A quick guide to infantry tactics and formations of the Napoleonic period, which first appeared in our video on the Battle of Aspern. In this video we try to explain why lining up shoulder-to ...

During the battle light cavalry would typically ... from their inclusion in the ranks of their miniature force. Philip Haythornthwaite, Napoleonic Light Cavalry Tactics (Osprey Publishing, 2013).

In the first episode Al is joined by proud Frenchman and star of First Dates to investigate the Napoleonic wars. Was the battle of Waterloo really a great British victory or did Napoleon score an own ...