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GUERRILLA Y GEOGRAFÍA: EL MOVIMIENTO INSURGENTE EN EL MAPA DE LA ANDALUCÍA NAPOLEÓNICA (1810-1812) Francisco Luis Díaz Torrejón http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/vscripts/w_bcc1812/w/rec/4025.

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Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the best known people in history. Over the last 200 years there has been intense debate on whether he should be remembered as a hero or a villain. Read the page on Napoleo

As the 214th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar looms, I'd like to open up discussion on the battle's importance. Whilst Trafalgar may have broken the back of the French navy, the commonly held pe

Révolution, Empire et mauvais soldats Marc Lebrun Revue Historiques des Armées, 244 (2006), p. 112-123 Revolution, Empire and bad soldiers. Throughout the XIXth Century France was undoubtedly took t

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H-Diplo Review Essay on The Invisible Emperor: Napoleon on Elba From Exile to Escape " Mark Braude’s book The Invisible Emperor retells the remarkable tale of how, for ten months, Napoleon ruled ov

There are a lot of them but favorite response was written by George Nafziger. The question was "What was the best army in the Napoleonic Wars?" He argued in a very convoluted but convincing way that

Dear Members old and new, Please can I draw all your attention to an important forum rule: All members must use their own names, rather than pseudonyms. Please can I therefore ask members currentl

I've just finished reading The Making of a Rifles Officer. The Life and Letters of Colonel George Miller CB FRS (1786-1843) by Elizabeth Laidlaw (Burngrange Press, 2019). Although there is relativel

La guerre d’Espagne de 1808-1813, les raisons d’un enlisement begins p. 61 Dans son propos, l’auteur passe en revue, de la conception à l’exécution de la manœuvre, les raisons qui font du conflit en

OFICIALES DEL 64º REG. DE INFANTERÍA DE LÍNEA FRANCÉS QUE DEFENDIERON SAN SEBASTIÁN EN 1813 http://doccdn.simplesite.com/d/6a/e8/283445309792839786/4020a817-005e-4954-b736-80bc9b5c3544/OFICIALES%2BDE

The importance of the post of chief of staff, especially at the army level is generally overlooked. French General Paul Thiebault, the author of the French staff manuals of 1800 and 1813 believed tha

Le général Durutte: parcours de la carrière d'un officier au service de la France 1792-1815 Bossuroy, Emilien Ce mémoire étudie la carrière militaire du général François Durutte (1767-1827) en l’in

Hi All… Firstly, I’d like to thank Zack and Admin for their help concerning my first post: Please note that the following has a copyright: I will try to be as clear as possible concerning the forces o

Has anyone compiled and published a record of the comings and goings of British regiments to and from the Peninsular theatre, arranged chronologically? Somewhere that you could see, for example, whi

The Corps and the War of 1812 Lorna Hainesworth Paper tells about members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition’s Corps of Discovery who had significant life experiences during the War of 1812.  The war

Book Review: The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company . William Dalrymple. Bloomsbury. 2019. In The A