Napoleon's Red Lancers
1st Edition
Published on 20. March 2012
48 pages
978-1-78096-557-4 (ISBN)
Description
The legendary Dutch 'Red' Lancers - the 2nd Light Horse Lancers of Napoleon's Imperial Guard - were formed in 1810 after the emperor annexed Holland and its army to France.
The former hussars of the Dutch Royal Guard got a handsome new uniform, a new weapon, and a hard-driving new colonel in Baron Edouard Colbert. His lancers distinguished themselves in Russia in 1812, at huge cost; in Germany in 1813, and in the Low Countries in 1814. When Napoleon returned from exile in 1815 the Red Lancers were with him until night fell over Waterloo.
Ronald Pawly is the world's leading expert on the archival and pictorial record left by this regiment; his detailed text is illustrated with rare portraits and photographs, and eight glowing colour plates of a surprisingly wide variety of uniforms.
The former hussars of the Dutch Royal Guard got a handsome new uniform, a new weapon, and a hard-driving new colonel in Baron Edouard Colbert. His lancers distinguished themselves in Russia in 1812, at huge cost; in Germany in 1813, and in the Low Countries in 1814. When Napoleon returned from exile in 1815 the Red Lancers were with him until night fell over Waterloo.
Ronald Pawly is the world's leading expert on the archival and pictorial record left by this regiment; his detailed text is illustrated with rare portraits and photographs, and eight glowing colour plates of a surprisingly wide variety of uniforms.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
41 b/w; 8 col
ISBN-13
978-1-78096-557-4 (9781780965574)
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Ronald Pawly was born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1956 and is a member of several international societies for Napoleonic studies. In 1998 he published his first major work, The Red Lancers - Anatomy of a Napoleonic Regiment, and he is the author of many books on the Napoleonic period for Osprey, including MAA 355 Wellington's Belgian Allies 1815, MAA 371 Wellington's Dutch Allies 1815, and MAA 378 Napoleon's Guards of Honour.
Patrice Courcelle was born in northern France in 1950 and has been a professional illustrator for some 20 years. Entirely self-taught he has illustrated many books and magazine articles for Continental publishers, and his work hangs in a number of public and private collections.
Patrice Courcelle was born in northern France in 1950 and has been a professional illustrator for some 20 years. Entirely self-taught he has illustrated many books and magazine articles for Continental publishers, and his work hangs in a number of public and private collections.
Content
From Royal Guard to Imperial Guard - the background and creation of the regiment, 1810-11
Officers & men - careers - regimental life in the Versailles garrison
Campaigns - Russia 1812 - Germany 1813
Belgium 1814 - division of the regiment into Old and Young Guard units - General Maison's Antwerp campaign
Uniforms & weapons - full descriptions from unpublished Dutch sources
Officers & men - careers - regimental life in the Versailles garrison
Campaigns - Russia 1812 - Germany 1813
Belgium 1814 - division of the regiment into Old and Young Guard units - General Maison's Antwerp campaign
Uniforms & weapons - full descriptions from unpublished Dutch sources
