The Hessian Light Troops in the Campaign of 1793 on the Upper Rhine

This scarce antiquarian book is a translation of the original. Due to its age and the use of German Fraktur typeface, the resulting translation into modern English may contain minor imperfections in the body of work.Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, contemporary editions that are a best attempt to a factual translation to the original work.Owing to scarce existing sources written in English about the German interpretations of the Rhine Campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars, this translated and edited work from August von Baumbach 's "Die Hessischen Leichten Truppen im Feldzug von 1793 am Oberrhein: nach Tagebüchern und andern Quellen" offers a detailed and informative account of several elite Hessian fighting units; the Hussar Regiment, the Jäger Corps, and the Light Infantry Battalion Lenz. This is a high interest book for those interested in historical accounts written in diary form and offers a feel of intimate and true record of the exploits of these highly distinguished cavalrymen.