The origins of the French artillery are ancient. Cannons were first used in warfare during the fifteenth century and by the end of the time of Louis XIV’s reign France had one of the finest Artillery Corps in Europe. The Royale Artillerie , like its counterparts in most armies of the time, was a specialist corps whose members were regarded as craftsmen, albeit engaged in the art of destruction. Napoleon himself was an artilleryman and as Emperor and great commander, he used his guns to win battles on many occasions. French gunners would serve with distinction in the Crimea in 1854, Italy in 1859 and defending her country in 1870. They would wreak havoc serving their famous “Soixante-Quinze” (Seventy-Fives) during World War I. Alongside them on most occasions were the Engineers whose origins go back to Vauban’s time and would develop into one of the most important branches of the French Army, building fortifications, digging saps and constructing bridges wherever needed. The logistics branch of the world’s armies were usually paid or impressed civilians until the Napoleonic Wars when they became military organizations. The Train began as the transportation branch of the artillery and later as the supply corps delivering food, ammunition and equipment to the fighting troops and providing field bakeries. This book tells the story of these inexorably linked branches of the French Army illustrated with magnificent prints and schematics from the work of Leinhert and Humbert.