Napoleon's Line Infantry
Contributors: Bryan Fosten (Illustrator)
Series: Men at Arms Series, 148
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 1983
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780850455120
Subjects: Land forces & warfare; Military - Napoleonic Wars; History - Military / War; History: World; Military - General; Military Science; History / Military / General
First sentence: Napoleon's line infantry was founded upon that of the Ancient Regime, comprising (in 1789) 79 French and 23 foreign regiments, each of two battalions (the 28th had four), with the artillery ranking as the 64th line, and 22 provincial regiments and 78 garrison battalions as the 97th.