British Light Infantry & Rifle Tactics of the Napoleonic Wars

by Philip J. Haythornthwaite

In an age when infantry units maneuvered and fought in rigid blocks, the idea of encouraging initiative and allowing a unit to "skirmish" was regarded as revolutionary and fell out of favor in the years following the French-Indian and American Revolutionary wars. It was revived by far-sighted British and foreign-mercenary officers, who observed the way in which French Revolutionary armies deployed skirmishers to prepare the way for their assault...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472816064
• ISBN13: 9781472816061
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 9.5"