The Prussian Army to 1815, Digby Smith, Hardback

Further Details\n\nTitle: The Prussian Army - to 1815\nCondition: New\n Author: Digby Smith\nType: Hardback\nFormat: Hardback\nISBN-10: 0764319906\nEAN: 9780764319907\nISBN: 9780764319907\nPublisher: Schiffer Military\nGenre: History\nRelease Date: 31/03/2004\nRelease Year: 2004\nCountry/Region of Manufacture: US\nItem Height: 229mm\nItem Length: 152mm\nItem Weight: 975g\nLanguage: English\nDescription: This book is a comprehensive study of the Prussian army from its inception in the first standing troops, raised as his personal guards by the Elector Johann Georg of Brandenburg in 1571, to the dramatic defeat of the Emperor Napoleon I at Waterloo in 1815. It was an army whose character and capabilities were formed by the Prussian kings Frederick William I and, crucially, by Frederick the Great. The history of each regiment is presented with details of the uniforms worn, down to the regimental lace decorations and the many grenadier cap plates, the various colonels in chief who owned .