Greenhill Napoleonic Data Book

Very good condition.

By Digby Smith Based on over twenty years of research, this massively detailed and outstanding reference work provides comprehensive coverage of every action in every campaign in Europe and the Middle East of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The author, Digby Smith, writes: "This work lists over 2,000 skirmishes, raids, ambushes, clashes, battles, blockades, sieges and capitulations which took place in and around Europe and in Egypt between the years 1792 and 1815. For each action I provide as detailed an entry as possible on the participation and losses of units involved. The details given in the entries include the date and precise location of each action, who won, the names of the opposing commanders, the actual regiments which took part in the fighting (i.e. fired shots at the enemy and took casualties), the total involved on each side, the losses incurred in killed, wounded, missing and the loss of any trophies (cannon, colours and standards). Where appropriate I have also included a brief comment to highlight significant events, errors or consequences of the action concerned. All such comments reflect my own opinions and serve to place the action in context. An exception to these rules are the so-called 'skeleton actions', indicated by the alpha code 'XX', which were either part of the French civil war in the Vendee or did not involve the main protagonist, France. For these actions only the totals involved and the losses incurred are given. I have made a conscious and determined attempt to emphasise the participation of the many minor contingents from the smaller nations of Europe which fought on both sides of these epic struggles and highlight their oft neglected role in this dramatic and wide-ranging conflict."