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Charging Against Wellington: The French Cavalry in the Peninsular War, 1807–1814 PDF

487 Pages·2011·4.15 MB·English
by  Burnham
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Charging Against Wellington Napoleon’s Cavalry in the Peninsula 1807–1814 This edition published in 2011 by Frontline Books, an imprint of Pen and Sword Books Limited, 47 Church Street, Barnsley, S. Yorkshire, S70 2AS www.frontline-books.com email [email protected] © Robert Burnham, 2011 The right of Robert Burnham to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. ISBN: 978–1–84832–591–3 ePub ISBN:9781844684366 PRC ISBN: 9781844684373 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. A CIP data record for this title is available from the British Library. For more information on our books, please visit www.frontline-books.com, email [email protected] or write to us at the above address. Typeset by Palindrome Printed in the UK by CPI Antony Rowe Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Organisation of the French Cavalry in the Peninsula Chapter One The Build-up (July 1807–October 1808) Chapter Two The Invasion and Conquest of Spain (November 1808–March 1810) Chapter Three Occupation (Spring 1810–July 1812) Chapter Four The Long Retreat: (August 1812–April 1814) Part II: The Peninsular Cavalry Generals Chapter Five Introduction Chapter Six The Peninsular Cavalry Generals – Arrighi to Curto Chapter Seven The Peninsular Cavalry Generals – Davenay to Konopka Chapter Eight The Peninsular Cavalry Generals – Laferriere to Montbrun Chapter Nine The Peninsular Cavalry Generals – Noirot to Watier Part III: The Regiments Chapter Ten Introduction Chapter Eleven The Dragoon Regiments Chapter Twelve The Chasseur Regiments Chapter Thirteen The Hussar Regiments Chapter Fourteen The Imperial Guard, Cuirassier and Lancer Regiments Chapter Fifteen The Provisional Cavalry Regiments Chapter Sixteen The Foreign Regiments Appendix: Sources References Index Illustrations Plates may be found between pages 156 and 157 1 Auguste-François-Marie Colbert de Chabanais 2 August-Jean-Gabriel de Caulaincourt 3 Vital-Joachim Chamorin 4 François Fournier-Sarlovèse 5 Jean-Baptiste Francesqui dit Franceschi-Delonne 6 François-Etienne Kellermann 7 François-Antoine Lallemand 8 Antoine-Charles-Louis Lasalle 9 Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes 10 Pierre Margaron 11 Louis-Pierre Montbrun 12 Ythier-Silvain Pryvé 13 2nd Dragoons 14 6th Dragoons 15 14th Dragoons 16 16th Dragoons 17 17th Dragoons 18 25th Dragoons 19 5th Chasseurs 20 3rd Hussars List of Tables 1.1 The Cavalry Division of the 1st Corps of Observation of the Gironde, August 1807 1.2 Deployment of the Cavalry Division of the 1st Corps of Observation of the Gironde, October 1807 1.3 The march of the cavalry across Spain, October-November 1807 1.4 French cavalry in Spain and Portugal, late January 1808 1.5 Strength of cavalry in the Corps of the Western Pyrenees, 23 April 1808 1.6 Strength of General Lasalle’s Cavalry Brigade in the Corps of the Western Pyrenees, early May 1808 1.7 Strength of cavalry in the Corps of the Eastern Pyrenees, 23 April 1808 1.8 Imperial Guard cavalry in Spain, April 1808 1.9 Organisation of the French cavalry in Spain and Portugal, June 1808**ganisation of the Frencganisation of the Frencganisation of the Frencganisation of the Frencganisation of the Frencganisation of the Frencganisation of the Frencganisation of the Frenc 1.10 Command structure of the French cavalry designated for service in Spain, 7 September 1808 1.11 Command structure of the French cavalry designated for service in Spain, 2 October 1808 2.1 French cavalry in Spain, 15 November 1808 2.2 Location of French cavalry in Spain, mid-December 1808 2.3 Location of French cavalry in Spain, mid-January 1809 2.4 Cavalry generals who departed Spain January-June 1809 2.5 Organisation of French cavalry in north-west Spain, 1 July 1809 2.6 Organisation and location of French cavalry in central Spain, 1 July 1809 2.7 Organisation of French cavalry in eastern Spain, 15 July 1809 2.8 Location of French cavalry in Spain, October 1809 2.9 Organisation of the French cavalry, mid-December 1809 3.1 French supply routes in Spain from Bayonne to Valladolid, 1809 (483 km in 15 days) 3.2 French supply routes in Spain from Valladolid to Madrid, 1809 (212 km in 7 days) 3.3 French supply routes in Spain from Bayonne to Saragossa, 1809 (468 km in 15 days) 3.4 French military governments in Spain, 1810 3.5 The creation of French armies in Spain, 1810 and 1811 3.6 Organisation of the Provisional Dragoon regiments, January 1810 3.7 Organisation of the French cavalry, June 1810 3.8 Organisation of the French cavalry, November 1810 3.9 French military governments assigned to the Army of the North, January 1811 3.10 Cavalry brigades in the Army of the North, January 1811 3.11 Loss of horses in the cavalry of the Army of Portugal, 16 September 1810-1 March 1811 3.12 Location and strength of the cavalry of the Army of Portugal, 1 April 1811 3.13 French cavalry at Fuentes de Oñoro, 3-5 May 1811 3.14 Organisation of the French cavalry in the Army of the South, spring 1811 3.15 Organisation of the French cavalry in the Albuera campaign, May 1811 3.16 Cavalry in the Army of Portugal, August 1811 3.17 Regiments withdrawn from Spain to create the new lancer regiments, 1811 3.18 Cavalry of the Army of Portugal, November 1811 3.19 Organisation of the cavalry in the Armies of the Aragon, Catalonia, the Centre, and the North, autumn 1811 3.20 Cavalry in the Army of the South, July 1811 3.21 Location of cavalry in the Army of the South, September 1811 3.22 Cavalry in the Army of the South, October 1811 3.23 Cavalry in the Army of the South, 16 November 1811 3.24 The new cavalry divisions of the Army of the South, 7 February 1812 3.25 Cavalry generals in the Army of the South who served as provincial governors or commandants of cities, February 1812 3.26 Cavalry divisions and brigades in Spain, March 1812 3.27 Number of squadrons and soldiers in the cavalry of the French armies in Spain, 1 July 1812 3.28 Cavalry regimental strength in the French armies in Spain, 1 July 1812 4.1 Cavalry divisions and brigades in Spain, 15 October 1812 4.2 Cavalry divisions and independent brigades in Spain, spring 1813

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Like the author’s previous book, The British Army Against Napoleon, Charging Against Wellington draws heavily on primary sources, manuals, memoirs, and regimental histories to bring to life the officers and men of the regiments that fought. The book is divided into three sections. The first contai
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