FOUR LOST BATTLES The maps are all done. The Kulm map presented many challenges but, after several unsatisfactory drafts, we were helped by obtaining an 1847 map of the battlefield (see below). We are now working on the deployment cards (see article on page five). Bowden's "Napoleon's Grande Armée of 1813" is now open to page 44- table of cadre and troop make-up of the different corps, using categories A (Survivors of 1812), B (Existing depot troops), and C (veterans from Spain) through O (Newly raised volunteer units). That info will impact the unit ratings; units raised during the Armistice will be at a great disadvantage. PRE-ORDERS AND CREDIT CARDS We no longer ask for a credit card number when you place your pre-order. This is very good for you and for us. We found we were spending way too much time updating everyone's credit card number and expiration. In a few weeks, we will contact everyone who has pre-ordered FOUR LOST BATTLES and provide a link to "Confirm" those pre-orders using paypal. That way, we will have no credit card info to deal with. We no longer store these numbers electronically. NOTE: If you prefer _not_ to use paypal, you can use a Credit Card or check to confirm your pre-order. MILITARY HISTORY PRESS UPDATE Final corrections are going into Napoleon's Last Grande Armée this week. We will have proofs from the printer in the last half of February. Then it's on press and shipped off to us in March! Davout's 3rd Corps book will be finished and sent to the printer in March. NAPOLEONIC MAP PROJECT Heretofore the best battle map resource readily available has been the "West Point Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars." We are about to revolutionize the general level of knowledge about the battlefields by posting a complete series of 177 Color Napoleonic Battle maps, originally published in 1847: Author: Kausler, Franz Georg Friedrich von, 1794-1848. Title: Die Kriege von 1792 bis 1815 in Europa un Aegypten. Schlacten-Atlas von 1792-1815 [von] J.E. Woerl. Imprint: [n.p., 1847] Physical Description: 1 v. of maps. 28 cm. Subject (LC): Europe--History--1789-1815. Subject (LC): France--History, Military--1789-1815. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. DC151 .K3 ATLAS We will work at posting the maps on our site as time allows. Many Thanks to Jeffrey Moore of California for providing scans of the maps and encouraging us to make them available. Back to OSG News Feb 2005 Table of Contents Back to OSG News List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2004 by Operational Studies Group 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