Hi guys,

I am currently reading the book of Richard Holmes "Redcoat" (Prof. of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield Uni. also known of his BBC series "Battlefields") which is about the British soldier from 1777 to 1855 and as i am going through the book i thought sharing some info on the warfare of the period which may interest modders or may help many discussions.

I am currently only in the first couple of chapters so i have only some info to share. So, let's start:

- Elsewhere in the forum there are heated discussions whether fire by line is historical or not in the period. In the book it is stated that all European field armies had only the first and second lines firing. The first knelled and in conjuction with the second fired

-Also, it mentions that standard marching was done "in 30 inch steps at 75 paces to the minute" thus can answer (or not) a lot of questions in the speed of units in NTW.

- # of Volleys and lethality: "In just over thirty seconds each rank has fired two volleys...at a range so close that even the unreliable Brown Bess (musket) is hitting a mass target about once in ten shots..."

- He also states that "Troops usually moved in column, to promote control, and fought in line, to maximise firepower" though there were numerous variations. Most notably from the pens of the French theorists, "...there were assertions that the column was king because the sheer physical and psychilogical shock it delivered would always triumph over the squibbing musketry of the line"

-Finally I would like to present some foreign corps which are mentioned and were a part of the British army:

1."Chasseurs Britanniques"
2."Calabrian Free Corps"
3."Ceylon Light Dragoons"
4."The Piedmontese Legion"
5.Fustanella clad "Greek Light Infantry"
6."King's German Legion" ("..The biggest and best of many foreign corps...")
7."The Brunswick-Oels Corps" also known as "The Black Brunwickers" or "The Death or Glory Men" (because of their skull and crossbones badge)

I hope I could help any modders or enthusiasts of the era.

As I go through the book i ll keep u updated.

Cheers!!