The Black Brunswickers

by Otto von Pivka

In 1809 the dispossessed Friedrich Wilhelm of Brunswick, consumed by his desire for revenge against Napoleon, entered into an agreement with the Austrians to raise a new corps of infantry and cavalry. As a physical expression of this vengeance he decided to clothe his new troops all in black and adopted as his badge the skull and crossbones, resulting in his corps' christening as Die Schwarze Schar (the Black Horde). This book details the pivotal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0850451469
• ISBN13: 9780850451467
• Release Date: June 1973
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.