books.google.co.uk - In 1809 the dispossessed Friedrich Wilhelm of Brunswick, consumed by his desire for revenge against Napoleon, entered into an agreement with the Austrians to raise a new corps of infantry and cavalry. As a physical expression of this vengeance he decided to clothe his new troops all in black and adopted...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Black_Brunswicker.html?id=5fjxqPuj9xYC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Black Brunswicker