{"title":"History - Military - Napoleonic Wars","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-gerard-gb-1644","title":"The Adventures of Gerard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Adventures of Gerard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n      I hope that some readers may possibly be interested in these little tales\r\n      of the Napoleonic soldiers to the extent of following them up to the\r\n      springs from which they flow. The age was rich in military material, some\r\n      of it the most human and the most picturesque that I have ever read.\r\n      Setting aside historical works or the biographies of the leaders there is\r\n      a mass of evidence written by the actual fighting men themselves, which\r\n      describes their feelings and their experiences, stated always from the\r\n      point of view of the particular branch of the service to which they\r\n      belonged. The Cavalry were particularly happy in their writers of memoirs.\r\n      Thus De Rocca in his Memoires sur la guerre des Francais en Espagne has\r\n      given the narrative of a Hussar, while De Naylies in his Memoires sur la\r\n      guerre d'Espagne gives the same campaigns from the point of view of the\r\n      Dragoon. Then we have the Souvenirs Militaires du Colonel de Gonneville,\r\n       which treats a series of wars, including that of Spain, as seen from under\r\n      the steel-brimmed hair-crested helmet of a Cuirassier. Pre-eminent among\r\n      all these works, and among all military memoirs, are the famous\r\n      reminiscences of Marbot, which can be obtained in an English form. Marbot\r\n      was a Chasseur, so again we obtain the Cavalry point of view. Among other\r\n      books which help one to an understanding of the Napoleonic soldier I would\r\n      specially recommend Les Cahiers du Capitaine Coignet, which treat the\r\n      wars from the point of view of the private of the Guards, and Les\r\n      Memoires du Sergeant Bourgoyne, who was a non-commissioned officer in the\r\n      same corps. The Journal of Sergeant Fricasse and the Recollections of de\r\n      Fezenac and of de Segur complete the materials from which I have worked in\r\n      my endeavour to give a true historical and military atmosphere to an\r\n      imaginary figure.\r\n    \n\r\n      ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.\r\n    \n\r\n      March, 1903.\r\n    \n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 1644 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Doyle, Arthur Conan \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Feb 1, 1999 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Doyle, Arthur Conan,1859-1930 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43212181897373,"sku":"gb-1644-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/1644_a70e7ac7-96d6-4cf9-a0a3-abef64d0b79b.jpg?v=1671251371"},{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-gerard-gb-8623","title":"The Adventures of Gerard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Adventures of Gerard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 8623 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Doyle, Arthur Conan \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Aug 1, 2005 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Doyle, Arthur Conan,1859-1930 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43215532490909,"sku":"gb-8623-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/bookcover_76e3815b-dc09-44f1-aba5-01cb461c97cd.jpg?v=1671292471"},{"product_id":"the-exploits-of-brigadier-gerard-gb-11247","title":"The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Exploits of Brigadier Gerard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou do very well, my friends, to treat me with some little\r\n  reverence, for in honouring me you are honouring both France and\r\n  yourselves. It is not merely an old, grey-moustached officer whom\r\n  you see eating his omelette or draining his glass, but it is a\r\n  fragment of history. In me you see one of the last of those\r\n  wonderful men, the men who were veterans when they were yet boys,\r\n  who learned to use a sword earlier than a razor, and who during a\r\n  hundred battles had never once let the enemy see the colour of\r\n  their knapsacks. For twenty years we were teaching Europe how to\r\n  fight, and even when they had learned their lesson it was only\r\n  the thermometer, and never the bayonet, which could break the\r\n  Grand Army down. Berlin, Naples, Vienna, Madrid, Lisbon,\r\n  Moscowwe stabled our horses in them all. Yes, my friends,\r\n  I say again that you do well to send your children to me with\r\n  flowers, for these ears have heard the trumpet calls of France,\r\n  and these eyes have seen her standards in lands where they may\r\n  never be seen again.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 11247 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Doyle, Arthur Conan \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Feb 1, 2004 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Doyle, Arthur Conan,1859-1930 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43216272457885,"sku":"gb-11247-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/11247.jpg?v=1671342847"},{"product_id":"franzosisch-slavische-kampfe-in-der-bocca-di-cattaro-1806-1814-gb-15891","title":"Französisch-slavische Kämpfe in der Bocca di Cattaro 1806-1814","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFranzösisch-slavische Kämpfe in der Bocca di Cattaro 1806-1814.