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Jason Hughes

20 Dec, 4 tweets, 3 min read

Alright, today we're looking at the uniforms of the cadets of the Ecole de St. Germain and the uniforms of the honor guards of various cities. It should be noted that the Ecole de St. Germain was only opened in 1809 to provide cavalrymen their own specialized school. (1/4)

These are the uniforms of the honor guards of Amsterdam. In general honor guards were not particularly effective battle units and were more to show off a city's wealth and prestige to important visitors. (2/4)

These are the uniforms of the honor guards of Neuchatel and Rome. Neuchatel was the principality held by Marshal Berthier. He never had time to visit, but the principality nonetheless maintained a very well dressed honor guard. (3/4)

These are the uniforms of the honor guards of Antwerp and Lyon. Not much more to say about them other than that they have very good uniforms. Sorry for ding this thread 2 pictures at a time. Twitter crop didn't like me today. Probably nothing personal but it still hurts. (4/4)

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23 Dec

Alright, so here is the next thread in my series on the French army in the 18th century. Today we will be covering the first years of the War of the Spanish Succession. I really enjoyed making this and I hope you all will enjoy it too.

https://twitter.com/JasonLHughes/status/1316120326267338753?s=20

For the diplomatic background on the war check out my previous thread. I’ll do a small recap on who’s involved in a bit, but not the reasons each country is fighting on their respective side or the causes of the war.

https://twitter.com/JasonLHughes/status/1316120326267338753?s=20

A few notes before we start the thread. I will be saying British instead of English for this thread, despite England and Scotland only being unified in 1707. I’m doing this for the sake of continuity and simplicity, despite the adjective being inaccurate for some of the period.

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3 Dec

So today we’re going to be covering one of the most important battles of the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of Austerlitz, on December 2nd, 1805. Yes, I know I’m a day late for the anniversary, but you can’t rush perfection. Anyways, I thought this was going to be a short one but…

First, some context. The Third Coalition was formed in late 1804, with Russia and Austria joining Britain and Sweden in the first half of 1805. Napoleon and the bulk of his army had been stationed near Boulogne to prepare for an invasion of Britain since about 1803.

When Russia and, a bit later, Austria joined the coalition Napoleon made a rapid redeployment of the French army from the coast to the Rhine. The Austrians expected an attack in Italy and thus placed their finest troops and best commander, Archduke Charles, there.

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27 Jul

https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1287433276462780417

Alright so this thread is alright, but I feel like it can be elaborated on in places (and corrected in other places). I'm not making my own thread to attack Noah Smith or anything along those lines, but to provide more information for those interested in the Franco-Prussian War.

https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1287433276462780417

Alright so he is mostly correct on setting the scene for the Franco-Prussian War, but a few things: It should be noted that Napoleon III, for all his flaws (of which there were many) did keep France stable. French domestic politics weren't nearly as chaotic as they had once been.

An important part of keeping the peace was the liberalization of the government and Baron Haussman's rebuilding of Paris. The rebuilding of Paris, broadened the streets of Paris so that barricades were harder to put up, thus reducing the power of Paris as a revolutionary center.

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