HISTORY OF THE BIALYSTOK MUSKETEER-INFANTRY REGIMENT 1807 TO 1815 Compiled by Captain Ye.P. Nikolaev. St. Petersburg, 1907. [Edited and translated into English from the original Russian by P.G.A. Phillips]. Nikolay Samokish. The Battle of Maloyaroslavets on October 12, 1812. Museum-Panorama “Battle of Borodino” (Moscow), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. CONTENTS. Author’s Foreword. Chapter 1. Formation […]
HISTORY OF THE LIFEGUARD JÄGER REGIMENT 1794-1815 Compiled by Staff-Captain V.A. Grendal, Staff-Captain Baiov (1871 to 1935) and Sub-Lieutenant A.P. Kosagovsky (1871 to ?) of the Lifeguard Jäger Regiment from archived documents and other historical sources. St. Petersburg 1896. [Edited and translated from the original Russian into English by P.G.A. Phillips]. A Carabinier of the Life […]
The Battle of Spear’s Farm (Chateauguay), 1813: A Study of Strategy and Tactics during the War of 1812 By John Pezzola Battle of Chateauguay, 1813 by Henri Julien (1852 – 1908). Wikimedia Commons “The Battle of Chateauguay is appreciably enshrined in Canadian history as a virtual David and Goliath encounter.”[1] On October 26, […]
HISTORY OF THE PSKOV DRAGOONS 1796-1812 AND PSKOV CUIRASSIERS 1812-1815 [Extracted, edited and translated into English by P.G.A. Phillips from Prince S.P. Chrusov’s History of Her Majesty’s 4th (Pskov) Leib-Dragoons, published in 1886]. This article about the Pskov Dragoons Napoleonic involvement comes from Prince S.P. Chrusov’s History of Her Majesty’s 4th (Pskov) […]
THE RUSSIAN MAIN MILITARY MEDICAL DIRECTORATE 1801 – 1815 [Extracted, edited and translated into English from the Russian Century of the Ministry of War 1802-1902]. Translated by Peter Phillips General Bagration, being evacuated, having been hit with a cannon ball, is visible in the background of the Battle of Borodino panorama. (Wikimedia Commons) […]
THE HISTORY OF THE GRODNO HUSSAR REGIMENT 1806-1814 Extracted From the History of the 18th Klyastitsky Dragoon, His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hessen’s Regiment 1806-1886, Compiled by Lieutenant Tsekhanovetsky [Translated from the original Russian into English, and edited by Peter G.A. Phillips] Uniform of Grodno Hussar Regiment. 1812. Public domain, via […]
A letter from Wellington’s 1813 Vitoria Campaign by Paul Thompson The Battle of Vitoria, June 21st 1813 by William Heath (1795–1840) and Thomas Sutherland (1785–1838) A.S.K. Brown collection, Wikimedia Commons Extract from the article: The original of the following letter, which appears to be previously unpublished, is to be found among the Papers of Sir […]
History of the Russian 21st Jager Regiment 1805-1814 By Lieutenant Colonel V. I. Godunov, 1905. Translated into English from the original Russian and edited by Peter G. A. Phillips. This is a comprehensive study of this regiment from its formation through the war of 1806-1807; the war against Sweden in 1808; The Patriotic War […]
From Euphoria to Ruin: Napoleon and Spain’s Downfall By Håkon Bakøy The Surrender of Bailén by José Casado del Alisal Abstract: The aim of this article is to examine how the victory mentality led Napoleon to commit his greatest blunder—the invasion of Spain in 1807. This invasion is widely regarded as Napoleon’s most significant […]
Jonas De Neef has translated correspondence written in response to the diatribes spread in England regarding the conduct of Belgian troops in 1815. A Response to English Allegations on the Conduct of the Belgian Troops in 1815
Report on the Royal Saxon Heavy Cavalry Brigade under Generalleutnant von Thielmann Translated by Peter G. A Phillips Report on the Royal Saxon Heavy Cavalry Brigade under Generalleutnant von Thielmann, which was assigned to 4e corps de cavalerie (Latour-Maubourg’s) of the French Grande Armée during the campaign in Russia in 1812. Report on the Royal […]
Journals of the Sieges made or sustained by the French in the Peninsula from 1807 to 1814 by J. Belmas Greg Gorsuch has embarked upon the translation of this monumental work covering the sieges made or sustained by the French during the Peninsular War. This work covers the political and military background to these sieges. […]
