British Light Infantry & Rifle tactics of the Napoleonic Wars
Haythornthwaite, Philip J.2016
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In an age when infantry units manoeuvred and fought in rigid blocks, the idea of encouraging initiative and allowing a unit to 'skirmish' was regarded as revolutionary and fell out of favour in the years following the French-Indian and American Revolutionary wars. It was revived by far-sighted British and foreign-mercenary officers, who observed the way in which French Revolutionary armies deployed skirmishers to prepare the way for their assault columns. This book is studded with period 'battle descriptions' and eye-witness accounts, creating a guide to the Light and Rifles units of the Light Division.
Main title:
British Light Infantry & Rifle tactics of the Napoleonic Wars / Philip Haythornthwaite ; illustrated by Adam Hook.
Author:
Haythornthwaite, Philip J., authorHook, Adam, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Osprey Publishing, 2016.
Collation:
64 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm.
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ISBN:
9781472816061 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.27
Language:
English
BRN:
1281994
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