Synopses & Reviews
Osprey are confident in boasting that this remarkable three-part study will transform the research material available to the English-speaking student of the Peninsular War (1808-1814). Most know that Wellington's Portuguese troops were praised as the 'fighting cocks' of his army; fewer appreciate that they represented between half and one-third of his entire forces. Similarly, most uniform historians have been limited to a few half-understood paintings by Dighton, and brief notes from secondary sources. René Chartrand's recent primary research in Portuguese and British archives now offers a wealth of important new material. This second volume covers the light infantry, cavalry, specialist corps and several supporting military and civilian departments
Synopsis
This volume is the second of two covering the organization, uniforms and weapons of the Portuguese Army in Europe during the Napoleonic Wars. In this volume Rene Chartrand continues the account from Volume 1 with particular emphasis on the artillery, line infantry, specialist, the militia and the OrdonanAa. The book then focuses in detail on the descriptions of the service, battle record and uniform of each regular regiment in the Peninsular War from 1808 to 1814, including 4 regiments of Artillery, and 24 regiments of Infantry.
About the Author
RENÉ CHARTRAND was born in Montreal and educated in Canada, the USA and the Bahamas. A senior curator with Canada's National Historic Sites for nearly three decades, he is now a freelance writer and historical consultant. He has written many books, including some dozen Men-at-Arms titles - of which the most recent are three on the Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars - and the first two volumes of Canadian Military Heritage. He lives in Hull, Quebec, with his wife and two sons.