British Napoleonic Infantry Tactics 1792-1815

by Philip J. Haythornthwaite

Book Overview

Osprey's study of Britain's infantry tactics used during the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). The British Army's major campaigns against Napoleon were fought between 1808 and 1813 in the Peninsula (Portugal, Spain, and finally southern France), followed in 1815 by the brief but climactic Waterloo campaign. The British Army was small by continental standards, but it consistently out-fought larger French armies, never losing a major open-field action. Its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846032229
• ISBN13: 9781846032226
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.3" x 9.8"