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Informationen zum Autor Paddy Griffith is a freelance military historian based in Manchester. His groundbreaking books on low-level tactics include Forward Into Battle (1981 and 1990), Battle Tactics of the Civil War (1986) and Battle Tactics of the Western Front (1994). He has also written extensively on wargames, and is currently active in the South Manchester Tactical Society and in the Battlefields Trust. The author lives in Manchester, England. Klappentext Osprey's examination of French infantry tactics during the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). For over 20 years France was the dominating, controlling and conquering power of the western world, a result not only of Napoleon's inspired leadership, but of the efforts of almost an entire generation of Frenchmen under arms. The French Revolution heralded both social change and a seismic shift in how armies were organized, trained and deployed. This book provides an analysis of the preparation of French troops from manual regulations to the training ground, studying the changing quality of command and control within the army, which initially ensured that the French infantry were virtually unstoppable. Paddy Griffith not only explores the role of the French infantry at the apex of their powers and their actions in key battles, but also provides a detailed explanation of their eventual decline leading to defeat at Waterloo, providing a critical overview of French Napoleonic infantry tactics. A critical overview of the French infantry tactics which made them masters of Europe but eventually resulted in their defeat at Waterloo. Zusammenfassung Provides an analysis of the preparation of the French troops from manual regulations to the training ground, as well as a study of the changing quality of command and control within the army. This book explores the role of the French infantry at the apex of their powers and their role in these key battles. Inhaltsverzeichnis Personnel, organization and tactics - line and column, firepower and bayonets The role of skirmishers - Duhesme's manual Joudain's recruiting law - Gribeauval guns - infantry in 'all-arms battle' - the squares in Egypt Bonaparte's role - Ney's manual · Triumph in 1805-07 The Peninsular, 1808-14 - performance vs British and Spanish Deterioration 1809-14 - increased reliance on artillery Waterloo ...
