Napoleons mercenaries. Foreign units in the French Army by Guy Dempsey

By Guy Dempsey

Artillerys: Septinsular, SwissBattalions: German, German Deserter, Austrian Deserter, Piedmont Patriots, Piombino, Prince of Neufchatels, Piedmontese Expeditiona, Italic, Polish, Septinsular, Valais, 1-3 international Deserter, 1-4 international, Volonteer Batallions of the Island of Elba, Ligurian…Во общем кого там только не было, включая батальоны целиком состоящие из негров… В принципе Наполеона можно считать предводителем крупнейшей армии наёмников в мире. Такой разноплеменной орды, служащей за деньги, в одном лагере не собиралось ни до, ни после.

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