Foot Grenadiers (Men-at-Arms, Volume 15) by Charles Grant

By Charles Grant

This booklet examines the uniforms, apparatus, heritage and company of Napoleon's Foot Grenadiers. Their reviews at Ulm, Austerlitz, Berlin, in Russia and at Waterloo are all summarised. Uniforms are proven in complete illustrated detail.

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The uniform, if any was issued, was probably all light grey-blue with pewter buttons. Carried a hanger and a pioneer's lOol. ~'iCs of manuscriptS: Audit Office (AO), Forei~n Office (FO), Treasllry (T), and War Otticc (WO); and at the UniverSity of Southamptoll (UoS), Wellinp;ton Papers (""1'). ::z Castanos. Fermin & Anlonio de Pablo Canlero. Elirlldos de Armas del Ejercilo E,pano/' Madrid, 1992 Fieffe. Eugene. ni.. 11~m, Brighton. "spana deLAno /815. ) \tanjllcL. Ruiz, Enrique. 4, ~1aan,Jean.

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From December 1808 steps were taken to organize for Joseph a 'Spanish' army along French lines. French offIcers anri men were u"ansfelTcrl to the new force, and Napoleon made sure that the most senior regimenLS of his brouler's Guard were French. Recruiting Spaniards to serve ule French cause was no eas)' task. The eRective strength of Joseph's army is open to conjecture, estimates \'LlI),jng from less than 6,000 to over 17,000 men. Of these, abo lit half were actually French or of other nationalities; most of the res!

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