In the last issue of Empires, Eagles and Lions and in many preceding issues of NEW JAW News, I have noticed that there has been considerable lamentation over the fact that there is a lack of reliable sources in English concerning the army of Austria-Hungary during the Napoleonic Wars. I am afraid I am not able to rectify the situation as, outside of Albert Seaton's book in the "Men-at-Arms" series and a few books published by the Napoleonic Wargaming Association in England, there appears to be nothing available in English on the subject of this oft-neglected army. Therefore, the best that I can offer the reader who is looking for sources on the K.U.K. is a brief guide to the standard works in German on the subject. The source of my information are notes from my own research and a catalogue published by the Librairie Pierre Petitot in Paris, a bookstore which sells many thousands of titles on European militaria and military history. I find Petitot's cataglogues very useful bibliographic sources because they carry a complete publishing history and description of each title. On the subject of Austro-Hungarian artillery, the standardwL work seems to be: Anton Dolleczek, Geschichte der Osterreicischen artillerie von den fruhesten zeiten bis zur gegenwart which is a history of Austrian artillery from its origins to 18300 Orgi.nally published in 1887, and reprinted in 1973, this seems to be the standard work on Austrian artillery. I have never seen a copy but I have often seen the work quoted and the information on Austrian artillery which I provided for NEW JAW News last year was based on quotations from this book contained in Lauerma's L'Artillerie de Campagne Francaise. Petitot sells the reprint for 250 francs (about $70. The official history of Austria-Hungary's war against France is Krieg gegen die Franzoesiche Revolution, a work produced by the Military History section of the K.u.K. Kriegsarchivs and printed in Vienna in 1905. Again, I have never seen a copy of this particular work as none are known to exist in Canada. As far as I know, it has never been reprinted. The great standard source for the uniforms of the K.u.K. is Oscar Teuber and Rudolf von Ottenfeld, Die Osterreichische Armee von 1700 bis 1867, originally published in Vienna in 1395 and reprinted in Gray in 1971 his is the source from which Seaton took many of the illustrations for his Osprey book This work contains 102 plates and hundreds of line drawings and covers the uniforms of each separate branch of the K.u.K. in detail. There is exactly 1 copy of this book in Canada and the owning library refuses to lend it on inter-library lean. Occasionally, I can convince a friend who lives in the same town to sneak in and xerox a few pages for me but it is a laborious task requiring, special permission, etc, Petitot sells the reprint for 1700 francs ($425). In case any of the readers would like to order these books from Petitot: Librair•ies Pierre Petitot 234, Blvd Saint-Germain 75007 Paris, France. Hopefully, some of these books will be available via interlibrary loan in the US -- I know they aren't in Canada. I think it really is a disgrace that there hasn't been more work published in English on the K.u.K. during the period, 1792-1815. It was Napoleon's most consistent opponent and, although often defeated, it was newer to be under-estimated, witness the campaign in Germany in 1796 and the campaign of 1809. If I wasn't so deeply involved in North American military history, I would seriously consider doing something to rectify the situation. Back to Empire, Eagles, & Lions Table of Contents Vol. 1 No. 22 Back to EEL List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1978 by Jean Lochet This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com