Napoleon
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No. 8

Units and Uniforms SWEDISH HORSE ARTILLERY AND THE 1813 CAMPAIGN Few Swedish units saw action against Napoleon's Grande Armee and its allies in the 1813 campaign. Even if the Crown Prine of Sweden (former French Marshal Bernadotte) was saving his small army for future action against Norway, there were Swedish officers anxious to fight now. The first to see combat was the horse artillery which participated at Leipzig.

Cover: Keith Rocco's study of French light and heavy cavalry officers 1813-1815 includes a Dutch Red lancer (left) and two cuirassiers. Large Cover (120K)

200th Anniversary

BONAPARTE'S ENDGAME

27-year-old General Napoleon Bonaparte had reached the pinnacle of success in less than a year in his first field command. He had defeated four separate armies and three attempts to relieve the Austrians trapped in the fortress of Mantua. Incredibly, the Austrians would put together another army to try and retake northern Italy. This time, Napoleon would arguably face Austria's best field commander, Archduke Charles, fresh from his own victories against the French armies operating in Germany. One day Charles would defeat napoleon, but not in this campaign.

Interview

MARLBOROUGH AND BONAPARTE

David Geoffrey Chandler, author of Campaigns of Napoleon, perhaps the most well-known single volume work on this era, shares his thoughts on his career of writing and teaching at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, his opinions of Napoleon, and his hopes for further study after a debilitating illness.

Game Review

AGE OF SAIL

For those impressed with Talonsoft's Battleground: Waterloo computer game (reviewed in Napoleon #3), this latest offering will be equally appreciated. An easy-to-learn game of the Age of Sail for the period 1775-1820, there are more than 100 different scenarios simulating ship-to-ship battles in real-time format; ships move and fight simultaneously, unlike the familiar I move-you move type games.

Collector's Sourcebook

COINS OF THE "HUNDRED DAYS"

The French monetary system of 1815 explained by Timothy Kirkpatrick, owner of Kirk's Rare Coins.

Travel

MUSEO DE RISORGIMENTO

David Markham travels to Milan, Italy and visits a museum packed with Napoleonic artifacts.

Departments

Napoleonic Library: Reviews of selected books

Napoleon and Iberia
Napoleon and English Romanticism
Representations of Revolution

Letters From Readers:

French Hussars, Out of Print Prints, and the Wrong Marchfeld