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L'Esercito del Regno di Napoli, fu attivo durante il decennio francese, vale a dire da quando il Regno meridionale allora governato dai Borboni fu conquistato e governato in due fasi distinte dai napoleonidi. Prima nel biennio 1806-1808 il Regno fi assegnato a Giuseppe Bonaparte fratello maggiore di Napoleone. A seguito dell'assegnazione del trono di Madrid a questi, Napoli passO a Gioacchino Murat, uno dei piU brillanti comandanti militari dell'impero napoleonico, nonchE cognato di Napoleone avendone sposato la sorella Carolina. La presenza francese ebbe un primo tentativo giA nel...

L'Esercito del Regno di Napoli, fu attivo durante il decennio francese, vale a dire da quando il Regno meridionale allora governato dai Borboni fu conquistato e governato in due fasi distinte dai napoleonidi. Prima nel biennio 1806-1808 il Regno fi assegnato a Giuseppe Bonaparte fratello maggiore di Napoleone. A seguito dell'assegnazione del trono di Madrid a questi, Napoli passO a Gioacchino Murat, uno dei piU brillanti comandanti militari dell'impero napoleonico, nonchE cognato di Napoleone avendone sposato la sorella Carolina. La presenza francese ebbe un primo tentativo giA nel...

L'Esercito dei regni di Napoli e di Sicilia, dopo la Restaurazione del 1815 meglio noto col nome di esercito delle Due Sicilie, spesso citato nei testi come Real Esercito o Esercito napoletano o, impropriamente, Esercito borbonico, fu la forza armata terrestre del nuovo Stato indipendente creato dall'insediamento della dinastia borbonica nel meridione d'Italia in seguito agli eventi della guerra di successione polacca. La vicenda di questo esercito si inserisce naturalmente negli anni in cui visse e durO la dinastia borbonica di cui fu sostegno: dal 1734 al 1861. In questo primo volume...

This volume is related to the Russian Army during the zar Paul I era, and are about the Flags and standards in use from 1796 to 1801. Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study on the history of Russian costume and uniformology development over the past centuries .There are various ancient editions of the work but Mark Conrad's translation is the first one and the best, remaining true to the original structure and essential style of the...

This volume is related to the Russian Army during the zar Paul I era, and are about the Guard infantry and cavalry regiments (part 1). Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study on the history of Russian costume and uniformology development over the past centuries .There are various ancient editions of the work but Mark Conrad's translation is the first one and the best, remaining true to the original structure and essential style of...

This volume is related to the Russian Army during the zar Paul I era, and are about the Guards various corps (part 2). Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study on the history of Russian costume and uniformology development over the past centuries .There are various ancient editions of the work but Mark Conrad's translation is the first one and the best, remaining true to the original structure and essential style of the text. Conrad's...

This volume is related to the Russian Army during the zar Paul I era, and are about the cavalry regiments of cuirassiers, dragoons and hussars. Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study on the history of Russian costume and uniformology development over the past centuries .There are various ancient editions of the work but Mark Conrad's translation is the first one and the best, remaining true to the original structure and essential...

This volume is related to the Russian Army during the zar Paul I era, and are about infantry: grenadiers, muskeeter & jager regiments. Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study on the history of Russian costume and uniformology development over the past centuries .There are various ancient editions of the work but Mark Conrad's translation is the first one and the best, remaining true to the original structure and essential style of...

This volume is related to the Russian Army during the zar Paul I era, and are about infantry: fusiliers, grenadiers and muskeeter regiments. Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study on the history of Russian costume and uniformology development over the past centuries .There are various ancient editions of the work but Mark Conrad's translation is the first one and the best, remaining true to the original structure and essential style...

This volume is related to the Russian Army during the zar Paul I era, and are about Guard infantry and cavalry regiments. Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study on the history of Russian costume and uniformology development over the past centuries .There are various ancient editions of the work but Mark Conrad's translation is the first one and the best, remaining true to the original structure and essential style of the text....

This volume is related to the Russian Army during the zar Alexander I era, and are about the Infantry regiments in use from 1801 to 1825. Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study on the history of Russian costume and uniformology development over the past centuries .There are various ancient editions of the work but Mark Conrad's translation is the first one and the best, remaining true to the original structure and essential style of...

This volume is related to the Russian Army during the zar Alexander I era, and are about the Grenadier regiments in use from 1801 to 1825. Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study on the history of Russian costume and uniformology development over the past centuries .There are various ancient editions of the work but Mark Conrad's translation is the first one and the best, remaining true to the original structure and essential style...

'Don Santiago' Whittingham and his 'Majorca Division'

Given the number of British troops involved in the Peninsular War it is, perhaps, unsurprising that there are many accounts and histories of the war in Spain and Portugal from a British perspective. The Duke of Wellington, one of greatest military figures in British history, became famous in Iberia and his success there helps give the impression that the war was a 'British Affair'. Spain itself fought a war of pitched battles and guerilla actions to liberate itself for which British writers have, in general, been...

'Don Santiago' Whittingham and his 'Majorca Division'

Given the number of British troops involved in the Peninsular War it is, perhaps, unsurprising that there are many accounts and histories of the war in Spain and Portugal from a British perspective. The Duke of Wellington, one of greatest military figures in British history, became famous in Iberia and his success there helps give the impression that the war was a 'British Affair'. Spain itself fought a war of pitched battles and guerilla actions to liberate itself for which British writers have, in general, been...

Volume 1 of the 6 volume history of the Peninsular War

Fortescue is rightly renowned for his multi-volume magnum opus, 'The History of the British Army', which, since it was written in the early decades of the twentieth century, feature the struggles with Napoleonic France, as a substantial part of the whole. These campaigns took place across the world but, for the British, most notably in Spain, Portugal and the South of France following the French invasion of Iberia. The numerous disconnected sections, within Fortescue's larger work, concerning the Peninsular War, have...

Volume 1 of the 6 volume history of the Peninsular War

Fortescue is rightly renowned for his multi-volume magnum opus, 'The History of the British Army', which, since it was written in the early decades of the twentieth century, feature the struggles with Napoleonic France, as a substantial part of the whole. These campaigns took place across the world but, for the British, most notably in Spain, Portugal and the South of France following the French invasion of Iberia. The numerous disconnected sections, within Fortescue's larger work, concerning the Peninsular War, have...

Volume 2 of the 6 volume history of the Peninsular War

Fortescue is rightly renowned for his multi-volume magnum opus, 'The History of the British Army', which, since it was written in the early decades of the twentieth century, feature the struggles with Napoleonic France, as a substantial part of the whole. These campaigns took place across the world but, for the British, most notably in Spain, Portugal and the South of France following the French invasion of Iberia. The numerous disconnected sections, within Fortescue's larger work, concerning the Peninsular War, have...