Organisation of the Savoy/Piedmont Sardinian Armies 1792-1815 By Ludovic Isnard Years 1799-1802: The Austrian-Piedmont army and the French annexation The image depicts the charge of the Dragons du Roi regiment against French dragoons at the end of the Battle of Mondovi, 1796. Click on the link to access the article: Years 1799-1802 Savoy Piemonte […]
‘Play up! Play up! And play the game!’ The Emergence of Cricket in the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars By Paul Thompson Cricket match at Hambledon, Hampshire. Click on the link to access the article: The Emergence of Cricket in the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars
An Account of His Majesty’s De Meuron Regiment 1795-1816 Bibliography Select Bibliography A. Allen, An Account of The Campaign in Mysore 1799 Ed. (Calcutta: University Printing and Publishing c.1900) A Beatson A View of the Origin and Conduct of the War with Tippoo Sultan 1799 (W. Bulmer 1800) N. Beamish, History of the King’s German Legion, (Sussex: […]
An Account of His Majesty’s De Meuron Regiment 1795-1816 Appendices Appendix 1 Swiss Officers who served elsewhere in the British army: Marechal Antoine de Salis Marschling 1782-1813 served under Wellington and in Sicily. Lieutenant General Francois Louis Pasmes de Saint Saphorin, 1668-1737. A Genevan Soldier and UK Ambassador, Austria Colonel Daniel Frischmann, 1728-1808 in the […]
An Account of His Majesty’s De Meuron Regiment 1795-1816 Chapter 10: Disbandment, Two Artists and The Tate Perth Military Settlement 1816 Memorial (courtesy Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board) The Regiment had always lived with the possibility that the contract with the British Crown would not be renewed and the end of the American war […]
An Account of His Majesty’s De Meuron Regiment 1795-1816 Chapter 9: Canada 1813-1816 De Meuron Regiment Uniform 1812, Service D’Angleterre 1805-1816 (courtesy Musee d’Histoire Neuchatel) On the 4th May 1813, the anniversary of the storming of Seringapatam, the De Meuron Regiment was complimented by General Hildebrand Oakes, for their steady conduct and discipline. […]
An Account of His Majesty’s De Meuron Regiment 1795-1816 Chapter 8: A Silhouette and War in the Mediterranean Silhouette of De Meuron Officer c 1806 (courtesy C. Bryant Esq.) During 2011 the framed and coloured silhouette displayed above was discovered in France, and after assessment by experts declared to be a silhouette portrait of an […]
An Account of His Majesty’s De Meuron Regiment 1795-1816 Chapter 7: The Campaigns in Mysore In June 1799, Lord Harris had warned of risings by ‘formidable banditti,’ principally referring to a rebel, Dhoondia Waugh, or Dhondia Wagh, the self-proclaimed, ‘King of the Two Worlds’ with 20,000 troops and Poligars, or Polygars, threatening the territory of the […]
An Account of His Majesty’s De Meuron Regiment 1795-1816 Chapter 6: The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War 1799 Tippoo Sultan, the ruler of Mysore, had inherited not only the State from his father but his joint hatred of the British and East India Company. Fighting from the age of 15 years in the three earlier wars of […]
An Account of His Majesty’s De Meuron Regiment 1795-1816 Chapter 5: India 1795-1799 A new phase in the history of the regiment as part of His Britannic Majesty’s forces commenced when the regiment arrived at the port of Tuticorin, almost 400 miles south of Madras on the Coromandel coast in the Bay of Bengal, during November […]
An Account of His Majesty’s De Meuron Regiment 1795-1816 Chapter 4: How to Buy a Regiment 1795 Hugh Cleghorn 1752-1837 (courtesy of The Times of Malta) Hugh Cleghorn, the unlikely but significant actor and intermediary in the drama that was to unfold in Ceylon, who had previously travelled widely in Europe including Switzerland, was […]
An Account of His Majesty’s De Meuron Regiment 1795-1816 Chapter 3: Enter the British 1794-1795 HM De Meuron Regimental Standard (courtesy Musee d’Histoire Neuchatel) The Honourable East India Company, during the late 18th century had for some time cast a covetous eye upon the ports and harbours available in Ceylon. Those harbour facilities were […]
