The book includes a historical introduction describing the campaigns and causes of the Revolutionary Wars, including Bonaparte's expedition to the Orient; another section describes the military organization of the period, with changes and innovations resulting from experience or expediency; and another the development of military uniforms from the pipe-clayed manikins of the eighteenth century, through the ragged, barefoot conscripts of Republican France, to the Napoleonic styles evolving around the turn of the century. There follow sixty four colour and six black-and-white plates, with extensive supporting text, describing more than 150 uniforms of some twenty three armies, including those of such little-known campaigns such as Kosciusko's revolt, the counter-revolution in the Vendee, and the '98' in Ireland. The uniforms range from the scarecrow volunteers and immaculate regulars of the French army of 1792-93, through the kaleidoscopic uniforms of the French in Egypt (including the exotic camel-corps), to the varied dress of 'йmigrй' regiments formed of political refugees and mercenaries, and including a number of 'irregular' corps - volunteers, militia and national guard - which symbolize the concept of 'national' armies established by the Revolution.
Uniforms of the French Revolutionary Wars 1789-1802
Автор: By Philip Haythornthwaite and Christopher Warner
Издательство: Blandford Press
Год издания: 1981
Язык: english
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 155 pages
Размер файла: 74.3 MB
