Napoleons Mercenaries

Author : Guy Dempsey
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1784380199
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Napoleon's Mercenaries written by Guy Dempsey and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This superb and comprehensive book details the foreign units which formed such an important part of Napoleon's forces. It examines each non-French unit in turn, giving an overview of the unit's origins, its organizational and combat history, its uniforms and standards, and details of the unit's eventual fate. Colourful accounts, taken from contemporary reports and memoirs, emphasize the qualities of the unit and throw light on what life was like for many of the foreign soldiers recruited into the Grande Armée. In total more than 100 different foreign units that served in the French Army are investigated in detail in this ambitious publication. Some foreign units fought and flourished throughout the Consulate and Empire, whilst others lasted for just a few months. Covers Polish, German, Swiss, Italian, Spanish, and other units in the French Army and presents a combat history and details uniforms for each regiment. Napoleon's Mercenaries is the best single-volume study of this aspect of Napoleon s army and a vital reference for every Napoleonic enthusiast. Little can be found on the foreign units that were an integral part of the French army ... For a long time a gap has existed, but now Napoleon s Mercenaries fills this gap. Robert Burnham, Napoleonic Series

Author : Alan Forrest
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 082643861X
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Napoleon's Men written by Alan Forrest and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2006-06-23 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Napoleon's soldiers marched across Europe from Lisbon to Moscow, and from Germany to Dalmatia. Many of the men, mostly conscripted by ballot, had never before been beyond their native village. What did they make of their extraordinary experiences, fighting battles thousands of miles from home, foraging for provisions or garrisoning town in hostile countries? What was it like to be a soldier in the revolutionary and imperial armies? We know more about these men and their reactions to war than about the soldiers of any previous army in history, not just from official sources but from the large number of personal letters they wrote. Napoleon's Men provides a direct insight into the experiences and emotions of soldiers who risked their lives at Austerlitz, Wagram and Borodino. Not surprisingly, their minds often dwelt as much on what was happening at home, and on mundane questions of food and drink, as on Napoleon himself or the glory of France.

Author : Robert W. Gould
Publisher : Tom Donovan Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mercenaries of the Napoleonic Wars written by Robert W. Gould and published by Tom Donovan Publishing Limited. This book was released on 1995 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mercenaries of the Napoleonic War

Author : Owen Connelly
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742553187
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blundering to Glory written by Owen Connelly and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned for its accuracy, brevity, and readability, this book has long been the gold standard of concise histories of the Napoleonic Wars. Now in an updated and revised edition, it is unique in its portrayal of one of the world's great generals as a scrambler who never had a plan, strategic or tactical, that did not break down or change of necessity in the field. Distinguished historian Owen Connelly argues that Napoleon was the master of the broken play, so confident of his ability to improvise, cover his own mistakes, and capitalize on those of the enemy that he repeatedly plunged his armies into uncertain, seemingly desperate situations, only to emerge victorious as he "blundered" to glory. Beginning with a sketch of Napoleon's early life, the book progresses to his command of artillery at Toulon and the "whiff of grapeshot" in Paris that netted him control of the Army of Italy, where his incredible performance catapulted him to fame. The author vividly traces Napoleon's campaigns as a general of the French Revolution and emperor of the French, knowledgeably analyzing each battle's successes and failures. The author depicts Napoleon's "art of war" as a system of engaging the enemy, waiting for him to make a mistake, improvising a plan on the spot-and winning. Far from detracting from Bonaparte's reputation, his blunders rather made him a great general, a "natural" who depended on his intuition and ability to read battlefields and his enemy to win. Exploring this neglected aspect of Napoleon's battlefield genius, Connelly at the same time offers stirring and complete accounts of all the Napoleonic campaigns.

Author : Montgomery B. Gibbs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military Career of Napoleon the Great written by Montgomery B. Gibbs and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Terry Crowdy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782001832
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Incomparable written by Terry Crowdy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The meticulously researched story of one of the greatest regiments in Napoleonic history, the French 9th Light Infantry. An elite battalion under Louis XVI, the 9th Light Infantry regiment were with Napoleon from almost the beginning, turning the field at Marengo and breaking the Austrians. They then spent over a decade fighting their way across the continent, following Napoleon to the bitter end. Bringing their Eagle out of hiding when Napoleon returned from exile in 1815 they almost saved the day again, at Waterloo, spearheading a charge to rejoin Napoleon. But unlike at Marengo, they failed. Napoleon dubbed them 'Incomparable', and their story is extraordinary even by the standards of the dramatic and turbulent years in which they lived.

Author : Montgomery B. Gibbs
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465571892
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military Career of Napoleon the Great: An Account of the Remarkable Campaigns of the "Man of Destiny" written by Montgomery B. Gibbs and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1895* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William O'Connor Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Napoleon, Warrior and Ruler written by William O'Connor Morris and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jonathan Abel
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806156910
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guibert written by Jonathan Abel and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If there was one man, other than Napoleon himself, who determined the course of the Napoleonic Wars, it was Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte, comte de Guibert, the foremost military theorist in France from 1770 to his death in 1790. Taking in the full scope of the times, from the ideas of the Enlightenment to the passions of the French Revolution, Jonathan Abel’s Guibert is the first book in English to tell the remarkable story of the man who, through his pen and political activity, truly earned the title of Father of the Grande Armée. In his Essai général de tactique, published in 1771, Guibert set forth the definitive institutional doctrine for the French army of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. But unlike many other martial theorists, Guibert, who served in the French Ministry of War from 1775 to 1777 and again from 1787 to 1789, was able to put his ideas into practice. Drawing on a wealth of primary source documents—including Guibert’s own papers and the letters and memoirs of his friends and associates—Jonathan Abel re-creates the temper of an era of great turbulence and remarkable creativity. More than a military theorist, Guibert was very much a man of his day; he attended salons, wrote poetry and plays, and was inducted into the Académie française. A fiery figure, he rose and fell from power, lived and loved fiercely, and died swearing that he would “find justice.” In Abel’s account, Guibert does at last receive a measure of justice: a thorough, painstakingly documented picture of this complex man in the thick of extraordinary times, building the foundation for Napoleon's success between 1796 and 1807—and in significant ways, changing the course of European history.

Author : R.F Delderfield
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1844150976
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The March of the Twenty-Six written by R.F Delderfield and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2004-04-30 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the years 1804 and 1815, Napoleon created twenty-six Marshals of France. These men, who held the highest positions in the Empire after Napoleon himself, came from very diverse backgrounds and ranged from a smuggler to a Prince. They acquired titles and great riches but in the end there was only one who was not corrupted by greed or ambition. This book describes their rise and fall.