NAPOLEON'S LIGHT INFANTRY AND ARTILLERY: Uniforms and Equipment

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Provides a detailed, archival-based study of the actual uniforms and equipment worn by Napoleon's Grande Armee. Offers a detailed exploration of the dress of the thirty-seven regiments of Light Infantry and other support troops, including foot and horse artillery, sapeurs, musicians, and carabiniers. Draws from over 1,000 archive boxes in the Service Historique de l'Armee de Terre and the Archives Nationales in Paris to reveal how the 1806 uniform regulations and Bardin regulations were implemented in practice. Contains over 200 color illustrations.