History - Military - Napoleonic Wars

Commentaries on the Surgery of the War in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands - from the battle of Roliça, in 1808, to that of Waterloo, in 1815; with additions relating to those in the Crimea in 1854-55, showing the improvements made during and...

Etienne Gerards BedrifterNaar Kejser Napoleon havde Brug for en flink Soldat, var han altid villig til at erindre Etienne Gerards Navn, medens det ikke sjldent undgik hans Opmrksomhed, naar der uddeltes Belnninger. Imidlertid var jeg dog Oberst, da jeg var otte og tyve, og...

Französisch-slavische Kämpfe in der Bocca di Cattaro 1806-1814.Der Austerlitzblick, der den grossen englischen Staatsmann William Pitt frhzeitig ins Grab gebracht hatte, hielt die brigen zwei an der furchtbaren Katastrophe unmittelbar beteiligten Verbndeten, Russland und Oesterreich in monatelangen Todesngsten. Das rhrte aber den Sieger von...

Napoleonin sotilaan seikkailutOlen nhnyt koko joukon kaupunkeja, ystvni. En tahdo vsytt teit kertomalla, kuinka moneen niist olen ratsastanut voittajana kahdensadan husaarin systess perssni. Ratsuvki oli suuren armeijan etunenss, ja Conflansin husaarit olivat ratsuven etunenss, ja min olin husaarien etunenss. Mutta kaikista kaupungeista, joihin tulimme,...

How, for just over a century, Britain ensured it would not face another Napoleon Bonaparte--manipulating European powers while building a global maritime empire At the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, a fragile peace emerged in Europe. The continent's borders were redrawn, and the French...

On War is a book on military strategy by Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz, written mostly after the Napoleonic wars, between 1816 and 1830, and published posthumously in 1832. On War is one of the most important treatises on political-military analysis and strategy ever...

"Strikingly original. . . . Nicolson brings to life superbly the horror, devastation, and gore of Trafalgar." --The EconomistAdam Nicolson takes the great naval battle of Trafalgar, fought between the British and Franco-Spanish fleets, and uses it to examine our idea of heroism and...

Souvenirs militaires de 1804 à 1814Le bienveillant accueil qu'a reu mon Journal de la campagne de Russie m'encourage publier la totalit de mes souvenirs militaires, depuis mon entre au service en 1804, jusqu' la fin de l'Empire. J'ai hsit longtemps entretenir le public de...

The Adventures of Gerard I hope that some readers may possibly be interested in these little tales of the Napoleonic soldiers to the extent of following them up to the springs from which they flow. The age was rich in military material, some of...

The Adventures of Gerard ......Buy Now (To Read More)Product details Ebook Number: 8623 Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan Release Date: Aug 1, 2005 Format: eBook Language: English

In this "engrossing," (The New Yorker) vivid, and intensively researched volume, esteemed Napoleon scholar David Chandler outlines the military strategy that led the famous French emperor to his greatest victories--and to his ultimate downfall. Napoleonic war was nothing if not complex--an ever-shifting kaleidoscope of...

Eighteen-year-old German stonemason Jakob Walter served in the Grand Army of Napoleon between 1806 and 1813. His diary intimately records his trials: the long, grueling marches in Prussia and Poland, the disastrous Russian campaign, and the demoralizing defeat in a war few supported or...

The Exploits of Brigadier GerardYou do very well, my friends, to treat me with some little reverence, for in honouring me you are honouring both France and yourselves. It is not merely an old, grey-moustached officer whom you see eating his omelette or draining...