The Russians Hussars, beside being very good horsemen, had brilliant uniforms, the details of which are mystery to many of us. Well mystery no more! Mr. Vovsi, a recent immigrant from Latvia, with the help of George Nafziger, unveils to us their colorful uniforms with a short history of each Russian Hussar regiment. Well done Mr. Vovsi. Note the beautifully detailed color plate showing the regimental color combinations which was designed by a friend of Mr. Vovsi from archival data, and published in Russia back in 1988. In addition, we are continuing the series on "Fine Dining in the Peninsula". Also starting, in this issue, are two lengthy series that will extend in two issues. The first one on French and British Light Infantry is authored by George Nafziger, will be continued in the next issue with Austrian and Russian skirmishing. The second series by J.Lochet and Marc Raiff covers the evolution of the permanent Divisions toward the Napoleonic Army Corps from the Seven Years War to the Empire. Of course, we many other interesting articles among which is an article on a wargaming campaign in 1812 around Smolensk which will be followed in our next issue by a battle report on the outcome of the most important combat of that campaign. Wargaming is serious business. If you are not convinced take a look at the elaborate campaign system developped by the authors. By the way the resulting battles do not have to be resolved with miniatures, adequate boardgame rules are available and can be used with a great deal of satisfaction. After all, the challenge is to catch the opponent with superior forces. ERRATA: In EE&L #7 in the Questions and Answers section, we have published two color plates pertaining to Russian shako badges in connection with a short article by Mr. Charles Park. We forgot to mention that the plates are postcard 3 and 14 from part 4 of a set of cards entitled "Russian Army 1812", published in Moscow in 1990 by "Ishobrashitepnoe Iskysitvo". The series of interesting colorful postcards (the text is in Russian) on the Russian Army of 1812, would make a nice complement to Historical Description of the Clothing and arms of the Russian Army reviewed elsewhere in this issue. The series of postcards is available from the Victor Kamkin Bookstore in Rockville Maryland, tel. (301) 881 5973. They are importers of Russian books. We apologize for that omission. Back to Empire, Eagles, & Lions Table of Contents Vol. 2 No. 14 Back to EEL List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1995 by Emperor's Headquarters This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com