Napoleon's Polish Troops
Author | : Otto Von Pivka |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1974-05-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780882542362 |
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Author | : Otto Von Pivka |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1974-05-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780882542362 |
Author | : Otto von Pivka |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 51 |
Release | : 2012-03-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1780965508 |
In 1795 the kingdom of Poland fell prey to her stronger neighbours, Russia, Prussia and Austria. Following the death of the king of Poland in 1798, his kingdom was divided among these three neighbouring powers. France became increasingly involved, and protested at Poland's treatment, offering refuge for Polish exiles. On 11 October 1796 the Polish Legion was formed in the French army by General Dombrowski and Napoleon. This book covers the uniforms, dress, organisation and equipment of the infantry, artillery, and cavalry of Napoleon's Polish Troops. Among the cavalry units covered are the Chasseurs and Lancers. This title also provides a summary of the Polish divisions' campaigns in Spain, Russia and within Poland itself.
Author | : Ronald Pawly |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 123 |
Release | : 2012-02-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1780964110 |
This book draws on original regimental records to give by far the most detailed account ever published in English of the organization and personalities of the most renowned of the foreign units that served in the Emperor's armies. Unlike most of his foreign troops, these Polish horsemen were true volunteers, who owed their honoured place in his Imperial Guard to their proven courage and dash on battlefields from Spain to Russia. The text is illustrated with rare portraits and photographs, and with detailed colour plates of the Lancers' magnificent uniforms.
Author | : Otto von Pivka |
Publisher | : Osprey Publishing (UK) |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : France |
ISBN | : 9780850452273 |
Titlen fremstiller den franske Kejser Napoleon's polske tropper under Napoleonskrigene. Titlen gennemgår organisationen, bevæbningen og udrustningen af de polske tropper.
Author | : Luca Stefano Cristini |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 2018-05-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9788893273459 |
Army of the Duchy of Warsaw refers to the military forces of the Duchy of Warsaw during the Napoleonic era. The book are based to several finest artwork of various famous Polish artist as Jan Chelmisnski, Julius Kosacks, Jozef Brandt Bronislaw Gembarzewski and other
Author | : Henrich von Brandt |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2017-02-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473882915 |
In the Legions of Napoleon recounts the adventures of an intrepid Polish soldier who fought for Napoleon the length and breadth of Europe. By the time he was twenty-five, Heinrich von Brandt had marched from Madrid to Moscow and had been severely wounded on three separate occasions. From 1808 to 1812 he was caught up in Napoleons attempt to subjugate Spain, fighting in battles, sieges including the siege of Saragossa and hunting and being hunted by merciless bands of guerrillas. In 1812 his unit took part in the crossing of the Niemen and the epic retreat from Moscow.In his extraordinary memoirs Brandt describes in great detail the actions in which he fought, the type of officers and men he served with, and the grueling campaigns in which they participated. He also gives fascinating insight into the minds of his comrades and superiors. This book is a must for every Napoleonic historian, enthusiast, and anyone who likes a good story of high adventure.
Author | : Jan Pachoński |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The volume focuses on the involvement of Polish units that participated as unwitting pawns of Napoleon in the so-called Haitian War of Independence (1802-1803).
Author | : Vladimir Brnardic |
Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004-06-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781841767000 |
South-east Europe is one of the most neglected fronts of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815); yet on the coast of the Adriatic Sea – broadly, former Western Yugoslavia and the Ionian Islands – France struggled to hold a vital strategic outpost dominating Austrian and Russian access to the Mediterranean. Here she took into imperial service former Austrian frontier regiments, which fought with distinction in Russia in 1812; and raised irregulars from among the exotic warrior populations to guard the Turkish frontier inland, and the coasts and islands from British naval raids. This detailed review of all such troops is illustrated with rare prints and meticulous colour plates.
Author | : Marek Tadeusz Lalowski |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Military |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2020-12-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1526782626 |
The drama of Napoleon’s ill-fated invasion of Russia is captured through the letters and diaries of Polish soldiers who fought with the French. Napoleon’s invasion of Russia cost hundreds of thousands lives and changed the course of history. Europe had never seen an army like the one gathering in Poland in 1812—half a million men in brilliant uniforms and shimmering helmets. Six months later, it was the ghost of an army, frozen and horrified, retreating home. This illuminating volume tells the story of this epic military disaster from the viewpoint of the tens of thousands of Polish soldiers who took part. Some of them were patriots eager to regain independence for their country. Others were charmed by the glory of Napoleonic warfare or were professional soldiers who were simply doing their jobs. They all tell an unrivaled tale of ruthless battles, burning villages, numbing hunger, and biting cold. By the end the great army had been reduced to a pitiless mob and the Polish soldiers, who had set out with such hope, recalled it with horror.
Author | : Ronald Pawly |
Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007-08-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781846032561 |
Napoleon's Polish Lancers of the Guard were unique in their appearance and in their loyalty. This book reveals their varied and colorful uniforms as well as their long and loyal service for the Bonaparte cause during the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). The Poles were the only foreign contingent never to defect from Napoleon's cause, staying faithful to the end - a squadron even accompanied Napoleon into exile on Elba, and the Guard reformed in 1815 to charge at Waterloo. In 1808, when Napoleon was smashing his way through the Spanish armies to get at British forces in the Peninsular, the Poles astounded observers with their extreme acts of courage and military daring. In one memorable instance the Poles captured a defended mountain pass at Somosierra, overrunning four batteries of cannons in the process. It was they who introduced the use of the lance to the French army, adding a new tactical dimension to the use of the cavalry on the battlefield and demonstrated its deadly effects in all of Napoleon's most famous victories - particularly Wagram in 1809. Brave and ruthless in equal measures, this is a fascinating insight into the fighting lives of the legendary Polish Lancers.