Information Sources

Main Sources

These sources were used by A. Paolini as the basis of this article; further details were researched by G.C. Boeri in the Turin State Archives, in the Ufficio Generale del Soldo, and (mainly) in the Ordini Generali Misti. There are some discrepancies between the various Italian sources perhaps due to changes of uniform details with time (especially during wartime). For the foreign units there are no uniform contract sources, so G.C. Boeri has relied upon five or six sets of contemporary plates (two of which have never been published).

II Costume Militare Sabaudo, M. Ricchiardi, Turin, 1989.

Storia degli Eserciti Italiani da Emanuele Fiberto di Savoia ai nostri giorni, Emilio Faldella, Bramante Editrice, l 976.

"El Ejercito del Reino de Cerdena", Dragona No. 4, Gian Carlo Boeri and Luigi Casali, (January 1994).

"The Piedmontese Army 1689-1748", Practical Wargamer No. 12, P. H. Wilson, (May/June 1990). Good coverage of all aspects of the title period.

Uniformi Militari Italiane del Settecento, P. Crociani, Rome, 1974. Information now somewhat dated.

Secondary Sources and Background Reading

Note: Kannik and Funcken, the most widely available sources in English, are based only on secondary sources and cannot be taken too literally.

The Fortress in the Age of Vauban and Frederick the Great, 1660-1789, Siege Warfare Volume II, C. Duffy, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1985. Details of sieges during Spanish, Polish and Austrian Successions.
The War of the Austrian Succession, Reed Browning, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1993. Information on the Italian campaigns. Military Uniforms of the World in Colour, P. Kannik, Blandford Press, London, 1968. Plate 53 shows a Colonel's colour; and plate 75 a uniform. The Lace Wars, Part 2, L. & F. Funcken, Ward Lock Ltd., London, 1977. p123 shows a number of 1740's uniforms, musicians lace and the Marine Ordinance flag.

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