"Worthy of Praise: The Dutch Army in the War of ..." Topic
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Tango01  | 08 Oct 2023 8:47 p.m. PST |
…Liberation and the Hundred Days 1813-1815
"When the first hastily organized Dutch troops fought off the French at Breda in December 1813, their commander wrote that their behavior under fire had been worthy of praise. In order to prove to the allies the Dutch were willing and able to help drive away the French, a new army had to be built from scratch. When Napoleon returned from exile in 1815 and marched his army into the newly formed Kingdom of the Netherlands, he met a Netherlands contingent of professional soldiers, fully armed, equipped, and dressed, and ready to defend the regained independence…"
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| Lilian | 09 Oct 2023 2:03 a.m. PST |
duplicate thread, already posted…
TMP link and the title is cancelled |
| DeRuyter | 09 Oct 2023 10:19 a.m. PST |
Cancelled? It is still showing as a Preorder on Amazon. |
| Dave Jackson | 09 Oct 2023 11:32 a.m. PST |
Yes…but check the publisher…Helion books. Title is cancelled. |
| Lilian | 09 Oct 2023 2:56 p.m. PST |
confirmed by the Series Editor Andrew Bamford on the Napoleonic Wars forum link amazon is not a reference for the availability and publication date of the books, especially concerning Helion books |
| Tango01 | 09 Oct 2023 3:34 p.m. PST |
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 deadhead | 10 Oct 2023 1:32 p.m. PST |
Being pedantic "Dutch" in the very title is a bit odd. It can be so confusing. Holland is but one province of the modern Netherlands, but the couple I met outside the West Ham ground three weeks ago had travelled across from Amsterdam and had no idea about this. Belgian troops contributed massively to 1815, but were far from "Dutch". The Low Countries, The Austrian and Spanish Netherlands, Walloon, Flemish etc etc….. |
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takes the plunge.