| Bagration1812 | 17 Dec 2007 6:44 p.m. PST |
Steve Smith had the grand notion of starting a thread listing various nation's drill manuals that are available online. Here is a start: Rules and regulations for the formations, field-exercise, and movements, of … 1795 British Drill Regs link |
| Steven H Smith | 17 Dec 2007 7:46 p.m. PST |
Dienst-reglement fuer die k. k. infanterie. 1806-1807: Part 1 (1807):
link Part 2 (1806)
link Reglement vor die Königl. Preussische Infanterie, … 1750: link
Dienst-reglement fuer saemtliche Chur-braunschweig-Luneburgische Truppen. 1787:
link Ordonnance du roi, portant reglement sur le service de l'Infanferie en campagne. 1753: link Instruction pour les revues d'inspection régionale des troupes d'infanterie et de cavalerie de la République. Du 12 brumaire an VII: link Réglement concernant l'exercice et les manoeuvres de l'infanterie : du 1er août 1791:
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| Oliver Schmidt | 18 Dec 2007 12:22 a.m. PST |
A complete transcription of the Exerzir-Reglement für die Infanterie der Königlich Preußischen Armee. (Berlin 1812): link and an English translation of its 4th and 5th part: link |
| Steven H Smith | 18 Dec 2007 7:27 a.m. PST |
Two nice works containing much material on Prussina regulations and practice: "Urkundliche Beiträge …", Hefte 6-10 – including Jany's "Der Preusische Kavaleriedienst vor 1806." Berlin: 1904. Starting on page 6:
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"Urkundliche Beiträge …", Hefte 1- 5 – including Jany's "Die Gefechtsausbildung der Preusische Infanterie von 1806." Berlin: 1901-. Go to "section 16" – Heft 5: link Another one of the numerous English regulations on-line: Instructions for the Drill, and the Methods of Performing the Eighteen Manoeuvres by John Russell. 1804, Printed by C. Roworth, and for T. Egerton. 255 pages:
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| Steven H Smith | 18 Dec 2007 7:41 a.m. PST |
De l'usage de l'artillerie nouvelle dans la guerre de campagne : connaissance nécessaire aux officiers destinés à commander toutes les armées / par le chevalier Du Teil,…: link Manuel du canonnier, ou Instruction générale sur toutes les bouches à feu en usage dans l'artillerie / par M***,…: link Fragments de tactique ou Six mémoires… sur les chasseurs et sur la charge… sur la manoeuvre de l'infanterie… sur la colonne… sur les marches… sur les ordres de bataille… sur l'"Essai général de tactique"…: Vol 1:
link Vol 2:
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| Steven H Smith | 18 Dec 2007 8:00 a.m. PST |
The bibliography mentioned by Tom: A Bibliography of French Military Manuals and Instructions Concerning the Napoleonic Period: link
From the same NSF Web site:
An English translation of the Réglement concernant l'exercice et les manoeuvres de l'infanterie : du 1er août 1791:
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| Graf Bretlach | 18 Dec 2007 1:25 p.m. PST |
HoHo An English translation! thanks for the other link I had forgotten about that one. |
| Grizwald | 18 Dec 2007 1:51 p.m. PST |
RULES AND REGULATIONS
FOR THE
MANUAL and PLATOON EXERCISES,
FORMATIONS, FIELD-EXERCISE,
AND
MOVEMENTS
OF
HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES.
FOR THE USE OF THE
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE
BRITISH ARMY.
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PARTS I. II. AND ABSTRACT, PART III.
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WAR OFFICE, PRINTED
AND SOLD BY
T. EGERTON, AT THE MILITARY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL.
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1816 PDF link |
| Steven H Smith | 18 Dec 2007 2:40 p.m. PST |
L'artillerie raisonnés, contenant la description & l'usage des différentes … by Guillaume Leblond. 1761 579 pages: link Élements de fortification, contenant la construction raisonnge des ouvrages … by Guillaume Le Blond. 1775. 391 pages: link Traité de la défense des places: Avec … un dictionnaire des termes de l … by Guillaume Leblond, Charles Antoine Jombert and Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban. 1783. 153 pages: link Versuch über die Lagerkunst… by Guillaume Le Blond. 1767. 197 pages: link Spanish artillery manual translated into German!:
Lehrbuch der Artilleriewissenschaft: Aus dem Spanischen des D. Thomas de Morla … by Tomás de Morla; Translated by Johann Gottfried Hoyer. 3 vols. 1795-1797:
Part 1.1:
link Part 1.2: Not yet on Google Part 2:
link A practical guide for the light infantry officer by Thomas Henry Cooper. 1806: link |
| Bagration1812 | 20 Dec 2007 4:49 a.m. PST |
The Trooper's Manual: Or, Tactics for Light Dragoons and Mounted Riflemen
link Achievements of Cavalry
By Evelyn Wood link Instructions and Regulations for the Formations and Movements of the Cavalry… link A Treatise Upon the Duties of Light Troops
By Ehwald link A Hand Book for Infantry: Containing the First Principles of Military …
By William Duane link Abstract of Infantry Tactics: Including Exercises and Manœuvres of Light Troops and Rifelmen
By the US War Department link Elements of Tacticks, and Introduction to Military Evolutions for the…A translation of F.C. von Saldern's Taktik der infanterie, or his Taktische grundsätse.
