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Informationen zum Autor Ronald Pawly , born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1956, is a member of several international societies for Napoleonic studies. His forté is research in the field of military portraiture. He contributed to two major French reference works, Répertoire Mondial des Souvenirs Napoléonien and Dictionnaire des Colonels de Napoléon. In 1998 he published his first major work, The Red Lancers – Anatomy of a Napoleonic Regiment. 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. Klappentext The Dutch Army was a very important part of Wellington's army at Waterloo in 1815. This volume presents an exploration of Wellington's Dutch allies! and shows that despite criticism from the British! many units fought extremely well and defended some decisive points. Vorwort A concise, illustrated study of the Netherlands troops that fought at Quatre-Bras and Waterloo. Zusammenfassung The Dutch Army was a very important part of Wellington's army at Waterloo in 1815. This volume presents an exploration of Wellington's Dutch allies, and shows that despite criticism from the British, many units fought extremely well and defended some decisive points. Inhaltsverzeichnis The French-occupied Low Countries in 1813-14 The Dutch national insurrection, 1813The liberation of Holland, 1813-14The raising of the volunteer corpsThe Dutch-Belgian Army, 1814 organisation, uniforms The Dutch-Belgian Army, 1815 organisation and uniformsThe Dutch units at Quatre Bras and WaterlooSiborne's slanders & the documentary recordBibliographyColour plate commentary
