Congratulations to the winners of the 2008 Napoleon Series Writing Contest! The winning entries can be seen at: Happy New Year from the Napoleon Series Team!31 DecemberAndré Develloet has set up The Dutch-Belgian Cavalry at Waterloo Archives. These archives contain material that he was not able to place in his book by the same name. The first installment includes:
In Greg Gorsuch's translation of Marco de Saint-Hilaire's Popular History of Napoleon, Napoleon is sent to Saint Helena. In Steve Brown's British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: In Ron McGuigan's British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815: More regiments in Ray Foster's Notes on Wellington’s Peninsular Regiments: 15 DecemberBas de Groot translates into English The Memoirs of Adriaan Frans Meijer, Lieutenant-General in the Army of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1786-1841, over the years 1808 and 1809 In a new study, Ray Foster provides the history of British Regiments in Notes on Wellington’s Peninsular Regiments. The first three units he looks at are: In Ron McGuigan's British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815: In Steve Brown's British Cavalry Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815 In Greg Gorsuch's translation of Marco de Saint-Hilaire's Popular History of Napoleon, Napoleon returns from Elba! We close with a review of: Carole Divall's Redcoats against Napoleon: the
30th Regiment during the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars 30 NovemberA new study from Steve Brown: British Cavalry Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815 Andrew Bamford's concludes his study of the British Forces at Cadiz 1810-1814: Organisation, Strength, and Losses: The British generals continue their march in Ron McGuigan's British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815: In Greg Gorsuch's translation of Marco de Saint-Hilaire's Popular History of Napoleon, Napoleon returns from Elba! In the his Memoirs from the Russian Archives, Alexander Mikaberidze adds: Ron McGuigan updates Anglo-Allied Army in Flanders and France - 1815 Dave Camillo reviews Eureka's Napoleon on the Bridge at Arcola, 1796 in 28mm Alexander Mikaberidze reviews 1812: Russia's Patriotic War 15 NovemberThe 12th Issue of the War of 1812 Magazine! Editorials
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Reviews: Books, Film, Collectables and Ephemera 31 OctoberColin Jones and the Portsmouth Napoleonic Society write about a little known opeation along the east coast of Spain in 1808:
The British generals march again in Ron McGuigan's British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815: More from Andrew Bamford from his study of the British Forces at Cadiz 1810-1814: Organisation, Strength, and Losses: In Greg Gorsuch's translation of Marco de Saint-Hilaire's Popular History of Napoleon there is the invasion of France in 1814: Steven Brown updates information on several regiments in his British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: In Virgilio Ilari's study of The Italian Military in the Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815: 15 OctoberCongratulations to the winners of the 2008 Napoleon Series Writing Contest! The winning entries can be seen at: In Greg Gorsuch's translation of Marco de Saint-Hilaire's Popular History of Napoleon there is the invasion of France in 1814: In Andrew Bamford's study of the British Forces at Cadiz 1810-1814: Organisation, Strength, and Losses: A review by Digby Smith of John Gill's
In Virgilio Ilari's study of The Italian Military in the Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815: Steven Brown updates information on several regiments in his British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: In our Bibliographic Section, we have:
30 SeptemberAfter 62 installments, Enrico Acerbi finishes his massive study of the Campaign of 1799 in Italy with: In Andrew Bamford's study of the British Forces at Cadiz 1810-1814: Organisation, Strength, and Losses:
In Steve Brown's British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: In Virgilio Ilari's study of The Italian Military in the Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815:
We have an update to Ron McGuigan's The Forgotten Army: Fencible Regiments of Great Britain 1793 - 1816 15 SeptemberLuis Sorando looks at flags lost by the Portuguese in the Peninsular War:
In Greg Gorsuch's translation of Marco de Saint-Hilaire's Popular History of Napoleon there is the invasion of France in 1814: In Steve Brown's British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: In Enrico Acerbi's Campaign of 1799 in Italy: Steve Brown provides a
In Not One in Ten Thousand Know Your Name: the Officers of the British 1st Battalion of Detachments in 1809 we continue to look at the officers from the 28th Foot:
In Virgilio Ilari's study of The Italian Military in the Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815:
31 AugustSteve Brown looks at British infantry regiments with the highest death and desertion rates from 1811 - 1813:
Andrew Bamford continues his study of the British Forces at Cadiz 1810-1814: Organisation, Strength, and Losses: In Greg Gorsuch's translation of Marco de Saint-Hilaire's Popular History of Napoleon there is the invasion of Russia: In Enrico Acerbi's Campaign of 1799 in Italy: More on the Italians in Virgilio Ilari's study of The Italian Military in the Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815: In Not One in Ten Thousand Know Your Name: the Officers of the British 1st Battalion of Detachments in 1809 we look at three officers from the 28th Foot:
Some uniform plates from our German Partner Site, Napoleon Online:
We close with a review of: 15 AugustIn a major new study on the Peninsular War, Andrew Bamford examines British Forces at Cadiz 1810-1814: Organisation, Strength, and Losses:
Roberto Scattolin tells about what it cost Marshal Massena to ride in the carriage at Wagram.