By Friedrich Christoph
von Saldern, Isaac
Landmann link |
| Steven H Smith | 18 Jan 2008 12:31 p.m. PST |
Das Oesterreichische Militaer betreffende Schriften. 1794-1796. 6 vols:
Full Contents: 1. Bd. Generalreglement, oder Verhaltungen fuer die kayserl. koenigliche Generalitaet.--2. Bd. Dienst- und Exercierreglement fuer die saemmtliche kayserl. koenigliche Infanterie.--3. Bd. Stand- und Verpflegs-Regulament der ganzen k. k. Armee.--4. Bd. Kriegsgesetzte, oder Verhaltungen fuer die saemmtliche kayserl. koenigliche Armee.--5. Bd. Allerneuestes Exercir-Reglement fuer die gesammte kaiserl. koenigle. Kavallerie.--6. Bd. Neustes Reglement fuer die saemmtliche kaiserlich koenigliche Kavallerie. Available on-line for download: 1. Bd. Generalreglement, oder Verhaltungen fuer die kayserl. koenigliche Generalitaet (1794): link
2. Bd. Dienst- und Exercierreglement fuer die saemmtliche kayserl. koenigliche Infanterie.(1794):
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6. Bd. Neustes Reglement fuer die saemmtliche kaiserlich koenigliche Kavallerie (1796):
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| von Winterfeldt | 18 Jan 2008 1:11 p.m. PST |
Wow – grreat –
Many thanks to all, happy reading as well |
| Steven H Smith | 30 Jan 2008 2:27 a.m. PST |
Handbook für Officiere, in den anwendbaren Theilen der
Krieges-Wissenschaften by Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst. 3 parts. 1787-1790: Vol 1 (1787) – Artillerie:
link Vol 2 (1788):
link Vol 3 (1790):
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| Steven H Smith | 30 Jan 2008 10:41 a.m. PST |
Vorlesungen über die Taktik der Reuterey, von einem Obersten der Reuterey by Friedrich Wilhelm Bismark. 1818. 235 pages:
link English translations: Lectures on the tactics of cavalry: and Elements of manœuvre for a cavalry … by Friedrich Wilhelm Bismark. 1827: link also On the Uses and Application of Cavalry in War: … by Friedrich Wilhelm Bismark translated by North Ludlow Beamish. 1855. 456 pages: link
Some related materials:
Ideen-taktik der Reuterei by Friedrich Wilhelm Bismark. 1829. 508 pages: link Aufzeichnungen des Generallieutenants Friedrich Wilhelm, Grafen von Bismark by Friedrich Wilhelm Bismark. 1847. 368 pages: link |
| Bagration1812 | 26 Apr 2008 7:15 p.m. PST |
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| NedZed | 17 Apr 2024 8:57 p.m. PST |
The first book linked below is a compilation of tactical "Experiments" by Lt. John Russell. In the second linked book (The Tactical Regulator), Russell calculates in 1810 the timings of those experiments and then applies those timings to various movements and actions in the drill manual. These are primary source documents which are along the same lines as the time-and-motion-study books produced for wargamers by George W. Jeffrey (Tactics and Grand Tactics of the Napoleonic Wars, 1982, edited by Ned Zuparko) and Imperial Bayonets by George Nafziger, 1996. (Russell's books were not known to Jeffrey, and were not known, or, at least, not referenced by Nafziger).
A Series of Military Experiments of Attack and Defence: Made in Hyde-Park, in 1802, Under the Sanction of His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief, with Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery : and in the Island of Jersey, in 1805, by Permission of Lieutenant-General Andrew Gordon, with Notes, Remarks and Illustrations
By Lt. John Russell link
The Tactical Regulator … Illustrated with Thirty-five Plates, Etc. Author, John Russell (Lieutenant.) Published, 1810.
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gets started with Flintloque.
