Digby smith books list of books by author digby smith. Great cavalry charges of the napoleonic wars, armies of 1812, charge. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Actions and losses in personnel, colours, standards and artillery by digby george smith online at alibris. The data book cemented smiths reputation as a napoleonic enthusiast, although not necessarily as a scholar. Illustrated by chappell smith, colour plates by michael roffe otto text pivka.
The greenhill napoleonic wars data book, digby smith. Actions and losses in personnel, colours, standards and artillery, 17921815 1st edition by smith, digby isbn. Lorenz books, london 2011, isbn 9780754819011 nachdr. What are the best books about napoleon or the napoleonic wars. The greenhill napoleonic wars data book book, 1998.
You can change region by clicking the flag in the toolbar. The greenhill napoleonic wars data book the napoleon series. David chandlers authoritative campaigns of napoleon is to my mind the best one stop shopping for readable napoleonic history. Smith, digby the greenhill napoleonic wars data book. It is a very good general history that gives multiple perspectives, although of course napole. Napoleonic warfare vom kriege napoleonic wargame rules. Home browse history military history wars, battles, and military interventions napoleonic wars. Battle histories of the regiments of the french army, 17921815 by smith, digby george and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. A very useful reference book that shows just how widely this first great war spread its influence. Whats the best history book on the napoleonic wars. An illustrated encyclopedia of uniforms of the napoleonic. Greenhill books, london, 1998, dust jacket included. What is the best books to understand the napoleonic wars. While correct information is one thing, being able to enjoy your studies is another.
Actions and losses in personnel, colours, standards and artillery, 17921815 by smith, digby and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Actions and losses in personnel, colours, standards and artillery, 17921815 by digby smith 19980615 by digby smith. Charge great cavalry charges of the napoleonic wars book. Oct 14, 2015 one of the best and a personal favourite of mine is robert harveys the war of wars. To anyone hoping to understand the napoleonic era it is vital they read from wellresearched, accurate books. For greenhill he has produced napoleons regiments, 18. The book details events from the french revolution until waterloo. This was the last campaign of the war of the first coalition, part of the french revolutionary wars the french military strategy against austria rested on a threepronged invasion to surround vienna. The greenhill napoleonic wars data book open library.
Gyori csata was fought on 14 june 1809 during the napoleonic wars, between francoitalian forces and habsburg forces. In 1995 he began to compile the greenhill napoleonic wars data book. The battle was fought near gyor raab, kingdom of hungary, and ended in a francoitalian victory. Emperor napoleon first organized the corps during the summer armistice in 18 and it fought at dresden and leipzig. Illustrated encyclopedia of uniforms of the napoleonic wars amazon. History of napoleonic wars book historic newspapers. For greenhill he has produced napoleon s regiments, 18. About the author 1998 digby smith is a respected historian of the napoleonic wars and the author of a number of acclaimed books on the period. Spatial aspects, functions, and characteristics of the physical environment, such as terrain, weather and human culture, tremendously influence societal development, economics, and military strategies and tactics. Napoleons regiments follows on from the immense amount of research that digby smith performed and collated for the greenhill napoleonic wars data book. Digby smith, napoleonic wars data book, mechanicsburg, pennsylvania. Worthy of mention here is philip haythornthwaite, a historian who operates without the walls of the ivory tower, yet has written a host of works on the british army of the napoleonic wars and, indeed, the napoleonic period in general. Greenhill bookspark house1 russell gardenslondon nw11. Author of world army uniforms since 1939, the decline and fall of napoleons empire, nato uniforms today uniforms illustrated, no.
Actions and losses in personnel, colours, standards and artillery, 17921815 by digby smith 19980615 hardcover 1998. Fiction set during the napoleonic wars at the turn of the 18th century score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Drawing from original source material until now unavailable to the general reader, including archives, libraries and private collections across europe, the greenhill napoleonic wars data book is a monumental contribution to our understanding of the conflict. Geography plays, and has repeatedly played a critical role in history. Illustrated encyclopedia of uniforms of the napoleonic. Napoleonic wars books tagged napoleonic wars librarything. Great cavalry charges of the napoleonic wars first edition by smith, digby isbn. Detailed information on the unifroms of the austrian, british, french, prussian and russian forces, with additional material on the minor forces by digby smith hardback, 2006 at the best online prices at ebay. By midsummer, the situation looked grim for the coalition. Nov 14, 2019 widely proclaimed as the best single volume work on the napoleonic wars, david chandlers large book is easily the top pick. This authoritative book tells the story of the napoleonic wars, bringing them to life as never before with eight items of rare facsimile memorabilia, which have been specially researched from museum collections around the world. Digby is a napoleonic military specialist and author notably of the greenhill napoleonic wars data book.
