The Portuguese Army of the Napoleonic Wars (3)

by CHARTRAND, RENEYOUNGHUSBAND, BILL

• ISBN13: 9781841761572
• ISBN10: 1841761575
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2001-09-25
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Summary

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 new material. This third volume covers the artillery, militia, Ordenanza, volunteers, troops in the off-shore colonies, navy, and decorations.

Author Biography

RENÉ CHARTRAND was born in Montreal and educated in Canada, the USA 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. He has written many books, including some dozen Men-at-Arms titles - of which the most recent are three on the Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars - and the first two volumes of Canadian Military Heritage. He lives in Hull, Quebec, with his wife and two sons.

Table of Contents

Artillery	3	(5)
Origins
organisation & strength
transformation from garrison to field role
uniforms
ordnance
Battalion of Artillerymen-Conductors
The Auxiliary Forces: Militia	8	(5)
Organisation & strength
uniforms
weapons
Volunteers	13	(2)
Royal Militia Volunteers
Royal Commerce Volunteers of Lisbon
Porto Volunteers
Royal Commerce Volunteers of Porto
Coimbra University Corps
other units
Ordenanza	15	(5)
Origins
recruiting organisation
uniforms
weapons
Overseas Territories	20	(17)
Off-shore islands: Madeira - Azores
Colonies: Brazil - Mozambique - Angola - India - Macau - other colonies
Navy	37	(3)
Strength
uniforms
marines
Orders and Decorations	40	(1)
Conclusion	41	(1)
Bibliography	42	(2)
The Plates	44	(4)
Index	48