Description
Product ID: | 9781472816061 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | CN |
Series: | Elite |
Title: | British Light Infantry & Rifle Tactics of the Napoleonic Wars |
Authors: | Author: Philip Haythornthwaite, Adam Hook |
Page Count: | 64 |
Subjects: | European history, European history, History, Specific wars and campaigns, War and defence operations, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Napoleonic Wars, War & defence operations, Europe, c 1800 to c 1900 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Explaining and illustrating the dramatic training and tactics of the Light Infantry and Rifle regiments, this comprehensive guide will appeal to anyone interested in the Napoleonic wars. In an age when infantry units maneuvered and fought in rigid blocks, the idea of encouraging initiative and allowing a unit to "skirmish" was regarded as revolutionary and fell out of favor 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. |
Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2016-10-20 |