In Enrico Acerbi's Campaign of 1799 in Italy: Virgilio Ilari's continues his study of The Italian Military in the Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815:
In Steve Brown's British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: More depots from Steve Brown! We close with a couple of updates to Not One in Ten Thousand Know Your Name: the Officers of the British 1st Battalion of Detachments in 1809: 31 JulyMore infantry regiments in Steve Brown's British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: In a companion piece to his study on British infantry regiments, Steve Brown looks at: In Ron McGuigan's British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815: In Enrico Acerbi's Campaign of 1799 in Italy: In Greg Gorsuch's translation of Marco de Saint-Hilaire's Popular History of Napoleon there is the invasion of Russia: In Virgilio Ilari's study on The Italian Military in the Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815:
15 JulyIn Greg Gorsuch's translation of Marco de Saint-Hilaire's Popular History of Napoleon there is Napoleon's divorce from Josephine: It is the final days of the campaign in Enrico Acerbi's Campaign of 1799 in Italy:
For those who read Italian, we begin a major new study by Virgilio Ilari on Ron McGuigan continues to provide biographies of British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815: Steve Brown adds more regiments to British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: We close with some uniform plates from our German Partner Site, Napoleon Online:
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15 JuneIn Greg Gorsuch's translation of Marco de Saint-Hilaire's Popular History of Napoleon it is about the birth of Napoleon II: In Steve Brown's British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: More generals in Ron McGuigan's British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815: In Not One in Ten Thousand Know Your Name: the Officers of the British 1st Battalion of Detachments in 1809 we finish our study of the officers from the 91st Foot: In Enrico Acerbi's Campaign of 1799 in Italy: We close with a review of Ian Robertson's
31 MayPaul Dawson looks at the size, age, and experience of a Grenadier-à-Cheval in: In Ron McGuigan's British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815: More regiments in Steve Brown's British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: Dale Pappas examines the anti-Ottoman insurgency in the Balkans: In Enrico Acerbi's Campaign of 1799 in Italy: Roberto Scattolin discusses whether Napoleon's methods of motivating his troops were justified in: May 1809 – On Conduct and Leadership: a French view at Essling In our Reviews Section, we have a review of a new computer game: We close with corrections to Lionel S. Challis's Peninsula Roll Call. 15 MayDale Pappas examines The Napoleonic Wars and Brazilian Independence In time for the 198th Anniversary of the battle of Albuera, Guy Dempsey adds to the Albuera 1811 – The Electronic Archives Steve Brown provides more regiments to British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: More British generals in Ron McGuigan's British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815: In Enrico Acerbi's Campaign of 1799 in Italy: In our Bibliographic Section, Juanjo Sanchez Arreseigor provides a detailed listing of the documents used in his new book:
We close with corrections to Lionel S. Challis's Peninsula Roll Call. 30 AprilThe campaign is winding down in Enrico Acerbi's Campaign of 1799 in Italy: In Ron McGuigan's British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815: More British regiments in Steve Brown's British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: In Not One in Ten Thousand Know Your Name: the Officers of the British 1st Battalion of Detachments in 1809 we look at the officers of the 42nd Highlanders: Roberto Scattolin tells the story of an all but forgotten hero of the 1809 Campaign in Italy.
