Adventures of the British & Irish Legions in South America 1817-1824
Author: John Fletcher
Illustrators: Daniel Pedrazzoli & Rómulo Rojas 72 pages and full color throughout.
Adventures of the British & Irish Legions” tells the tale of the approximately 6,000 men who joined the cause of South American Independence and fought under the banner of Simon Bolivar and Gran Colombia. Using memoirs and firsthand accounts from the legionnaires themselves, their South American allies and their Spanish and Royalist foes “Adventures of the British & Irish Legions” focuses on the combat record of each expedition and the regiments that composed them. It is a complete, concise account that serves as a springboard for other sources, such as Ben Hughes recent “Conquer or Die” from Osprey Publishing.
“Adventures of the British & Irish Legions” includes material that has never appeared in English as well as uniforms illustrations that are depicted for the first time ever anywhere. The scenarios offer the opportunity to recreate combats of a couple hundred men per side to battles with a couple thousand per side. They include town fights, fortress defenses, woods fights and open field battles. The bibliography and further reading section allows the reader to learn more about this fascinating topic.
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This patches were awarded by all members of Simon Bolivar's Colombian Army who have made the campaign in Peru, which included the men of the British Rifle Battalion.
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Uniforms of the Northern Army - Infantry - Upper Peru 1814-15
Author &Illustrator: Fernando Daniel Pedrazzoli 53 pages - 22 full color plates depicting 64 uniforms
Full description and illustrations of the uniforms used by the Infantry units of the Northern Army commanded by Rondeau, including centre, light and grenadier companies; privates, pioneers, drummers, officers in parade, campaign and fatigue dress.
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Author &Illustrator: Fernando Daniel Pedrazzoli 48 pages Text in English - 45 illustrations - 8 detailed battle maps
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About this book The battles won by the royalists has been largely forgotten by both of its participants, and yet its outcome was critically important to the future configuration of South America. The third attempt done by the forces from Buenos Aires to control the provinces of Upper Peru was frustrated by both the military capacity and veterany of the royalist army and the lack of discipline of some of the independentist officers. An extensive research of different sources allows to present a new look at this forgotten and yet crucial battle for the history of South America.
Eight full detailed battle maps provide an essential source for wargamers.
