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Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
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Language: en
Pages: 277
Pages: 277
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-06-23 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
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Language: en
Pages: 119
Pages: 119
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
The two privileged regiments of Carabiniers survived the French Revolution with their elite status intact. They covered themselves with glory at Austerlitz, Fri
Language: en
Pages: 121
Pages: 121
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Dressed in distinctive green uniforms and classically inspired copper helmets, the Dragoons of the Imperial Guard were raised in 1806 by the same criteria as ot
Language: en
Pages: 0
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-05-10 - Publisher: Osprey Publishing
In 1795 the kingdom of Poland fell prey to her stronger neighbors, Russia, Prussia and Austria. Following the death of the king of Poland in 1798, his kingdom w