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Napoleon's Balkan Troops (Men-at-Arms 410)

By Vladimir Brnardic

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2004
ISBN
184176700X, 9781841767000
Open Library ID
OL8922623M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12235901 bytes)
Pages
51\51
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

South-east Europe is one of the most neglected fronts of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815); yet on the coast of the Adriatic Sea – broadly, former Western Yugoslavia and the Ionian Islands – France struggled to hold a vital strategic outpost dominating Austrian and Russian access to the Mediterranean. Here she took into imperial service former Austrian frontier regiments, which fought with distinction in Russia in 1812; and raised irregulars from among the exotic warrior populations to guard the Turkish frontier inland, and the coasts and islands from British naval raids. This detailed review of all such troops is illustrated with rare prints and meticulous colour plates.

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