Austrian Auxiliary Troops
by Dave Hollins
Men-at-Arms Series Osprey £7.99

I doubt that there is anybody reading this who is not familiar with the Men-at-Arms series and this recent Napoleonic volume follows the usual format. Within the 48 pages of this little booklet the reader will find a concise description of the Grenzers, Freikorps, Landwehr, Insurrection and other types, together with the usual supporting colour artwork, this time by Bill Younghusband. More interesting, in my view, are the numerous monochrome illustrations, many of which have probably not seen the light of day in any English language work and, moreover, all of which complement the text, unlike the padding that these booklets sometimes suffer from in this context.

The author of this particular Men-at-Arms runs the Austrian Military Study Group and has written a number of articles on Austrian subjects in various magazines. It is evident that his knowledge of the Austrian army is considerable, and so, although mine is not great, I can say with confidence that this particular Men-at Arms is well worth having, even if the Austrian army is not one's principal interest. Osprey should engage him to re-write, or at least correct the errors and omissions, in their other volumes on the Austrian army of the period.

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