Armies

Czar Paul I’s Army I

Armies Russia 6 Min Read

Military Parade of Emperor Paul in front of Mikhailovsky Castle painting by Alexandre Benois Paul made several idiosyncratic and deeply unpopular attempts to reform the army. Under Catherine’s reign, Grigori Potemkin introduced new uniforms that were cheap, comfortable, and practical, and designed in a distinctly Russian style. Paul decided to fulfil his predecessor Peter III’s intention of introducing Prussian uniforms.…

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Boers

Boer Republics At the outbreak of war in 1899 the British faced the forces of two Boer Republics. The principal combatant was the South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek), which the British knew by its former name of the Transvaal, and the secondary adversary, entering the war in support of the…

Armies British Ottoman 17 Min Read

The Guards at Inkerman 1854

Grenadier Guards In 1854 the Crimean War broke out, and an expedition was assembled to be sent to the Crimean Peninsula in the Black Sea. After some weeks in Malta, the First Guards (3rd Battalion) sailed as part of a Guards Brigade for the Dardenelles. Three months, from June to…

Ancient Warfare Armies 8 Min Read

CARTHAGINIAN ARMIES

Hannibal and his staff at the battle of Zama – art by Giuseppe Rava The Carthaginian army has a mix of all kinds of troops, because of his high proportion of, Spanish and African allies. The Carthaginians relied heavily on mercenaries. Polybius (6.52.4) believed the Roman army was superior to…

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The Seleucid Armies Part I

Battle of Gabiene, artwork by J. Shumate. Battle of Gabiene (316 BCE; located in modern-day Iran) was a second great battle (after Paraitakene) between two of Alexander the Great’s successors and ended the Asian part of the Second Diadoch War. It had been fought between Eumenes of Cardia, representing the…

Armies 17 Min Read

The Seleucid Armies Part II

The battle at Gabiene in 316 took place much earlier in the year than anyone expected. Antigonus realized that Eumenes’ army was scattered around the province. He believed that a sudden march direct for Eumenes through difficult desert terrain in the dead of winter would catch Eumenes by surprise and…

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Hungarian Army 1848-49

There are several nationalities who fought on the Hungarian side in this conflict. The most important of them is the Polish Legion. Polish cavalry, infantry and officers From left to the right: Soldier of the German Legion, the Polish Legion and a jaeger of Tyrol Here are some generals: Arthur…

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CARTHAGINIAN ARMIES

Hannibal and his staff at the battle of Zama – art by Giuseppe Rava The…

The Hanoverian Army at Waterloo

The Hanoverian contingent in Wellington’s army was integrated fully into the British divisional structure; it…

Renaissance Warfare I

As more centralized governments developed during the Later Middle Ages (1000-1500), significant changes took place…

The Mauryan Empire Military

Chandragupta governed a true monarchical imperial state. The king ruled with the help of a…