Author: Peter Hofschroer
Illustrator: Christa Hook

About this book
The origins of what would become the German General Staff of the late 19th and 20th centuries - probably the most professional military machine in the world - can be traced to the Prussian Army of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. This concise study, concluding the author's series of five titles on the Prussian Army of 1792-1815, covers the staff; the reforms in tactical employment of all-arms brigades (which, contrary to received opinion, pre-dated the disasters of Jena and Auerstedt in 1806); the artillery and other technical troops; and regimental colours and standards. Among the illustrations are rare diagrams from the artillery drill manual of the day.

Contents

• Artillery - historical development, uniforms, organisation, equipment, training, tactics, battle history
• Engineers - historical development, uniforms, organisation, equipment, training, tactics, battle history
• Medical troops - historical development, uniforms, organisation, equipment, training, tactics, battle history
• Staff - historical development, uniforms, organisation, equipment, training, tactics, battle history
• Flags - infantry pre-1806, infantry post-1806, infantry 1815, cavalry pre-1806, cavalry post-1806, cavalry 1815

Paperback; January 2003; 48 pages; ISBN: 9781841763446