wars all the major combatants fielded large numbers of light cavalry.These nimble, fast-moving regiments performed a variety of vital roles, from reconnaissance and keeping contact with the enemy during the movement of armies, to raiding, skirmishing, and the pursuit to destruction of beaten enemies. In practice, light cavalry were often also employed for battlefield charges ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry & Dragoon Tactics

    by Philip Haythornthwaite ...
    Series Book 188 - Elite
    During the Napoleonic Wars the supreme battlefield shock weapon was the heavy cavalry – the French cuirassiers, and their British, Austrian, Prussian and Russian counterparts. Big men mounted on big horses, the heavy cavalry were armed with swords nearly a metre long, used for slashing or thrusting at their opponents; many wore steel armour, a practice revived by Napoleon. They were tasked with ... Read more

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  • Napoleonic Light Cavalry Tactics

    by Philip Haythornthwaite ...
    Series Book 196 - Elite
    During the Napoleonic Wars all the major combatants fielded large numbers of light cavalry.These nimble, fast-moving regiments performed a variety of vital roles, from reconnaissance and keeping contact with the enemy during the movement of armies, to raiding, skirmishing, and the pursuit to destruction of beaten enemies. In practice, light cavalry were often also employed for battlefield charges ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • British Light Infantry & Rifle Tactics of the Napoleonic Wars

    by Philip Haythornthwaite ...
    Series Book 215 - Elite
    Explains and illustrates the training and tactics of the Light Infantry and Rifle regiments, famously dramatized in the 'Sharpe' novels and TV films.In an age when infantry units manoeuvred and fought in rigid blocks, the idea of encouraging initiative and allowing a unit to 'skirmish' was regarded as revolutionary and fell out of favour in the years following the French-Indian and American ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Nelson's Navy

    by Philip Haythornthwaite ...
    Series Book 48 - Elite
    Despite the many celebrated victories of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars, the role of the Royal Navy should never be overlooked.The 'wooden walls' formed the country's first and most important line of defence, and ranged throughout the world to protect Britain's trade-routes and in support of the land forces and overseas possessions.This book covers the huge variations in uniforms not ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

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  • British Infantryman vs Zulu Warrior

    Anglo-Zulu War 1879

    by Ian Knight ...
    Series Book 3 - Combat
    The short but savage Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 pitched well-equipped but complacent British soldiers into combat with the Zulu, one of history's finest fighting forces.The clashes between these two different armies prompted tactical innovation on both sides, as the British and their Zulu opponents sought to find the optimal combination of mobility, protection and firepower. This engrossing study ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • History's Greatest Battles

    Masterstrokes of War

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    Great battles mark history's turning points, occurring as they do where cultures and ideologies clash.While some battles have been won by the superior force, others have been won by a sheer dogged refusal to surrender in the face of overwhelming odds. Superior weaponry has sometimes brought victory, as at Plassey, while the superior generalship of a Napoleon, a Wellington, or a Marlborough has won ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • British Redcoat 1740–93

    by Stuart Reid ...
    Series Book 19 - Warrior
    During this period, the British army earned itself a formidable reputation as a fighting force. However, due to its role as a police force at home, and demonisation by American propaganda, the army was viewed as little removed from a penal institution run by aristocratic dilettantes. This view, still held by many today, is challenged by Stuart Reid, who paints a picture of an increasingly ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Wellington's Specialist Troops

    by Philip Haythornthwaite ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    The specialist troops of Wellington's army played a crucial role in the success of the British Army.Though often understaffed and ineptly managed, the artillery, engineers, transport and commissariat, and medical services contributed to Wellington's ultimate victory in 1815. The Royal Artillery and Corps of Royal Engineers comprised a small number of highly trained officers, while the commissariat ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

  • Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

    The Civil War Era

    by James M. McPherson ...
    Series series Oxford History of the United States
    Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War. James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • The Battle of The Somme (True Combat)

    by Alexander Macdonald ...
    The Germans could not believe their eyes. The English infantry were advancing at walking pace in four upright ranks, a yard or so apart from each other. They were sitting ducks. As the German machine guns rattled into life, the English died in their hundreds. On the first day of the battle, those parade-ground advances caused the greatest number of casualties of any single day in the history of ... Read more

    $1.99 USD