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THE BATTLE OF MURET (1213) AND THE CAVALRY TACTICS IN THE 13TH CENTURY

By Henry Delpech

Translated by G.F. Nafziger

Illustrations: 2 maps
Pages: 68 pages
$19.95 soft cover

This is an unusual study that analyzes the ground and places against that analysis the accounts of this 13th century crusader battle. French knights from norther France under the Count de Montfort, about 1,000 knights and men-at-arms total, engage a Franco-Spanish army of Albegensian heretics, under Pedro II of Spain. This includes an analysis of the tactics employed. Most unusual work. Originially published 1878.


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EXPEDITION OF THE ALMUGAVARS

or Catalan Routiers in Byzantium 1302-1322

By Gusttave Schlumberger

Translated by G.F. Nafziger

Illustrations: none
Pages: 97b pages
$19.95 soft cover

Imagine 4,000 infantry and cavalry, mercenaries, who having finished a war in Italy and seeking work, are engaged by the Byzantine Emperor to save Anatolia from the Turks. Imagine this tiny band eradicating the Turks and recapturing all of Anatolia for the Emperor. Imagine the Emperor then trying to pay these ferocious warriors with debased currency, murdering their leader, and then telling them to take a hike. Their revenge is amazing and not only is the Byzantine empire ravaged, but the last Frankish kingdom left over from the 1204 Crusade wiped out in a massive battle of armored knights against far clever mercenaries.


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FRENCH MILTIARY CAMPAIGNS 1214 TO 1542

By Colonel Hardy de Perini

Translated by G.F. Nafziger

Illustrations: well over 100
Pages: 162 pages
$25.00 soft cover

This is a translation of the first volume of a series on French military history up to 1900. It is filled with innumerable quotations from period documents, hundreds of illustrations of weapons, cannon, catapults, knights, soldiers, formations and maps, maps and more maps of battles.



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THE BATTLE OF DREUX 1562

By Commandant de Coynart

Translated by G.F. Nafziger

Illustrations: 6 maps
Pages: 32 pages
$12.95 soft cover

On the morning of 1562 two French armies faced off on the plains to the west of Paris. The Royal Catholic army was facing an army of Huguenots. The Huguenot knights and reiters smashed the Catholics, but part of their army, drawn by the prospect of loot charged north to pillage. Meanwhile, the Catholics waited until the right moment, rallied their scattered forces, and launched a decisive counterattack, winning the battle. This work has six maps that show various phases of the battle.