Featured battle : Neisse

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 23 February 1807 - 16 June 1807

The task of subduing this Prussian fortress was given to the Württemberg Division of Vandamme's X Corps. The fortress was undermanned having only half of its design complement but the Prussians put up a strong spirited defence. Two thousand of them died of sickness or were killed during the four months. On its surrender the men became prisoners, the officers released on parole except for ten of them who were permitted to rejoin their army immediately as a mark of respect for their actions.

Wellington's Infantry

Gabriele Esposito
Here is a book with a bit of a wow factor and it goes much further than the title suggests. All the British Guards, Line, Scottish and Light Infantry regiments are covered. Then come the hundreds of units from around the world. A further section covers foreign troops in British service and this includes the Kings German Legion. The range is from the many full regiments raised in Canada to the militia companies of the West Indies. Militias, Veterans and Fencibles are all included even the Select Embodied Militia, making the coverage truly comprehensive. By way of example of the inclusivity one unit mentioned is the grand sounding Canadian Light Dragoons raised in 1813 comprised only eighty men but took part in several engagements until disbanded in 1815. Naturally in a book of 137 pages the coverage of each unit is slight being an overview of the whole picture rather than the detail.
The many illustrations showing a range of uniforms of different units are really excellent and the bibliography points the reader to further reading. There is also a concluding chapter on uniforms and the changes made in this period.
Forgive the somewhat misleading title, many of these units mentioned never came anywhere near Wellington’s zone of command. Enjoy a jolly interesting read and put this book in your reference section for dipping into as the need arises or when you just feel like looking at the pictures
We strongly recommend this book.

Pen & Sword Military, 2021