two forthcoming volumes among the 8 planned in Paul Lindsay Dawson's series
Coming in autumn 2024 or early spring 2025, the most comprehensive review of the French Line Infantry respecting the 1806 regulations. The predominant uniform colour of the French army was white, over 30 regiments for fact, and realistically over 70, and the last white habits disapeared in 1809, following a brief regulated return to white in July 1808. The headdress of the French soldier till summer 1808 was predominantly the chapeau. The archive of every regiment of Ligne that existed upto 1812 is discussed, as are all the various uniform regulations from 1806 to 1812. Our research shows how the Line was dressed behind the myth and glamour of grenadiers swaggering in bearskins- which few actually did.
Coming later this year or early 2025, the most comprehensive review of the 8 different Bardin regulations, ever written. Bardin regulation was not a single monolithic regulation: it evolved and changed to suit the differing economic needs that the French military faced. Indeed, the regulation as written down and drawn by Vernet never existed.
