Napoleonic Wars: Difference between revisions

The wars between [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] and various states in Europe in the early ninteenth century. Can be summed up as whoever France had conquered at the time vs. everybody else in Europe. The early years overlap somewhat with the [[French Revolution]]. Known before [[World War OneI|1914]] as "The Great War" before that conflict usurped the title.

* [[ColourColor-Coded for Your Convenience]]: Austrians dressed in white, British in red, French in dark blue, Hanoverians in red, Italians and Neapolitans in white, Portuguese in brown, Prussians in dark blue, Russians in dark green, Spanish in white, then dark blue. Note that these are only the colours for line infantry, other arms of service could have different colours and there were countless subversions for special units. This could lead to confusion, for instance in one battle in the Peninsula, a Swiss regiment in French service, which wore red uniforms, got uncomfortably close to the British redcoats before they were recognized, shot upon and driven back. On their retreat they were then fired upon by the French who mistook them for attacking British infantry.