A very useful reference for wargamers raising Crown forces for American Revolutionary War battles.
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Fully illustrated, this is the second volume in a detailed study of the German auxiliary troops who fought for Britain in the American Revolutionary War.
During the American Revolutionary War (1775–83), German auxiliary troops provided a vital element of the British war effort. While the largest body of German troops was from Hessen-Cassel (see the first volume of this study), the British also fielded troops from Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Hessen-Hanau, Waldeck and Pyrmont, Brandenburg Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Anhalt-Zerbst. This volume also covers the Hanoverian soldiers involved in the sieges of Gibraltar and Menorca.
Fighting on a host of battlefields from Saratoga to Yorktown, these hired soldiers provided the Crown Forces with much-needed manpower and contributed crucial combat skills in the form of the Jäger, renowned specialists in open-order warfare. Featuring eight specially commissioned artwork plates and an array of carefully chosen illustrations, many in colour, this lively study examines the organization, uniforms, weapons and equipment of these troops who fought for King George in the New World.
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Introduction
Chronology
Braunschweig troops
Waldeck troops
Hessen-Hanau troops
Ansbach-Bayreuth troops
Anhalt-Zerbst troops
Further reading
Plate commentaries
Index
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Robbie MacNiven has a PhD from the University of Edinburgh and a War Studies MLitt from the University of Glasgow. He is the author of ELI 237 British Light Infantry in the American Revolution and ELI 238 Battle Tactics of the American Revolution.
Specializing in history and military history, Marco Capparoni is a fine artist and illustrator for wargames, fiction and non-fiction publishers and private commissions.