We received the following press release--RL Greenhill is pleased to announce an important new book on the Napoleonic Wars by Digby Smith: Napoleon's Regiments: Battle Histories of the Regiments of the French Army, 1792-1815. This new comprehensive reference book provides detailed information on more than 400 regiments of the French Army, 1792-1815. NAPOLEON'S REGIMENTS examines each unit in turn, giving an overview of the unit’s origins, the fate of the unit during the Revolutionary period, its organisational history during the Napoleonic era, battle honours borne on all colours and standards, details of the unit’s eventual fate after Napoleon’s abdication in 1815 and a complete listing of its officer casualties at all the major Napoleonic battles. Also included are 200 biographies of regimental officers, giving a unique insight into the careers of these neglected figures during the Napoleonic conflict. Digby Smith, compiler of THE GREENHILL NAPOLEONIC WARS DATA BOOK and a respected Napoleonic historian, details the full array of units from the legendary Grenadiers of the Old Guard to the exotic Portuguese Legion and the indispensable engineers and train units. Also included are details of French naval units and a year-by-year analysis of French naval losses and actions. The complete list of contents for this valuable new reference work is: Preface Introduction The Imperial Guard Infantry Cavalry Artillery The Middle Guard The Young Guard Line Infantry Light Infantry Troops not of the Line Colonial troops Auxiliary Troops: Foreign Infantry Regiments Line Cavalry Carabiniers Cuirassiers Dragoons Chevau-legers Chasseurs Hussars Disbanded Regiments Artillery Foot Artillery Horse Artilley Pontonniers Artillerie de la Marine Appendices Demi-Brigades Raised from Volunteer Units Volunteer Battalions, 1792-96 Regimental Establishments The Growth of the Infantry, 1792-96 The Growth of the Imperial Guard Reorganisation of the Infantry, 12 May 1814 Departmental Legions, 3 August 1815 Actions and Ship Losses of the Navy Bibliography This is the best single-volume study of Napoleon’s army at war, an essential addition to any Napoleonic library and a vital reference work on the troops that conquered Europe. NAPOLEON'S REGIMENTS (ISBN 1-85367-413-3) is priced £29.95, measures 250 x 175mm and has 328 pages, including 8 pages of black and white plates, coloured endpapers and five schematic diagrams. NAPOLEON'S REGIMENTS will be available in ten days time: order now! Buy it for yourself, or arrange to receive it now as an early Christmas gift! In Great Britain and internationally (£29.95): Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal Ltd Park House 1 Russell Gardens London NW11 9NN Tel: 020 8458 6314 Fax: 020 8905 5245 E-mail: LionelLeventhal@compuserve.com Web site: www.greenhillbooks.com NAPOLEON'S REGIMENTS will be available in the USA from September, priced $49.95, and will be distributed by Stackpole Books, 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 (e-mail: sales@stackpolebooks.com). Back to 4th Quarter 2000 List of News Items Back to Master List of News Items Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by Coalition Web, Inc. 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