The story of the staffordshire regiments fight for survival, by bruce george mp and nick ryan. List of books and articles about napoleonic wars online. During his assignment to moscow, where he spent four years, he made several trips to the battlefield at borodino, and continued developing the material for his compendium, napoleonic wars data book. Battle histories of the regiments of the french army, 17921815, and army uniforms since 1945, and more on. The russians had built extensive fortifications on the right bank of the alle river, but only a few minor redoubts on the left bank, yet the french advanced over the river to give battle, squandering their advantages and incurring casualties the battle of heilsberg was fought four days before the decisive battle of friedland. The following items are excellent sources for the full names and service histories of french and austrian generals. An illustrated encyclopedia of uniforms of the napoleonic wars. As these web sites are independently maintained, the pittsford central school district is not responsible for any information, facts or opinions contained on any of these web sites. Actions and losses in personnel, colours, standards and artillery, 17921815. The greenhill napoleonic wars data book by digby smith, 9781853672767, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Jun 18, 2015 results include service histories and biographical details, where known. Best websites for tracing napoleonic wars ancestors who do. Napoleonic war prisoners in england jane smith daily. Theres a tna research guide to records of the napoleonic wars, which links to related subjects and you could also try the genukihosted trafalgar roll compiled from awards made to the seamen who fought with nelson, which lists commanding officers, crew and casualties. Nov 27, 2012 i found this account of a prisoners experience in a book called, prisoners of war in britain 17561815 by francis abell oxford university press 1914 the marquis dhautpol was taken prisoner at arapiles, badly wounded, in july 1812, and with some four hundred other prisoners was landed at portsmouth on december 12, and. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Leipzig, the greenhill napoleonic wars data book and the decline and fall of napoleon s empire. It also includes the actions of some minor campaigns, many events of the nonfrench wars, and naval battles. Oct 28, 2014 leave a comment posted on september 26, 2014 1812, 1814, american history, military history, napoleonic wars, sam smith, war of 1812 there is always someone who doesnt get the word there is a fear in wartime of the lack of effective communications. Napoleonic war fiction 158 books goodreads share book. The introduction page can be personalised with the recipients name and a message, and the front cover can also be personalised with a name.
However at school we never touched upon him, so could you suggest what you would consider to be the best books on the subject. The grand armee and the armies of austria, prussia, russia and turkey. Early clashes in the rhine campaign of 1796 wikipedia. The greenhill napoleonic wars data book is a monumental contribution to the understanding of the conflict from the leading publisher of books on the napoleonic wars. Great cavalry charges of the napoleonic wars this book was originally released in may 2003 and has been rereleased this year, january 2007. This massively detailed and outstanding reference work provides comprehensive coverage of every action in every campaign of the revolutionary and napoleonic wars in europe and the middle.
Charge great cavalry charges of the napoleonic wars. In 1806, napoleon issued the berlin decree, which forbade trade with britain, and the british government responded the next year with orders in council, which instituted a blockade of frenchcontrolled europe, and authorized the british navy to seize ships violating the blockade. Illustrated encyclopedia of uniforms of the napoleonic wars by digby smith, 9780754815716, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Illustrated encyclopedia of the uniforms of the napoleonic wars. Fortunately, several scholars have dedicated themselves to the task of explaining these complexities. Smith s work in the osprey series, men at war, already had received considerable interest from napoleonic war enthusiasts, hobbyists and reenactors when greenhill published napoleonic wars data book. This is a beautiful book of full colour napoleonic uniforms. Discover librarianselected research resources on napoleonic wars from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. An expert guide to the crimean war, american civil war, boer war, wars of german and italian unification and colonial wars. Military history the greenhill napoleonic wars data book. Actions and losses in personnel, colours, standards and artillery, 17921815 15jun1998. Actions and losses in personnel, colours, standards and artillery, 17921815 1998 is considered a standard for. The greenhill napoleonic wars data book by digby george smith.