An Account of His Majesty’s De Meuron Regiment 1795-1816 Chapter 2: The Cape and Ceylon 1781-1788 The Regiment Meuron mustered at the Ile d’Oléron, May 1782, ready to embark that July for the Cape, South Africa, on two vessels, The Fier and Hermione, as part of a fleet of seventeen ships. Despite being ready […]
An Account of His Majesty’s De Meuron Regiment 1795-1816 Chapter 1: Soldiers for Hire 1240-1781 Mercenaries, were a common feature of British military life and warfare in both Europe and India from the earliest times but especially from the 13th to 19th century in Europe, when it was even termed the second oldest profession.[1] Mercenaries […]
An Account of His Majesty’s De Meuron Regiment 1795-1816 During campaigns in Ceylon, India, the Mediterranean and Canada. By David C. J. Howell De Meuron Regiment Uniform 1812, Service D’Angleterre 1805-1816 (courtesy Musee d’Histoire Neuchatel) Acknowledgements My thanks are due to Alistair Nichols for his constructive guidance and valuable input, to Andrew Cormack and David […]
An Account of His Majesty’s De Meuron Regiment 1795-1816 During campaigns in Ceylon, India, the Mediterranean and Canada. By David C. J. Howell De Meuron Regiment 1795-1805 (Image courtesy New York Public Library) Preface An extensive history of The Meuron Regiment was published by a member of the de Meuron family in 1982, alas for a regiment that fought […]
Army of the Kingdom of Naples 1806-1815 This is the start of a series of articles about the Army of the Kingdom of Naples by Adam Walczak. 1st Neapolitan Infantry Regiment 2nd Neapolitan Line Regiment
Battle of Blaauwberg 1806: South Africa enters the Napoleonic Wars by Dave Honour Battle of Blaauwberg 1806
Napoleon, The Hundred Days Epoch: The Emperor and his 1815 Armies, in five volumes by Scott Bowden and Peter Cross Project Overview There has never been an English language study of the organization and composition of all the French Imperial armies of 1815 as set against the background of a massive financial crisis gripping […]
The British Conquest of Ceylon and the Massacre at Kandy 1803 By David Howell Background Towards the end of the American War of Independence, the Dutch joined France in a coalition against the British which reverberated across the world to the Indian Sub-continent and where Lord Macartney, the Governor of Madras 1781-1785, quickly saw an […]
Peter Phillips continues his translation of A Century of the Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department The Reign of Emperor Alexander I Petrovich A Century of the Russian Ministry of War – Reform during the period 1801-05 Part 1 A Century of the Russian Minstry of War – Reform during the period […]
A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department (Translated into English from the original Russian by Peter Phillips) The Development of Tactics & Training In The Russian Army, 1801 to 1814. Garrison and Fortress Regulations. Regulations post 1796: 1811: The Supreme approved report by the Minister of War on the […]
A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department (Translated into English from the original Russian by Peter Phillips) The Development of Tactics & Training In The Russian Army, 1801 to 1814. Contents: 1812: Principles for the management of a large operational army, dated 27th January [8th February] 1812. Most […]
A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department (Translated into English from the original Russian by Peter Phillips) The Development of Tactics & Training In The Russian Army, 1801 to 1814. Cavalry Regulations 1801-1814. Dmitry Vladimirovich Golitsyn Contents: Cavalry regulations post 1796. 1805: The practise of instruction concerning exercises […]
A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department (Translated into English from the original Russian by Peter Phillips) The Development of Tactics & Training In The Russian Army, 1801 to 1814. Artillery Regulations and Instructions. Regulations and instructions on artillery: when we compare the history of the development […]
A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department (Translated into English from the original Russian by Peter Phillips) The Development of Tactics & Training In The Russian Army, 1801 to 1814. Russian Army Infantry Regulations 1809-1812 Contents 1809: The Recruit or Soldier School. 1811: Military regulations for infantry service: […]