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDer Austerlitzblick, der den grossen englischen Staatsmann William\r\nPitt frhzeitig ins Grab gebracht hatte, hielt die brigen zwei an der\r\nfurchtbaren Katastrophe unmittelbar beteiligten Verbndeten, Russland\r\nund Oesterreich in monatelangen Todesngsten. Das rhrte aber den Sieger\r\nvon Austerlitz wenig. Zielbewusst und rcksichtslos, wie er immer\r\nverfuhr, diktierte Napoleon nun den Vertrag von Pressburg, am 26.\r\nDezember 1805. Umsonst hatte Talleyrand ihm in der Demtigung\r\nOesterreichs Mssigung angeraten.[1] Er forderte und bekam alles, was er\r\nwollte. Alles, was Oesterreich ehemals durch den Vertrag von Campo\r\nFormio gewonnen hatte, musste es jetzt den Franzosen geben. Beinahe drei\r\nMillionen seiner Untertanen musste Oesterreich der Herrschaft Napoleons\r\nausliefern. Neben Venedig gingen ihm auch Istrien (ohne Triest) und\r\nDalmatien (ohne das Litorale) mit der Bocca di Cattaro verloren. Die\r\neinzige Verpflichtung, die Napoleon auf sich nahm, war die sofortige\r\nEntfernung der franzsischen Truppen von dem sterreichischen Boden.\r\nDieser Pressburger Friede war in der Tat fr Oesterreich so ungnstig,\r\ndass Graf Stadion mit Recht denselben Capitulation Oesterreichs nennen\r\nkonnte.\nNapoleon hegte damals bse Plne gegen die Trkei, obwohl sie sein\r\nVerbndeter war. Diese seine Tendenz lsst sich klar aus dem Pressburger\r\nVertrag erkennen; insbesondere aber zeugt dafr seine sptere Haltung.\r\nDurch den Vertrag liess er sich Dalmatien abtreten, wobei die Uebergabe\r\nder Bocca di Cattaro in erster Linie betont wurde. Den sterreichischen\r\nBoden wollte er nicht nur nicht rumen, sondern verstrkte im geheimen\r\ndie sich auf demselben noch befindlichen franzsischen Truppen. Das\r\nStdtchen Braunau, das ebenso gerumt werden sollte, blieb auch\r\nweiterhin unter franzsischer Besatzung. Und noch mehr: Napoleon\r\nforderte den Durchzug seiner italienischen Truppen von Venedig nach\r\nDalmatien ber sterreichischen Boden, ber Monfalcone, wo frher der\r\nvenezianischen Armee der Durchzug stets gestattet wurde. Ja, Napoleon\r\nforderte sogar energisch von Oesterreich die Sperrung seiner Hfen fr\r\ndie englische und russische Flotte.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 15891 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Velimirović, Nikolaj \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: May 24, 2005 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: German \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Velimirović, Nikolaj,1880-1956 \/ eBook \/ German","offer_id":43217306157213,"sku":"gb-15891-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/15891.jpg?v=1671423612"},{"product_id":"etienne-gerards-bedrifter-gb-29392","title":"Etienne Gerards Bedrifter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEtienne Gerards Bedrifter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaar Kejser Napoleon havde Brug for en flink Soldat, var han altid\r\nvillig til at erindre Etienne Gerards Navn, medens det ikke sjldent\r\nundgik hans Opmrksomhed, naar der uddeltes Belnninger. Imidlertid var\r\njeg dog Oberst, da jeg var otte og tyve, og Brigadechef, da jeg fyldte\r\nen og tredive, saa jeg har ingen Grund til at vre utilfreds med min\r\nKarrire. Havde Krigen endnu blot varet to eller tre Aar, havde jeg\r\nmaaske faaet Marschalstaven, og den Mand, der havde den i sin Haand, var\r\nblot et Skridt fra en Trone. Murat havde ombyttet sin Husarhue med en\r\nKrone, og en anden Let-Kavallerist kunde maaske opnaa det samme. Alle\r\ndisse Drmme blev imidlertid tilintetgjorte ved Waterloo, men alligevel\r\nvil mit Navn vre tilstrkkeligt kendt af dem, der med mig har taget Del\r\ni Kejserdmmets store Krige.\nDe overraskende Kendsgerninger, som jeg skal [4]berette om i Aften, har\r\njeg hemmeligholdt i Kejserens Levetid, fordi jeg gav ham mit Lfte om at\r\ngre det, men jeg tror ikke, at det kan skade nogen, at jeg nu omtaler\r\nden betydningsfulde Rolle, jeg spillede ved denne Lejlighed. Jeg vil\r\nimidlertid tillade mig en kort Bemrkning, fr jeg begynder min\r\nFortlling. I maa altid erindre, at Fortlleren har levet med i\r\nHistorien. Jeg vil fortlle om, hvad mine rer har hrt, og hvad mine\r\njne har set, saa I maa ikke afbryde mig ved at fremkomme med Meninger\r\neller Domme, der skriver sig fra en eller anden Pennehelt, som har\r\nskrevet nogle historiske Erindringer. Meget er skjult for saadanne Folk,\r\nog der er hndet Ting, hvorom Verden aldrig vil faa Besked. For mit eget\r\nVedkommende kunde jeg fremkomme med meget overraskende Oplysninger,\r\nsaafremt jeg ikke flte mig forpligtet til at tie.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 29392 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Doyle, Arthur Conan \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jul 12, 2009 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Danish \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Salskov, Knud \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Doyle, Arthur Conan,1859-1930 \/ eBook \/ Danish","offer_id":43219160727709,"sku":"gb-29392-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/29392.jpg?v=1671516559"},{"product_id":"souvenirs-militaires-de-1804-a-1814-gb-30363","title":"Souvenirs militaires de 1804 à 1814","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSouvenirs militaires de 1804 à 1814\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLe bienveillant accueil qu'a reu mon Journal de la campagne de Russie\r\nm'encourage  publier la totalit de mes souvenirs militaires, depuis\r\nmon entre au service en 1804, jusqu' la fin de l'Empire. 