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 […]
Histoire de la Campagne de Russie Greg Gorsuch continues to translate documents for the website with Histoire de la Campagne de Russie by Émile Marco de Saint-Hilaire. This work examines the history of Russia leading to the campaign of 1812. History of the Campaign of Russia Part 1 History of the Campaign of Russia […]
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 colored). 1.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 I – Uniforms of the contingents of Hesse-Darmstadt and Nassau
The Soldiers of Hesse Nassau: Appendix I Translated by Greg Gorsuch UNIFORMS OF THE CONTINGENTS OF HESSE-DARMSTADT AND NASSAU, FROM 1806 TO 1813.[1] Contingent of Hesse-Darmstadt 1. INFANTRY Since 1803, the Hessian infantry consisted of three brigades, each made up of three battalions: the first two battalions were called Musketeers and the third Fusiliers; the […]
A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department Translated by Peter Phillips The Reign of Emperor Paul I Petrovich 1796 – 1801 The institution of the imperial family. – Domestic policy. – Foreign policy. – The Russian army during the reign of Emperor Paul I. – Gatchina troops (Garde de […]
Were the Portuguese Caçadores Armed with Baker Rifles? By Moisés Gaudêncio Battle of Bussaco In the Peninsular War the Portuguese Army was an important part of the allied forces, under the overall command of the Duke of Wellington, which fought the French armies in Portugal and […]
The Soldiers of Hesse Nassau Chapter VII: War in Spain 1810-13 The Barcelona Garrison Translated by Greg Gorsuch After the bloody expedition of Manresa, Marshal Augereau left the regiment of Nassau and that of Wurzburg in Barcelona to hold garrison there and went back north, giving up a junction with the 3rd Corps; he established […]
The Soldiers of Hesse Nassau Chapter VII: War in Spain 1810-13 The 1st Infantry Regiment of Nassau with the Army of Catalonia (1810-1813) Translated by Greg Gorsuch The Manresa expedition. The Barcelona garrison. Disarmament of the regiment and the chasseurs à cheval of Nassau in 1813. While the main masses of the French armies conquered, […]
The Soldiers of Hesse Nassau: Chapter VII – 1812 Translated by Greg Gorsuch 1812 The Darmstadt contingent defending Badajoz. Loss of the place. The Hessians are taken as prisoners to England. The campaign against Wellington was not successful for Marshal Masséna; Soult, for his part, remained in Andalusia without having supported the efforts of the […]
The Soldiers of Hesse Nassau: Chapter VII – 1810 and 1811 Translated by Greg Gorsuch 1810 and 1811 – The partisan war against the guerrillas. Feats of arms of the chasseurs à cheval of Nassau. After the four great battles of 1809 in the peninsula in which the German Division took a glorious part, our […]
The Soldiers of Hesse Nassau Chapter VII: War in Spain 1809 Translated by Greg Gorsuch BATTLE OF TALAVERA Wellington was advancing by the right bank of the Tagus, after having rallied Cuesta’s army: he presented a force of 80,000 men, English, Portuguese, Spaniards; on his right, the army of Venegas marched on Toledo, and 10,000 […]
The Soldiers of Hesse Nassau Chapter VII Translated by Greg Gorsuch WAR OF SPAIN In the first volumes of this work[1] we have already followed the marches and operations of the division of the Confederation of the Rhine in Spain, and witnessed its feats of arms in the Army of the Center; in a more recent […]
The Soldiers of Hesse Nassau; Chapter VI IV: Battle of Leipzig (16, 17, 18, 19 October). Translated by Greg Gorsuch To face the Army of Bohemia, to which Schwarzenberg brought 160,000 soldiers to the front of Großpösna, Güldengossa and Großdeuden, south of Leipzig, the Emperor relied on 115,000 men on the three villages of Liebertwolkwitz, […]
The True Tactical Significance of the Château of Hougoumont during the Battle of Waterloo By Andrew W Field Denis Dighton’s well known painting of the fighting at Hougoumont (National Army Museum). For many who have read about Waterloo, the name Hougoumont conjures up […]
The Soldiers of Hesse Nassau Chapter VI The Hessian Contingent in the Campaign of 1813 I. Formation of the contingent. Battles of Lützen and of Bautzen. While the Emperor Napoleon brought to the Saale the new army which he had magically formed in France to replace the old bands which disappeared in the retreat from […]
CHAPTER V: THE HESSIANS IN THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST RUSSIA IN 1812 I. The preparatory marches. Napoleon and Alexander had sworn eternal friendship at Tilsit… But nothing is eternal in this world, especially political oaths; from the summer of 1810, relations between France and Russia began to undergo a noticeable cooling, because Russia did not apply, as […]
The Soldiers of Hesse and Nassau Translated by Greg Gorsuch Chapter IV: Campaign of 1809 against Austria, Part 2 BATTLE OF RAAB Lasalle was sent to meet the army of Italy, which advanced through Hungary, driving back before it the Austrian army of Archduke John. The Marulaz Division, the Hessian fusiliers, the Baden brigade accompanied […]
