SCHOOL OF THE SOLDIER: FRENCH REGLEMENT OF 1791 Volume 1

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Facsimile of 1803 edition. Fully illustrated with black and white illustrations plus 16 color uniform plates. With this first volume, the project of reprinting the drill book that was used by the French Army throughout the Napoleonic Wars is off to a good start.

This edition was translated in 1803 by John Macdonald, and have re-worked the information to make it more accessible and useful (by combining the plates and text relevantly together). This is the first of the three parts of the original Reglement and covers the drill exercises taught to all new recruits. It is thus the basis of all company drill and maneuvers. There will follow the School of the Platoon and the School of the Battalion.