Uniforms of the Retreat From Moscow, 1812 in color PDF
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.14 ur 8406 .ORAGt BASE»— •• - NCE REFERH BASEMENT STORAGE UNIFORMS OF THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW 1812 in Color By the same author Uniforms ofthe Napoleonic Wars Uniforms ofWaterloo Uniforms ofthe American Civil War World Uniforms and Battles 1815-50 UNIFORMS OF THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW 1812 in Color PHILIP HAYTHORNTHWAITE J. Illustrated by Michael Chappell 'A man such as I am is not much concerned over the lives ofa million men.'' Napoleon Bonaparte HIPPOCRENE BOOKS, INC New York, N.Y. Copyright © 1976 Blandford Press Ltd ALL RIGHTS RESERVED HIPPOCRENE BOOKS, INC. 171 Madison Avenue New York, N.Y. 10016 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 76-17456 ISBN 0-88254-421-7 Printed in Great Britain 2 CONTENTS Acknowledgements 6 Author's Notes 7 Historical Introduction 9 The Color Plates 27 Organisation and Strengths 93 Uniforms ofthe Retreat from Moscow 97 Text to Color Plates The Grand Armee 100 Russia 150 Black-and-White Illustrations 167 Text to Black-and-White Illustrations 177 Appendix I - Order ofBattle, Grande Armee 181 Appendix II - Russian Army at Borodino,7 September 181 192 Appendix III - Some Uniforms Not Illustrated 196 Sources and Bibliography 198 938406 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my sincere thanks to Mr D. Sully and Mr R. Hayhurst, for allowing me to consultmaterial in theirpossession to Mr ; H. V. Wilkinson of Windermere for supplying many of the rarer contemporary books and as always to Mike Chappell for interpreting ; so superbly the mass of sketches and often difficult contemporary material withwhich I supplied him, and toBarry Gregory ofBlandford Press for his constant help and valuable suggestions. PJ.H. AUTHOR'S NOTES There is difficulty in establishing the 'correct' spelling of proper names, contemporary accounts and histories as well as modern works frequently giving different versions of regimental, personal and place-names. Thus can be found Semenovskaya, Semenouskoye, Semenovskoye, Semyonovka and Semenovka, all referring to a collection ofwooden huts and the stream on which they stood; similarly Krasnoe, Krasny, Krasnyi and Krasnoe; Elizavetgrad, Elisabethgrad and Jelisawetgrad; Maloyaroslavets, Malo-Yaroslavets and Malo- Jaroslavitz Kovnoand Kaunas, etc. and the battleknown asBorodino ; ; to the Russians was called 'The Moskwa' (Moskowa or Moskva) by the French. All dates are given according to the Gregorian Calendar used in Western Europe, not according to theJulian Calendar used in Russia until the Revolution; in 1812 the Julian was twelve days behind the Gregorian. Reference should be made to the maps when consulting the brief history of the campaign which follows. Many works are cited in the bibliography as sources for further reading, some of the most accessible being the other titles in the Blandford Press Colour Series. To make initial further reading as easy as possible, the text to certain plates contains precise references to illustrations in other volumes ofthe Blandford series.
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