Tactics and experience of battle in the age of Napoleon

A fascinating and broad ranging treatment of what it was like to find yourself on a Napoleonic battlefield, in all regiments, seen through of the eyes of those who took part. 

Contents:
Part I – Introduction
Chapter 1 – The eve of battle
Chapter 2 – Battles and battlefields

Part II – The elements of combat
Chapter 3 – Artillery
Chapter 4 – Light Infantry
Chapter 5 – Infantry combat
Chapter 6 – Cavalry combat

Part III – Command and control
Chapter 7 – The role of the General
Chapter 8 – Subordinate Commanders, Staff Officers and ADCs
Chapter 9 – Regimental Officers
Chapter 10 – Morale and cohesion
Chapter 11 – Attitudes and feelings

Part IV – The end of the day
Chapter 12 – Victory or defeat?
Chapter 13 – After the fighting
Epilogue
Notes, Bibliography, Index

Rory Muir is a visiting research fellow at the University of Adelaide. He is also the author of Britain and the Defeat of Napoleon, 1807-1815, Yale University Press, 1996 and Salamanca 1812, Yale University Press, 2001