Light Foot are a type of light infantry in Napoleon: Total War and The Peninsular Campaign.
Description[]
These light troops are ideal for harassing the enemy from a distance.
These light troops are trained to use their surroundings to their advantage, and use skirmish tactics to break and harass the enemy. This British regiment can also form an effective firing line when needed. The accuracy of their fire is excellent but they are weak against well-trained cavalry. Their inability to form square leaves them incredibly vulnerable; prolonged close combat is also inadvisable.
The British army traditionally recruited its riflemen and light troops from German states, but as France expanded into Holland in 1799, Britain was forced to rethink its recruitment strategy as the north German states were no longer quite so accessible. Many of the foreign troops in British service had perished in the West Indies or been drafted into the 60th Royal Americans. With few light troops available, General John Moore established a camp at Shorncliffe, Kent in 1802 for the instruction of light infantry. It took a year before the first unit of line infantry was converted into a British light infantry regiment.
General Information[]
Light Foot are Great Britain's standard (and, outside of the Peninsular Campaign, only) light infantry. They are excellent compared to most other factions, with superior statistics across the board to all their counterparts except Prussian Fusiliers and Portuguese Cazadores.
As light infantry, light foot have great firepower due to their great accuracy and reloading skill, but they cannot form square information, making them weak to being charged from the side or rear. They are also weak in melee fighting against line infantry due to inferior stats and numbers. Properly supported, however, they can inflict high rates of casualties from a safe distance, and can take reduced damage from artillery and musket fire by utilizing light infantry formation.