Uniforms of the Retreat From Moscow, 1812 in color

210 Pages·1976·34.644 MB·English

by  Philip Haythornthwaite

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UNIFORMS OF THE
RETREAT FROM MOSCOW
1812
in Color
By the same author
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UNIFORMS OF THE
RETREAT FROM MOSCOW
1812
in Color
PHILIP HAYTHORNTHWAITE
J.
Illustrated by Michael Chappell
'A man such as I am is
not much concerned
over the lives ofa
million men.''
Napoleon Bonaparte
HIPPOCRENE
BOOKS, INC
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements 6
Author's Notes
7
Historical Introduction 9
The Color Plates 27
Organisation and Strengths 93
Uniforms ofthe Retreat from Moscow 97
Text to Color Plates
The Grand Armee 100
Russia 150
Black-and-White Illustrations 167
Text to Black-and-White Illustrations 177
Appendix I - Order ofBattle, Grande Armee 181
Appendix II - Russian Army at Borodino,7 September 181 192
Appendix III - Some Uniforms Not Illustrated 196
Sources and Bibliography 198
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to express my sincere thanks to Mr D. Sully and Mr R.
Hayhurst, for allowing me to consultmaterial in theirpossession to Mr
;
H. V. Wilkinson of Windermere for supplying many of the rarer
contemporary books and as always to Mike Chappell for interpreting
;
so superbly the mass of sketches and often difficult contemporary
material withwhich I supplied him, and toBarry Gregory ofBlandford
Press for his constant help and valuable suggestions.
PJ.H.
AUTHOR'S NOTES
There is difficulty in establishing the 'correct' spelling of proper
names, contemporary accounts and histories as well as modern works
frequently giving different versions of regimental, personal and
place-names. Thus can be found Semenovskaya, Semenouskoye,
Semenovskoye, Semyonovka and Semenovka, all referring to a
collection ofwooden huts and the stream on which they stood; similarly
Krasnoe, Krasny, Krasnyi and Krasnoe; Elizavetgrad, Elisabethgrad
and Jelisawetgrad; Maloyaroslavets, Malo-Yaroslavets and Malo-
Jaroslavitz Kovnoand Kaunas, etc. and the battleknown asBorodino
; ;
to the Russians was called 'The Moskwa' (Moskowa or Moskva) by
the French.
All dates are given according to the Gregorian Calendar used in
Western Europe, not according to theJulian Calendar used in Russia
until the Revolution; in 1812 the Julian was twelve days behind the
Gregorian.
Reference should be made to the maps when consulting the brief
history of the campaign which follows.
Many works are cited in the bibliography as sources for further
reading, some of the most accessible being the other titles in the
Blandford Press Colour Series. To make initial further reading as easy
as possible, the text to certain plates contains precise references to
illustrations in other volumes ofthe Blandford series.