Need warfare references

**AlexSpartan** · June 16, 2009, 12:45 AM

Could you guys post references to battles, tactics, infantry etc of this era. Here is one I found.
It gives a good overview of formations.
http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/in..._tactics_4.htm

**Didz** · June 22, 2009, 05:23 AM

That reference is a bit late, the Napoleonic period only just creeps under the wire at the tail end of the period covered by ETW.

These are some of my reference links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of...External_links
http://www.archives.gov/research/mil...ing-ships.html
http://www.figuren-modellbau.de/espa...eria-1762.html
http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Main_Page (Seven Years War Project)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Regiments_of_Foot
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....-infantry.html
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0...um=5#PPA165,M1
The link between drill and dance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_ori...tates_frigates

Not quite sure what you are looking for and why, but I can also recommend a few books on the subject.

Imperial Bayonets is an in depth study of the evolution of tactics and organisation.
The Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon is also very good and does cover the period before the revolution to a certain extent.
Battle of the American Revolution is pretty good for that campaign.

If there is anything specific you are interested in let me know and I'll help if I can.

BTW: The picture on that website is incorrectly labelled. It says 'Columns and lines of French infantry at Eylau, 1807' but in fact what you can see in the shot are a number of French battalions deployed in 'Column of Companies' along the road to the right in the background and in the foreground. The battalion in the middle ground is not deployed in line, but in 'Column of Divisions', unless the artists got the perspective wrong of course , but I think you can see the single Eagle raised above the centre of the forward division so it would seem to be a single battalion.

**Jihada** · July 04, 2009, 10:23 PM

http://www.britishbattles.com/seven-years/minden.htm

I was reading this one earlier.

**Prince of Essling** · March 21, 2010, 05:18 PM

An excellent book is Brent Nosworthy's "The Anatomy of Victory: Battle Tactics 1689-1763" which unfortunately is now out of print.

**IAB1789** · March 22, 2010, 02:16 AM

Originally Posted by Prince of Essling

An excellent book is Brent Nosworthy's "The Anatomy of Victory: Battle Tactics 1689-1763" which unfortunately is now out of print.

You can buy it from online book sellers for about 150 US dollars. Not sure whether or not that is helpful

**AUSSIE11** · May 31, 2010, 08:16 AM

for books i can highly reccomend H. W. Koch's, The Rise of Modern Warfare:1618-1815 (1983). this book covers a broad spectrum and mentions many leaders, tactics and troop types. it give a good overview of absolutist warfare and is a handy reference.

**druzhina345** · October 03, 2011, 02:08 AM

Napoleonic Links

The Prusso-Saxon Army at Jena 14th October 1806 by Peter Hofschröer.
Infantry Skirmishing in the Napoleonic Wars by Peter Hofschröer.
Napoleonic Skirmishing In Practice by Peter Hofschröer.
The White Uniforms of the French Army, 1806-1807 Described by Guy C. Dempsey Jr., illustrated by R. J. Marrion.
Spanish Napoleonic Uniforms & Spanish Uniforms of Joseph Bonaparte's Army
Uniforms Of Spanish Units At Talavera
Uniforms of Archduke Charles' Legion by Ken Bunger
Map and Orders of Battle for Wagram 1809 from Armies On The Danube by Bowden & Tarbox
The Great Cavalry Battle Of Liebertwolkwitz (14th October, 1813) by Peter Hofschröer.
Full corrected OCR text of "1815, Waterloo" by Henry Houssaye, 1905.
Netherlands Infantry Uniforms 1813 to 1831, (or in Dutch).
Full corrected OCR text of "The battle of Wavre and Grouchy's retreat; a study of an obscure part of the Waterloo campaign" by Hyde Kelly 1905. Includes 3 maps (2.7MB).
. Map of Wavre by Johnston (0.8MB).
. Map of Wavre by Siborne (1.9MB).
Pictures of Buildings on the Waterloo Battlefield including:
. Belle Alliance and la Haie Sainte
. Frischermont, Papelotte and Plancenoit
. Hougoumont

MIRROR SITES:

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Illustrations of Soldiers

**druzhina345** · October 03, 2011, 04:52 PM

For earlier, non-European:
Battle of Saratoga Information:
The British Invasion From The North by J.P. Baxter, 1887.
. including: Lieutenant Digby's Journal
March To Saratoga, General Burgoyne And The American Campaign. 1777 by Harrison Bird, 1963
Extract from Enemy Views : The American Revolutionary War As Recorded by the Hessian Participants; by Bruce E. Burgoyne
The Baroness And The General by Louise Hall Tharp

The Mysore Wars of Haidar Ali & Tipu Sultan (1780s & 90s)