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Drawn from authentic sources by the artist Charles James Lyall, one
of the classic English uniform artists at the beginning of the
20thcentury. In 1894 Lyall launched a series of uniform plates on
the armies at Waterloo in 1815. Lyall compiled series of numerous
uniform prints of British, Indian and various European armies and
epochs. His works can be found in the large uniform collections
such as the Anne S. K. Brown Collection, USA. This volume contains
a description of the 16 June 1815 Battle of Ligny that was fought
at the same time as the Battle of Quatre Bras (see Volume 2 of the
series). At Ligny, the Prussian forces met French units under the
direct command Napoleon, who wanted to exploit the strategic
advantage of the separation of the Prussians from Wellington's
forces. Two maps from William Siborne's rare atlas facilitate
understanding of the course of the Battle of Ligny. Like in the two
previous volumes, the plates by the 19th century artist Charles
Lyall are critiqued based on current knowledge of the uniforms,
equipment and weapons. A detailed description of the Prussian
forces' organization and uniforms supplements Lyall's
illustrations.
Drawn from authentic sources by the artist Charles James Lyall, one
of the classic English uniform artists at the beginning of the
20thcentury. In 1894 Lyall launched a series of uniform plates on
the armies at Waterloo in 1815. Lyall compiled series of numerous
uniform prints of British, Indian and various European armies and
epochs. His works can be found in the large uniform collections
such as the Anne S. K. Brown Collection, USA. This volume presents
the Allied armies of 1815 with Dutch-Belgian, Hanoverian (including
the King's German Legion - KGL), Nassau and Brunswick units. The
volume addresses the foreign units that took part in the 1815
campaign in the Netherlands with the Duke of Wellington, whose
British Army was presented in the first volume. Along with the
Hanoverian units, either as the KGL or as new formations that were
created in the Kingdom of Hanover starting in 1813, these were
primarily troops from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. They
consisted not only of the original Dutch but also Belgian units
plus a small Nassau contingent. The smallest body of troops was the
contingent provided by the Duke of Brunswick.
Drawn from authentic sources by Charles Lyall, 1894 Launch of a
series of uniforms on the armies at Waterloo 1815, drawn by Charles
James Lyall, one of the classic English uniform artists at the
beginning of the 20th century. Lyall compiled numerous series of
British, Indian and various European armies and epochs. His works
can be found in the large collections of uniforms such as the Anne
S. K. Brown Collection, USA. In this work, created in 1894, the
appearance of the British Army with all the arms and important
regiments who participated in this famous Battle of Waterloo in
1815 are displayed on 75 panels. Each unit is treated on one or
more panels and with the various degrees of service. The staff and
the special groups are also not missing. The panels are annotated
by the two editors, Markus Gartner and Markus Stein, according to
current research in this field of the uniforms. An introduction on
the uniforming of the various units, a detailed and detailed
compilation of the literature supplement this volume. There are
further volumes to the Dutch-Belgian constellations, to the Royal
German Legion and the Brunswick Corps, as well as to the French and
Prussian army.
Poems of 'Abid and 'Amir are found in other works but the
11th-century MS in the British Library on which this edition is
based is unique. Both are tribal poets of the Jahiliyyah, the
period before Islam. 'Abd ibn al-Abras, regarded as one of the best
pre-Islamic poets, was contemporary with the greatest of them all,
Imru' al-Qais of Kindah, and his poems reflect the events of the
first half of the 6th century, such as the attempt and ultimate
failure of the Princes of Kindah to impose their hegemony on the
nomads of northern Arabia, among them 'Abid's tribe, the Bani Asad,
who slew Imru' al-Qais's father, Hujr. 'Amir's tribe, on the other
hand, dwelt in Central Arabia, some distance to the West of Mecca
and he was a contemporary of the Prophet Muhammad. 'Amir remained
pagan but, though he is credited by some accounts with bitter
hostility to Islam, his poems are mainly concerned with war and
rivalry with neighbouring tribes.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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