The Portuguese Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1)

by CHARTRAND, RENEYOUNGHUSBAND, BILL

• ISBN13: 9781855327672
• ISBN10: 1855327678
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-09-25
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Summary

Osprey are confident in boasting that this remarkable three-part study will transform the research material available to the English-speaking student of the Peninsular War. Most know that Wellington's Portuguese troops were praised as the 'fighting cocks' of his army; fewer appreciate that they represented between half and one-third of his entire forces. Similarly, most uniform historians have been limited to a few half-understood paintings by Dighton, and brief notes from secondary sources. Rene Chartrand's recent primary research in Portuguese and British archives now offers a wealth of important new material. This second volume covers the light infantry, cavalry, specialist corps and several supporting military and civilian departments

Author Biography

René Chartrand was born in Montreal and educated in Canada, the United States and the Bahamas. A senior curator with Canada's National Historic Sites for nearly three decades, he is now a freelance writer and historical consultant for cinema and historic sites restorations. He has written numerous articles and books including almost 20 Osprey titles and the first two volumes of Canadian Military Heritage. Also a student of wines, he currently lives in Hull, Quebec, with his wife and two sons.

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(6)
The Portuguese Army Before 1807	6	(2)
Invasion, Occupation & Revolt, 1807--08	8	(3)
The Rebirth of the Army	11	(6)
Chronology of Operations	17	(3)
Uniforms & Equipment	20	(17)
The Line Infantry	37	(6)
The Plates	43	(5)
Index	48