Fighting Techniques of the Napoleonic Age
Author | : Robert Bowman Bruce |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2008-04-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 0312375875 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780312375874 |
Rating | : 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Download or read book Fighting Techniques of the Napoleonic Age written by Robert Bowman Bruce and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fighting Techniques of the Napoleonic World explores the tactics and strategy required to win battles with the technology available during the Napoleonic period (1789-1815), and points out how the development of such weapons technology changed the face of the battlefield. Divided into five sections it highlights: - Individual components of the armies: the foot soldier, the cavalryman and the artilleryman, the equipment they wore and used, and how they fought together. - Technology change, the emergence of military professionalism, and the impact these changes had on the battlefield. - How units were used together on the battlefield, and strategic positioning of battle units. - Specialist techniques and equipment developed for artillery. - Naval warfare, from the ships in which the men fought to the weapons they carried.