directly under Napoleon’s control. Like the corps, it had infantry, cavalry and artillery. It was comprised of the best veteran soldiers from every theater of war – Egyptian Mamluks ...

Napoleonic military historian John White explains: When men enlisted in the army during the Napoleonic wars, they would know ... They were renamed Royal Veteran Battalions in 1804.

The destruction brought by the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th ... to offend the memory of those who died in the Great War, many veterans felt that its significance undermined their contribution ...

Back then, the British Army had around 40,000 soldiers but was rapidly increased to fight the French Revolutionary and ...