"French Light Infantry 1784-1815: From the Chasseurs of" Topic
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Tango01 | 09 Aug 2021 4:35 p.m. PST |
…Louis XVI to Napoleon's Grande Armée "In 1792 France unleashed a new form of warfare in Europe. Faced with the well-drilled Austrian and Prussian armies, the French introduced the tactic of mass skirmishing by tirailleurs. Soldiers were thrown forwards and told to fight in open order. Moving quickly and making use of cover, they fired on the enemy line, annoying it, goading it, and all the time distracting it from the infantry columns coming up behind, bristling with bayonets, ready for the charge and a shock action. Of these tirailleurs, the best were the professional chasseur light infantry battalions, raised and trained in the army of Louis XVI; but they were too few in number. A patriotic appeal for light infantry volunteers was made, and within two years the original twelve battalions became ninety strong. By the time of Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, there were 185 battalions of light infantry in service, with hundreds of voltigeur light companies attached to the regular line infantry battalions. Although all infantrymen could fight as tirailleurs, specialist light infantry did it best, and were clearly an important part of Napoleon's armies. Why was this?…"
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SHaT1984 | 10 Aug 2021 12:01 a.m. PST |
I take it the stealth version posted days ago was suppressed again by the nasty pixies___ |
SHaT1984 | 07 Nov 2021 2:36 p.m. PST |
And yet we still await publlication… |
ChaosMan | 07 Nov 2021 4:34 p.m. PST |
November 2021, right? Technically have 24 days ;-) Reminds me of the days of college paper due dates |
Lilian | 07 Nov 2021 5:06 p.m. PST |
as it has been recently numbered taking the official rank «76» in the serie From Reason to Revolution, this means the title will be published soon and not delayed There will be also 74 MINDEN 1759 and 79 NAPOLEONIC FRENCH MILITARY UNIFORMS 1798-1814 As Depicted by Horace and Carle Vernet and Eugène Lami |
SHaT1984 | 04 Dec 2021 1:14 p.m. PST |
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Paul Demet | 05 Dec 2021 2:03 a.m. PST |
Free virtual book launch event – see link |
SHaT1984 | 05 Dec 2021 10:05 p.m. PST |
Cool, done. A pal gave me a heads up a day ago so I was wondering ;--)) cheers |
SHaT1984 | 16 Dec 2021 11:47 a.m. PST |
Off to the Upcoming Session Starting On: Thursday, December 16th 2021 @ 7:00PM GMT , ……… starting in 15 minutes ;-) D~ |
MarbotsChasseurs | 18 Dec 2021 8:26 p.m. PST |
What did everyone think? I missed most of up because I was getting a rapid Covid test right when it started due to being exposed to a coworker. All good, it was negative! |
SHaT1984 | 19 Dec 2021 1:17 p.m. PST |
It was, interesting lets say. Wasn't as 'articulated' as I thought it may have been and he did have to pause often to collect thoughts on prickly issues raised in freeform 'chat' messages. But I guess I do the same… dredging the memory for factoids. I'm sure the book is better, as he cited references in it he couldn't specifically recall live. Editing of video is non existent on the recording, first 7+? minutes are blank, as is end… would have thought in this day and age [to use the expression] a bit of technical savvy would have been exercised. In the on-line chat co-running someone asked about the 'flimsy' Helion books and delaminating covers, but of course there was no recognition of it by Andrew Bamford (sp) Editor. Terry showed a handful of topics covered by screenshots that he spoke to. A few dismissive comments** and some contentious paraphrasing but overall I got a good impression of the book. On British historians, well… **Something about the French not understanding rifles usage and 'distance' shooting; yet then progressed to the 'forward' skirmisher tactics employed by the legere vs line. I'll find your addy Mike and send the link; good news on the test; I had a similar incident from 3rd party a few weeks ago, cheers dave ≠≠≠ |
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