April 2023
The Waterloo Association has two Study Days planned for the coming months.
Saturday 13 May:
The War Against Denmark at the Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester.
Talks are:
Copenhagen: Nelson’s Closest Victory.
The Battle of Copenhagen 1807.
The Gentlemen Danes: Danish Prisoners of War in England.
The 95th Rifles at Copenhagen 1807.
Saturday 10 June:
Midlands Study Day, Coten End Primary School, Warwick.
Talks are:
Hougoumont: The Key to Victory or a big fat White Elephant?
Russia 1812: Logistics and the Death of Napoleon’s Grande Armée.
As Worn at Waterloo.
A Woman at Waterloo: The Story of Fanny Watson.
For full details and how to book a place visit the Waterloo Association website via the link on this page.
Further instalments (another four) from Greg Gorsuch of Histoire de la Campagne de Russie by Émile Marco de Saint-Hilaire. These new instalments cover the Crossing of the Niemen; The Following Military Operations and New Provisions of the Emperor Alexander; Napoleon at Vilna; End of Napoleon’s Stay in Vilna.
Peter Phillips continues his translation of A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department with an article covering The Reign of Emperor Alexander I 1801-1805 ‘Reasoning’ and ‘Scenarios’ by the engineers and Quartermaster General Sukhtelen and an evaluation of ‘Scenarios’
Review of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: Strategies for a World War
Review of The Men of Wellington’s Light Division
February 2023
The Waterloo Association has two means of publication of historic articles. The Waterloo Journal will publish material up to 5,000 words in length, and anything larger than this is directed to The Napoleon Series. This means that this website is an extension of our Journal and contains not only a vast amount of useful data for historians but has that ‘magazine feel’ with interesting stand- alone articles. David Howell has produced such an article entitled The British Conquest of Ceylon and the Massacre at Kandy 1803. This is a fascinating read and tells the story of a little-known aspect of the period.
Further instalments (another three) from Greg Gorsuch of Histoire de la Campagne de Russie by Émile Marco de Saint-Hilaire. These new instalments cover the first Russian Armies that opposed the Grande Armée; the final diplomatic overtures; Napoleon at Vilna, the Confederation of Poland and a description of the initial theatre of campaign. Part 32 includes a very nice image of Italian troops.
Peter Phillips continues his translation of A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department with an article covering
The Reign of Emperor Alexander I 1801-1805 On the Submission of the Military Commission’s Notes and Conclusions on the new establishments, under The Reign of Emperor Alexander I Petrovich: Reform during the period 1801-1805.
January 2023
Further instalments (another two) from Greg Gorsuch of Histoire de la Campagne de Russie by Émile Marco de Saint-Hilaire. These new instalments cover the Grand Park of the artillery and the engineers; troops in fortified towns; the Army Corps of Reserve; the numerical force of the different Corps from which the Grand Army was formed. This series of translations provides a very comprehensive source of information on the 1812 Campaign in Russia.
To complement Gregs work, Peter Phillips continues his translation of A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department with an article covering
The Reign of Emperor Alexander I 1801-1805 Establishments for infantry and cavalry, under The Reign of Emperor Alexander I Petrovich: Reform during the period 1801-1805.
Review of Fighting Terror After Napoleon: How Europe Became Secure after 1815
Review of The Army of the Kingdom of Italy 1805-1814: Uniforms, Organisation, Campaigns
November 2022
Further instalments (another two) from Greg Gorsuch of Histoire de la Campagne de Russie by Émile Marco de Saint-Hilaire. These new instalments cover the orders of battle of the Second Corps of Reserve Cavalry; Fourth Army Corps; Fifth Army Corps; Sixth Army Corps; Seventh Army Corps; Eighth Army Corps; Ninth Army Corps.
Peter Phillips continues his translation of A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department with two articles covering The Reign of Emperor Alexander I Petrovich: Reform during the period 1801-1805.
Review of The Campaign of 1815, Volume 2: 15th June 1815
Review of Blood Guts and Gore: Assistant Surgeon John Gordon in the Waterloo Campaign
October 2022
An interesting article entitled Napoleon’s Shadow: The Impact of his Martial Philosophy by Michael Stroud.
Further instalments (another three) from Greg Gorsuch of Histoire de la Campagne de Russie by Émile Marco de Saint-Hilaire. These new instalments cover the orders of battle of the Prussian Corps, Second Army Corps, and Third Army Corps. They contain very useful information relating to the units comprising these formations.
Peter Phillips continues his translation of A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department, Military Training in The Reign of Tsar Paul I.
The Development of Tactics & Training In The Russian Army, 1801 to 1814: Field Service Regulations
A Walcheren Journal by Paul Thompson
The John Rylands Library at the University of Manchester houses the correspondence and papers of Sir James Leith. Included in the Rylands archive is a brief journal titled Dates of the Operations of the British Army in the Island of Walcheren. This document records operations of the British army over two weeks in the summer of 1809, during the invasion of Holland that later came to be known as the Walcheren Expedition. This article comprises a transcription of the journal and commentary upon it.
Review of The Campaign of 1815, Volume I ‘Preambles’
August 2022
Further instalments (another six) from Greg Gorsuch of Histoire de la Campagne de Russie by Émile Marco de Saint-Hilaire. These new articles examine the organisation and administration of Napoleon’s forces for the 1812 campaign, including interesting correspondence between the Emperor and his generals and political figures. Part 18 Chapter IV gives details of the organisation of the Russian armies. Part 19 looks at the opening moves of the campaign. There are some nice colour plates of French regiments.
Peter Phillips continues his translation of A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department, Military Training in The Reign of Tsar Paul I. This material is a treasure trove of information about the training and tactics employed by the Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars. The latest articles are:
The Development of Tactics & Training In The Russian Army: Cavalry Regulations 1801-1814.
The Development of Tactics & Training In The Russian Army: Infantry Regulations 1809-1812
The Development of Tactics and Training in the Russian Army: Artillery Regulations and Instructions
Highlights for 2022
Napoleonic Scholarship: The Journal of the International Napoleonic Society
The INS has very kindly allowed us to publish its Journal on the website. Issues 6 to 10 are now available to view, with the earlier Journals to be included in the near future. This has immediately placed onto the site over 80 articles covering a vast range of topics, written by leading historians worldwide.
Subjects covered include the 1799 Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, the Convention of Cintra, the Grand Duchy of Berg, the Dutch at Quatre Bras, and military espionage to name just a few of the very interesting and well-researched papers included in the Journal. Contributors include well-known historians such as David Markham, Terry Crowdy, Alasdair White, Peter Hicks and John Gill.
This is a valuable addition to the Napoleon Series, and so whatever your interests in the period, take a look at these Journals. You will find much of interest.
Peter Phillips has submitted the first of what will be a series of translations of Russian documents relating to the Russian Army of the Napoleonic Wars:
A Century of The Russian Ministry of War 1802-1902 General Staff Historical Department: The Reign of Emperor Paul I Petrovich 1796 – 1801
To accompany this review, Moisés Gaudêncio has written an interesting paper entitled Were the Portuguese Caçadores Armed with Baker Rifles?
Review of Vilnius 1812: Ghosts of Napoleon’s Grande Armée through their Artifacts
Review of Marching, Fighting and Dying: Experiences of Soldiers in the Peninsular War
A Traitorous Correspondence: General Edouard Simon and the Conspirators of Odiham
The story of prisoners of war, espionage, and conspiracies in the Parole Depots of Hampshire by Paul Chamberlain
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