Table of Contents
No. 16

Battles and Battlefields

The Battle of Tolentino
Jack Gill offers Murat's Last Charge: The Battle of Tolentino (May 1815).
Vimeiro 1808
Ian Barstow describes this Peninsular battle.

Features

Columns and Lines
John Cook clarifies columnar confusion and formation frustration: Introduction and the British.
Prime Your Pan
Peter Lawson starts up a study on the Austrian skirmisher.
Unusual Napoleonic Flags
Stephen Ede-Borrett provides information on the Free Corps de La Meurthe 1815 flag.
Uniforms of the Neapolitan Army 1806-1815
Colin Allen offers part 4 in his series--Naples City Guard, Provincial Legions, Provincial Companies, Cacciatori Volontari dei Tre Abruzzi, Internal Security Guards, and Gendarmeria.
Oh for the life of a soldier
Richard Moore shares some recollections on filming Sharpe for the BBC.
From Our Paris Correspondent
DeBreuc reports from the French capital...200 years too late.

Napoleonic Newsdesk

Why re-enact?
Recruiting Depot

Dispatches
First Empire readers get to grips with Cost of Books, French Revolutionary Calendar, Austrian Grenadier and Artillery Update, and more.
The Last Thing...
The Editor squeezes in what wise words he can.

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