Posts about napoleonic wars written by thehistorywriter. The book is a vast compilation of most of the different clashes, engagements, skirmishes, and battles of the napoleonic and revolutionary wars. A timeline of naval fiction books set in the age of sail. Since 1995, he has concentrated fulltime on the writing of military history, some of which he wrote for osprey military publishing under the nom. This edition is tabloid size and measures 31 x 38cm. The napoleonic source book philip j haythornthwaite. Family history research timeline events on the military timeline. Illustrated encyclopedia of uniforms of the napoleonic wars.
Buy illustrated encyclopedia of uniforms of the napoleonic wars by digby smith from waterstones today. Actions and losses in personnel, colours, standards and artillery, 17921815 by digby g. Wartensleben continued to withdraw to the eastnortheast despite charles orders to unite with him. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Actions and losses in personnel, colours, standards and artillery has 1 available editions to buy at half price books. Actions and losses in personnel, colours, standards ans artillery, 17921815 greenhill books, 1998. Actions and losses in personnel, colours, standards and artillery, 17921815 by digby smith at. The greenhill napoleonic wars data book smith, digby on. Digby smith is the author of an illustrated encyclopedia of uniforms of the american war of independence 17751783 4. It was a 20year project, about which smith commented, this is the largest and most complex book that i have. Who was who in the napoleonic wars, philip j haythornthwaite covers over one thousand of the most important political, military, civil and artistic figures of the revolutionary and napoleonic period, from all of the combatant powers.
On the one hand, smith included interesting firstperson narrative accounts of the fourday battle at leipzig, and this was considered the main strength of his work. This book brings a highly eventful period of european history to life, chrinicling the battles, campaigns and skirmishes of the conflict and the political triumphs and declines of the. The greenhill napoleonic wars data book digby george smith. This really is the best book on napoleonic wars around. Links to other websites are provided for the users convenience. Digby smith is a respected historian of the napoleonic wars and the author of a number of acclaimed books on the period. Smith has trawled through almost every exchange of gunfire during the french revolutionary and napoleonic wars to compile the ultimate in reference books listing in chronological order, not just the name, date and subtitled actions and losses in personnel, colours, standards and artillery, 1792 1815, the greenhill napoleonic wars data book is a monumental achievement. In the rhine campaign of 1796 june 1796 to february 1797, two first coalition armies under the overall command of archduke charles outmaneuvered and defeated two republican french armies. The greenhill napoleonic wars data book digby smith on. Subtitled actions and losses in personnel, colours, standards and artillery, 1792 1815, the greenhill napoleonic wars data book is a monumental achievement. The greenhill napoleonic wars data book hardcover june 1, 1998 by digby smith author. See all books authored by digby smith, including napoleons regiments.
Based on over twenty years of research, this massively detailed and outstanding reference work provides comprehensive coverage of every action in every campaign in europe and the middle east of the revolutionary and napoleonic wars. The hardcover of the greenhill napoleonic wars data book. The greenhill napoleonic wars data book digby george. Maintaining an easy to read style across a detailed examination of the battles, tactics, and events, the book contains a wealth of information. Digby smith digby smith is a highly respected historian of the napoleonic wars and the author of a vast number of acclaimed books on the period including the greenhill napoleonic wars data book. Actions and losses in personnel, colours, standards and artillery, 17921815 by digby smith 19980615 smith, digby. Uniforms of the napoleonic wars by digby smith is a. The author digby smith has added to his list of napoleonic volumes by with the book. Illustrated encyclopedia of the uniforms of the napoleonic. Actions and losses in personnel, colours, standards and artillery, 17921815 by smith, digby. The napoleonic wars were a continuation of the french revolution and comprise several wars declared against the french empire and napoleon bonaparte commencing in 1803 and culminating in the battle of waterloo in 1815 where napoleon was finally defeated and exiled to st helena from where he would never return. Firstly thank you for reading this, i love history and i have recently became interesting in the napoleonic wars and napoleon himself. With fine protected dustcover with loose mylar cover.
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