The Soldiers of Hesse and Nassau Translated by Greg Gorsuch CHAPTER IV: CAMPAIGN OF 1809 AGAINST AUSTRIA (Part 1) 1. The 1st Infantry Regiment from Nassau with the Rouyer Division. Resolved to measure itself once again against France, Austria found only England as an ally; the Emperor of Russia was at this time Napoleon’s best […]
The Germans Under the French Eagles Translated by Greg Gorsuch CHAPTER II: THE TROOPS OF DARMSTADT AND OF NASSAU Troops of Hesse-Darmstadt. The early troops maintained by the house of Hesse-Darmstadt were standardized in 1700; in the middle of the XVIIIth Century the infantry included the Grenadiers of the Corps (Life Guard), the battalions of Düring, […]
The Soldiers of Hesse Nassau Operations in Pomerania: Sieges of Graudenz, Colberg and Stralsund. Translated by Greg Gorsuch The great operations against the Prussians were finished; our allies from Hesse and Nassau would not wage open war against the Russians and would not appear at Eylau or Friedland: but they would be employed in siege […]
The Germans Under The French Eagles (Translated by Greg Gorsuch) THE SOLDIERS OF HESSE AND NASSAU FOREWORD When the Emperor Napoleon Ist had decided to constitute the Confederation of the Rhine, and to group under the aegis of France the German princes whom he was taking away from Austrian protection and from those of Prussia, […]
The Germans under the French Eagles VI: The Soldiers of Hesse and of Nassau WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR THE GERMANS UNDER FRENCH EAGLES. –Essay on the troops of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806-1814). Volume I. The Regiment of Frankfurt. With 3 colour plates, 3 maps, 5 outside text and numerous illustrations. Volume II. […]
Our Allies the Bavarians Appendix V: Memories of General d’Albignac GENERAL MAURICE D’ALBIGNAC.[1] (From the portrait belonging to the Comte de Chansiergues.) D’Albignac, in 1812, was adjutant-commander, chief of staff of the 6th Corps formed of the Bavarian contingents and commanded by Gouvion […]
Our Allies the Bavarians: Table of Contents Pages. PREFACE. Sources consulted…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. VIII CHAPTER I. THE POLICY OF BAVARIA AND THE BAVARIAN ELECTORATE ARMY FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION UNTIL THE CAMPAIGN OF 1805 The Elector Charles-Theodore and the military reorganization of Rumford. –The Bavarian contingents in the Imperial Army, from 1793 to the peace of […]
Our Allies the Bavarians: Table of Illustrations 1. Plates outside the text. Pages. Bavarian division general (1806)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 1 [After Martinet.] BAVARIAN CAVALRY (1804)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 17 2nd Regiment of Dragoons. [After Knötel, Uniformenkunde.] BAVARIAN LIGHT BATTALION (1812)………………………………………………………………………………………….. 45 1st Battalion “Gédoni”, 3rd Battalion “Bernclau”. [After Knötel, Uniformenkunde.] BAVARIAN INFANTRY (1809)………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 95 3rd Regiment “Preysing”, […]
Our Allies the Bavarians – Appendix VI: Bavarian officers killed in the service of France.[1] CAMPAIGN OF 1805. 1st reg. of infantry … Lieutenant MUHL, killed on 2 November at Salzburg. Lieutenant LERCHENFELD, killed on 2 November at Salzburg. 2nd reg. of infantry … Captain GUMPENBERG, killed on 2 November at Salzburg. 5th reg. of […]
Our Allies the Bavarians – Appendix III: A letter from Marshal Lefebvre to the Emperor during the Tyrolean campaign. (Communication from Mr. André DUBOSC, according to the Archives of War.) Innsbruck, 12 August 1809. Sire, It is therefore said that I must make my first retreat in front of the furious peasants. My last […]
Our Allies the Bavarians Appendix II : Capitulation of the fortress of Plassenburg.[1] Articles of the capitulation of the town of Plassenburg, concluded, on the one hand, between M. le Comte de Becker, colonel commanding the 6th Regiment of line infantry of His Majesty the King of Bavaria, commanding the blockade of the fort; Major […]
Our Allies the Bavarians: Appendices I. On Generals Deroy and von Wrede (Archives of General Ameil). II. Capitulation of the fortress of Plassenburg. III. A letter from Marshal Lefebvre to the Emperor, during the Tyrol campaign (War Archives). IV. Captain von Voelderndorff’s report on pillaging soldiers, 1812. V. Affairs of Polotsk (Memoires of General d’Albignac). […]
Our Allies the Bavarians – Chapter VII: Uniforms of the Bavarian Troops from 1805-1813 (KNÖTEL, Uniformenkunde and Handbuch). 1. Infantry. The whole Bavarian army had received, in 1789, a uniform of the same cut for the various arms, and as headdress a kind of leather helmet, with visor, garnished on the front with a copper […]
The Germans under the French Eagles: Our Allies the Bavarians – Conclusion THE BORDERS OF BAVARIA CONCLUSION It is a mixed feeling of pride and gratitude that we must experience as we consider the proper and loyal conduct of our Bavarian allies until they were relieved of their military duties to us. […]
The Germans under the French Eagles: Our Allies the Bavarians Chapter VI Part II: Campaign of 1813 By Commandant Sauzey Translated by Greg Gorsuch 2. Saxony Campaign: Battles of Bautzen and Wurschen In the spring of 1813, the Emperor Napoleon brought from France a new army, an army of conscripts who would be framed by […]