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Lacue, ami de ma famille, me proposa d'entrer au 59e\r\nrgiment d'infanterie, dont il tait colonel; j'acceptai sans savoir ce\r\nque je faisais, n'ayant aucune ide de la carrire que j'allais\r\nentreprendre, et je n'eus pas lieu de m'en repentir: car c'est \r\nl'infanterie que j'ai d tout mon avancement. Je partis de Paris en\r\nseptembre 1804 pour me rendre  l'arme runie sur les ctes de l'Ocan\r\net dont le 59e faisait partie. Je dois d'abord raconter la composition\r\net l'emplacement de cette arme.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 30363 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Fezensac, Raymond-Aymery-Philippe-Joseph de Montesquiou \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Oct 31, 2009 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: French \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Fezensac, Raymond-Aymery-Philippe-Joseph de Montesquiou \/ eBook \/ French","offer_id":43219423592605,"sku":"gb-30363-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/30363.jpg?v=1671526304"},{"product_id":"napoleonin-sotilaan-seikkailut-gb-49584","title":"Napoleonin sotilaan seikkailut","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNapoleonin sotilaan seikkailut\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlen nhnyt koko joukon kaupunkeja, ystvni. 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Hn ansaitsi lksytyksens, sill ellei pid jonkun\r\nprimadonnan laulusta, niin voi olla vaiti, mutta on myskin sopimatonta\r\nlhennell kaunista naista. Mys kaikkien myttunto oli minun\r\npuolellani, ja kun juttu oli loppunut, ja miehen leski joutunut\r\nelkkeelle, olin Suchet'n adjutanttina ja seurasin hnt Venetsiaan,\r\nmiss minulle sattui eriskummallinen seikkailu, jonka nyt kerron\r\nteille.\nEttek ole olleet Venetsiassa? Ette, sill ranskalaisethan matkustavat\r\nharvoin. Me matkustelimme paljon siihen aikaan; matkustimmehan m.m.\r\nMoskovasta Kairoon, mutta me tulimme niin suurena seurueena, ettei se\r\nollut varsin mieluista niille, joiden luona kvimme. Euroopalle koituu\r\nsuuri piv, kun ranskalaiset alkavat jlleen matkustella; he ovat\r\nhitaita jttmn kotinsa, mutta kun he sen kerran ovat tehneet, ei\r\nkukaan voi sanoa, kuinka kauaksi he matkustavat, jos heill on\r\nsellainen johtaja mukanansa ohjaamassa ja nyttmss heille tiet,\r\nkuin meidn pikkumiehemme. Mutta suuret pivt ovat olleet ja menneet,\r\nja suuret miehet ovat kuolleet, ja tss min istun, viimeinen heist,\r\nkahvilassa ja juon viini ja kerron juttuja.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 49584 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Doyle, Arthur Conan \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Aug 3, 2015 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Finnish \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Doyle, Arthur Conan,1859-1930 \/ eBook \/ Finnish","offer_id":43221932441757,"sku":"gb-49584-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/49584.jpg?v=1671621710"},{"product_id":"commentaries-on-the-surgery-of-the-war-in-portugal-spain-france-and-the-netherlands-gb-65622","title":"Commentaries on the Surgery of the War in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCommentaries on the Surgery of the War in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands\r - 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 since that period in the great art and science of surgery on all the subjects to which they relate.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rapid sale of the fifth, and the demand for a sixth\nedition of this work, enable me to say that the precepts\ninculcated in it have been fully borne out and confirmed\nby the practice of the Surgeons of the Army now in the\nCrimea in almost every particular. To several of these\ngentlemen I desire to offer my warmest thanks for the\nassistance they have afforded. Their names are given with\nthe cases and observations they have been so good as to\nsend me, and a fuller Addenda shall be made from time\nto time, as I receive further information from them, and\nothers who will, I hope, follow the example they have thus\nset. More, however, has been done; they have performed\noperations of the gravest importance at my suggestion, that\nhad not been done before, with a judgment and ability beyond\nall praise; and they have modified others to the great\nadvantage of those who may hereafter suffer from similar\ninjuries. They have thus proved that if the Administrative\nduties of the Medical Department of the Army have not\nbeen free from public animadversion, that its practical and\nscientific duties have merited public approbation; which I\nam satisfied, from what they have already done, they will\ncontinue to deserve.\n[10]\nThe precepts laid down are the result of the experience\nacquired in the war in the Peninsula, from the first battle\nof Rolia in 1808, to the last in Belgium, of Waterloo in\n1815, which altered, nay overturned, nearly all those which\nexisted previously to that period, on all points to which\nthey relate. Points as essential in the Surgery of domestic\nas in military life. 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