A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department (Translated into English from the original Russian by Peter Phillips) The Development of Tactics & Training In The Russian Army, 1801 to 1814. The Practice of Higher Tactics, 1810. NCO Lifeguard Finland Bn 1808-10 The second part of the work contains the […]
A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department (Extracted & Translated into English from the original Russian by Peter Phillips) The Development of Tactics & Training In The Russian Army, 1801 to 1814 – Basic tactics Mariupol Hussar 1802-03 Introduction: With the new reign, it was impossible to expect […]
A Traitorous Correspondence: General Edouard Simon and the Conspirators of Odiham By Paul Chamberlain Throughout the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars Britain faced a constant threat of either invasion by the enemy or local attacks around the coastline. There had been invasion scares during the 1790s, and the British public was in no doubt of the […]
The Soldiers of Hesse Nassau: Table of contents Translated by Greg Gorsuch TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages SOURCES CONSULTED: V PREFACE: IX FOREWORD: 1 CHAPTER I THE POLICY OF THE LANDGRAVE OF HESSE-DARMSTADT BEFORE ITS ENTRY INTO THE CONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE: 9 CHAPTER II THE TROOPS OF DARMSTADT AND NASSAU: 19 CHAPTER III CAMPAIGN OF 1806-1807 […]
The Soldiers of Hesse Nassau: Table of illustrations Translated by Greg Gorsuch FRONTISPICE: Fusiliers of the Hessian Guards Regiment and of the Nassau 2nd Infantry Regiment (1809). [Plate inset in colors, after the watercolor by Captain Rozat de Mandres, from La France en campagne] Pages: Darmstadt: 21 1806. Marshal AUGEREAU, Commander of the 7th Corps: […]
The Soldiers of Hesse Nassau: Appendix II Translated by Greg Gorsuch Iconographic sources to consult with respect to the uniforms of the contingents from Hesse-Darmstadt and Nassau (1806-1813) (All the plates cited are coloured). Hesse-Darmstadt BECK u. K. VON HAHN. — Geschichte des Grossherzoglich Hessischen Feldartillerie Regiment no 25. Berlin, Mittler und Sohn, 1899 1803 […]
The Soldiers of Hesse Nassau: Appendix III Translated by Greg Gorsuch OFFICERS OF HESSE AND NASSAU KILLED OR WOUNDED IN THE SERVICE OF FRANCE DURING THE WARS OF THE FIRST EMPIRE I. Hesse-Darmstadt contingent. Guard Regiment (including the battalion of fusiliers). March 28, 1809. Battle of Medellin WEICHS, aide-de-camp to General Leval, wounded. May 21, […]
A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department Translated from the Russian by Peter Phillips Military Training in The Reign of Tsar Paul I (Part Six) Artillery. The reign of Emperor Paul, and in particular the activities of Count Arakcheev, were most significant in the history of the development […]
A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department Translated from the Russian by Peter Phillips Military Training in The Reign of Tsar Paul I (Part Four) Regulations For Line Cavalry Service, 1796. “Regulations for Line Cavalry Service,” was introduced into our army by order on the same date as […]
A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department Translated from the Russian by Peter Phillips Military Training in The Reign of Tsar Paul I (Part Three) Principles of Garrison Service Muster parades. The genesis of Paul’s muster parades can be seen in the following brief description from Peter’s Military […]
A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department Translated from the Russian by Peter Phillips Military Training in The Reign of Tsar Paul I (Part Two) Field Service Regulations in Peacetime Part 11, consisting of six chapters, is devoted to this element of service in the regulations of 1796, […]
A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department Translated from the Russian by Peter Phillips Military Training in the Reign of Tsar Paul I (Part One) Subalterns and Grenadiers Leib Grenadier Regiment 1797-1801 On 6th [17th] November […]