Austrian troops were recruited from territories as diverse as modern Belgium, the Czech Republic, central Romania and northern Italy, along with volunteers from southern Germany and a sprinkling of Irishmen. The average soldier could have found himself fighting anywhere across an area bounded by Belgrade, Kiev, Brussels and Milan during this period, and in terrain as diverse as the Po valley and the Swiss mountains. Dave Hollins looks at the life and experiences of both the ordinary infantry and the veteran elite of the Grenadier battalions, covering everything from their basic training and equipment to the tactics and horror of the battlefield.