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Charge the Guns!: Wellington's Cavalry at Waterloo 2015

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Waterloo is perhaps one of the most famous battles in history and one of the least researched. In this bicentennial year, is there anything new to say on the battle? Paul L. Dawson thinks so. His new and often ground-breaking research shows that well-known Waterloo events are often myth and not fact, and presents the results of over a decade's research in archives and libraries across Europe, presenting many first-hand accounts which add new insights to the battle. Discover the role played by the British/French cavalry during the Waterloo campaign, from period eye-witness accounts and testimonies, as well as what it was like to be in the cavalry and what it took to be a cavalry trooper. This unique series, using over 400 archival accounts of Waterloo, many not being in print before, brings the battle of Waterloo to life in a dramatic way in the two volumes that deal with the British and French cavalry forces in the battle. We see how badly the British rode compared to the French and how little command and control the British actually had in the charge; this was down to poor training and lack of experience. The French training system, as demonstrated in the author's book Au Galop! Horses and Riders of Napoleon's Army shows that the French were superior horsemen with a training regime that gave the French superior battlefield manoeuvrability. This series of complementary books by Paul L. Dawson brings to light new ground-breaking research into the study of cavalry in the Napoleonic wars. No similar study has been undertaken since Valentine Wood's partial study at the turn of the 20th century. The author's work goes far deeper, and using material overlooked by Wood, primarily British and French as well as archive sources, overturns a lot of the received wisdom on Napoleonic cavalry, its battlefield performance and theoretical training.

Pages: 312

Format: Paperback

Release: April 24, 2015

ISBN 13: 9781907212116

Charge the Guns!: Wellington's Cavalry at Waterloo 2015

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Waterloo is perhaps one of the most famous battles in history and one of the least researched. In this bicentennial year, is there anything new to say on the battle? Paul L. Dawson thinks so. His new and often ground-breaking research shows that well-known Waterloo events are often myth and not fact, and presents the results of over a decade's research in archives and libraries across Europe, presenting many first-hand accounts which add new insights to the battle. Discover the role played by the British/French cavalry during the Waterloo campaign, from period eye-witness accounts and testimonies, as well as what it was like to be in the cavalry and what it took to be a cavalry trooper. This unique series, using over 400 archival accounts of Waterloo, many not being in print before, brings the battle of Waterloo to life in a dramatic way in the two volumes that deal with the British and French cavalry forces in the battle. We see how badly the British rode compared to the French and how little command and control the British actually had in the charge; this was down to poor training and lack of experience. The French training system, as demonstrated in the author's book Au Galop! Horses and Riders of Napoleon's Army shows that the French were superior horsemen with a training regime that gave the French superior battlefield manoeuvrability. This series of complementary books by Paul L. Dawson brings to light new ground-breaking research into the study of cavalry in the Napoleonic wars. No similar study has been undertaken since Valentine Wood's partial study at the turn of the 20th century. The author's work goes far deeper, and using material overlooked by Wood, primarily British and French as well as archive sources, overturns a lot of the received wisdom on Napoleonic cavalry, its battlefield performance and theoretical training.

Pages: 312

Format: Paperback

Release: April 24, 2015

ISBN 13: 9781907212116

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