15 AprilSteve Brown begins a new research project called British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815. The first three regiments he examines are: In Greg Gorsuch's translation of Marco de Saint-Hilaire's Popular History of Napoleon: In Not One in Ten Thousand Know Your Name: the Officers of the British 1st Battalion of Detachments in 1809 we look at the officers of the 91st Foot: In Ron McGuigan's British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815: Enrico Acerbi's Campaign of 1799 in Italy has:
We close with a correction to: 31 MarchIn the fourth part of his article on the British regiments of 1815, Don Graves looks at the Enrico Acerbi concludes the battle of Novi in Campaign of 1799 in Italy: In Ron McGuigan's British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815: In Not One in Ten Thousand Know Your Name: the Officers of the British 1st Battalion of Detachments in 1809 we look at the surgeons of the 52nd Foot:
More corrections to Lionel S. Challis's Peninsula Roll Call. We conclude with a review by Chris Gibbs of Isser Woloch's:
15 MarchEman Vovsi examines the evolution of the French military bureaucracy and military law in:
More generals have been added to Ron McGuigan's British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815: We continue to look at the officers of the 52nd Foot in Not One in Ten Thousand Know Your Name: the Officers of the British 1st Battalion of Detachments in 1809: More from Enrico Acerbi on the momentous events of 15 August in Campaign of 1799 in Italy: In the third part of his article on the British regiments of 1815, Don Graves looks at the In Greg Gorsuch's translation of Marco de Saint-Hilaire's Popular History of Napoleon: More corrections to Lionel S. Challis's Peninsula Roll Call. Many of them cover the chaplains. We finish with a review of a new novel on the Peninsular War: 28 FebruaryIn Not One in Ten Thousand Know Your Name: the Officers of the British 1st Battalion of Detachments in 1809, we look at the officers of the 52nd Foot: Ron McGuigan continues to add more generals in his British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815:
Greg Gorsuch translates another chapter of Émile Marco de Saint-Hilaire's Popular History of Napoleon. Please note, that the publisher of the original book mislabeled the chapters and there is no Chapter Five. However, there is not break in the sequence of the story. Enrico Acerbi looks at the momentous events of 15 August in Campaign of 1799 in Italy: In the second part of his article on the British regiments of 1815, Don Graves looks at the More corrections to Lionel S. Challis's Peninsula Roll Call. Many of them cover the chaplains. 15 FebruaryDon Graves compares the British regiments of 1815 to where they are today in: Greg Gorsuch translates another chapter of Émile Marco de Saint-Hilaire's Popular History of Napoleon: In Not One in Ten Thousand Know Your Name: the Officers of the British 1st Battalion of Detachments in 1809, we look at the officers of the 43rd Foot:
Morgan Deane examines whether Napoleon's performance at Leipzig was on the genius level as defined by Clausewitz":
In Ron McGuigan's British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815: Napoleon as seen through the eyes of a 14 year old. Enrico Acerbi looks at the change in the situation in Campaign of 1799 in Italy: Occasionally, we find an officer who served in the Peninsula, but is not included in our edition of the Peninsula Roll Call. They can be found in: Additions to the Peninsula Roll Call. The first individual is: More corrections to Lionel S. Challis's Peninsula Roll Call. Many of them cover the chaplains. We close with a review of Stuart Reid's Wellington’s Officers: a Biographical Dictionary of the Field Officers and Staff Officers of the British Army 1793 – 1815 31 JanuaryRon McGuigan and I begin a study on the officers who served in the British 1st Battalion of Detachments in 1809. The article, Not One in Ten Thousand Know Your Name: the Officers of the British 1st Battalion of Detachments in 1809, consists of biographies on over 40 officers. The first installment covers the officers from the 92nd Highlanders:
Ron McGuigan provides a list of the British units that served in the Peninsular War and what happened to them over the years: Don Graves look at the proceedings of a commission set up by King William IV to review military punishments: Enrico Acerbi examines the pivotal events of August in Campaign of 1799 in Italy: In Ron McGuigan's British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815: In Lionel S. Challis's Peninsula Roll Call: On a final note. . . it is rare that one individual has contributed so much to the articles in one update. Ron McGuigan was involved in the research and writing of 8 of the 10 articles this week! 15 JanuaryHappy New Year! We are starting the year off with a link to only one file, the smallest update we have had in twelve years. However, this one link will take you to the largest project the Napoleon Series has ever undertaken. I am pleased to announce, that in conjunction with the Royal United Services Institute, we bring you Captain Lionel S. Challis's Peninsula Roll Call! It contains over 9,600 files on officers who fought in the Peninsular War in the British Army! In it you will find information giving:
This was a massive undertaking, that began last May and took the combined efforts of eight individuals, from four countries, on three different continents to complete! Among those who contributed to the project are: Gary Donaldson, Paul Horsfield, and Tim Mahon from the U.K., Don Graves from Canada, and Rory Muir, from Australia. It was truly a team effort! I would particularly like to thank Howie Muir (U.S.) and Ron McGuigan (Canada), who joined me in the thankless task of transcribing data from 9,620 files into a usable index. It literally took hundreds of hours of work! I particularly would like to thank Ron, who spent a week proof-reading the files and checking the links to ensure all were correct! To see their amazing work, click on: The year 2008 was also an incredible year for the Napoleon Series. It continues to grow at an incredible rate. We now have over 80,000 articles, reviews, images, maps, and other items. All are free to the public and the number of daily visitors is immense. We average over 75,000 files downloaded per day, while our monthly downloads average about 2 million! On any given day, we have over 1.1 gb of data downloaded! The forum continues to be the place for exchanging of ideas, with over 15,000 messages posted last year. The Napoleon Series is truly a team effort. I first would like to thank all of those who contributed articles and material to our twice monthly update. These articles are the heart of the Series and are what make it the great place that it is! There were almost 50 different contributors, from a variety of countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the U.K., and the U.S.! If I forgot someone, please accept my apologies in advance! I would be amiss if I did not publicly thank all of the editors who are actively involved in the day-to-day operations of the Series. In alphabetical order are:
I would like to close with by thanking those who contributed much time and effort judging our various contests:
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