Wellington's Mongrel Regiment: A History of the Chasseurs Britanniques Regiment in the British Army, 1801-1814

Wellington's Mongrel Regiment: A History of the Chasseurs Britanniques Regiment in the British Army, 1801-1814

by Alistair Nichols (Author)

Synopsis

The Chasseurs Britanniques Regiment was formed around a core of Frenchmen who had gone into exile for their king, and who, with their comrades, went on to serve Britain in Egypt and the Mediterranean, before joining Wellington's army in the Peninsula to fight in many of the momentous battles of the war.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Published: 24 Oct 2005

ISBN 10: 1862272751
ISBN 13: 9781862272750

Author Bio
The author: (Location: Gosport, Hampshire) has contributed a number of articles on the foreign units in the British Army of the Napoleonic Wars this is his first book.