Wellington's Belgian Allies 1815

Ronald Pawly is a respected member of several international societies for Napoleonic studies, and an expert on 19th century military portraiture. He is the author of the monumental 'The Red Lancers: Anatomy of a Napoleonic Regiment' (Crowood Press, 1998), and of a study of Napoleonic veterans' tombs in Belgium; and has contributed to two major French reference works, 'Repertoire Mondiale des Souvenirs Napoleoniens' and 'Dictionnaire des Colonels de Napoleon'. Patrice Courcelle was born in northern France in 1950 and has been a professional illustrator for some 20 years. Entirely self-taught; he has illustrated many books and magazine articles for Continental publishers, and his work hangs in a number of public and private collections. His dramatic and lucid style has won him plenty of admiration in the field of military illustration. His other enthusiasms include music, from Clapton and the blues to Mahler, and cooking. Patrice lives a few miles from the battlefield of Waterloo with his wife and son.

• The Low Countries in 1813-14; Austria and the Legion Belge - organisation, service, uniforms; The Dutch-Belgian Army, 1814 - organisation, uniforms; The Dutch-Belgian Army, 1815 - organisation, uniforms; Belgian units at Quatre Bras and Waterloo - Sibome's slanders & the documentary record; Bibliography; Commentary on the colour artwork