Marshal Ney At Quatre Bras

Author : Paul L. Dawson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526700735

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Marshal Ney At Quatre Bras by Paul L. Dawson Pdf

Fought on 16 June 1815, two days before the Battle of Waterloo, the Battle of Quatre Bras has been described as a tactical Anglo-allied victory, but a French strategic victory. The French Marshal Ney was given command of the left wing of Napoleons army and ordered to seize the vital crossroads at Quatre Bras, as the prelude to an advance on Brussels. The crossroads was of strategic importance because the side which controlled it could move southeastward along the Nivelles-Namur road.Yet the normally bold and dynamic Ney was uncharacteristically cautious. As a result, by the time he mounted a full-scale attack upon the Allied troops holding Quatre Bras, the Duke of Wellington had been able to concentrate enough strength to hold the crossroads.Neys failure at Quatre Bras had disastrous consequences for Napoleon, whose divided army was not able to reunite in time to face Wellington at Waterloo. This revelatory study of the Waterloo campaign draws primarily on French archival sources, and previously unpublished French accounts, to present a balanced view of a battle normally seen only from the British or Anglo-Allied perspective.

Author : James Augustus Weston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : France
ISBN : HARVARD:HWRBBR

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Historic Doubts as to the Execution of Marshal Ney ... by James Augustus Weston Pdf

Author : Raymond Horricks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015005654366

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Marshal Ney by Raymond Horricks Pdf

Author : Nicolson Bain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1816
Category : France
ISBN : BL:A0019033481

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A Detailed Account of the Battles of Quatre Bras, Ligny, and Waterloo: Preceded by a Short Relation of Events, Attending the Temporary Revolution of 1815, in France: and Concluding with the Immediate Political Consequences of These Decisive Victories by Nicolson Bain Pdf

Author : A. H. Atteridge
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783402137

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Marshal Ney by A. H. Atteridge Pdf

A stirring biography of the fiery marshal who led Napoleon’s forces—from his swift rise to fame to his tragic fall from grace and death by firing squad. A.H. Atteridge’s biography of Michel Ney, Napoleon’s most famous marshal, is a classic work of its kind. He describes Ney’s meteoric career in vivid detail, from his enlistment as a hussar in the army of Louis XVI, his rapid promotion through the ranks of the revolutionary armies and his long service under Napoleon. Ney’s pugnacious character and his capacity for inspiring leadership come across strongly in innumerable actions across 25 years of almost constant warfare. Particularly striking are the author’s accounts of Ney’s contribution to Napoleon’s most famous campaigns—Ulm and Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau and Friedland and the catastrophic march on Moscow. Ney’s last battle, Waterloo, and his subsequent execution by the returning Bourbons form the last chapter of this fascinating story.

Author : Andrew Hilliard Atteridge
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781908692474

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Marshal Ney - Bravest Of The Brave by Andrew Hilliard Atteridge Pdf

Few of Napoleon’s Marshals have been involved in such controversy as the son of a cooper from Sarrelouis, Michel Ney. His reputation has been argued over fiercely by military historians, Bonapartists, revisionists and romantics for almost two centuries since his untimely demise at the hands of his own countrymen in the gardens of the Luxembourg. This volume paints a sympathetic picture of Marshal Ney, drawing on the memoirs of his subordinates and Général Bonnal’s Vie Militaire du Maréchal Ney to combine into the best single volume biography yet published in English. Atteridge writes concisely but vividly, and does not shy away with the controversies that have dogged Ney’s reputation, whilst providing a clear framework of the events. The details are accompanied by numerous maps, including excellent details on the often overlooked Battle of Hohenlinden in 1800 which secured the French Republic. From the early days of the French Republic, Ney fought fiercely and with much skill, through to the dark days of the retreat from Russia in 1812 in which he saved the remnants of the vast army Napoleon led to their destruction. His actions in the Hundred Days, for which he lost his life in a trial whose outcome was predetermined, are analyzed clearly and he deserved a better lot than he received for his efforts. Ney was a pivotal figure in an era of giants and Atteridge’s book does him the justice his brave and valorous character demands. Highly recommended. Atteridge’s book forms a companion to his other single volume biography of Marshal Murat and his work on the varied personalities on Napoleon’s Brothers. Author- Andrew Hilliard Atteridge (1844–1912) Linked TOC and 8 Illustrations and 8 maps.

Author : John T. Foster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Marshals
ISBN : WISC:89004003141

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Napoleon's Marshal by John T. Foster Pdf

A biography of the controversial French soldier who, switching loyalties, served Napoleon, then Louis XVIII, then Napoleon again. Although executed for treason, he was restored to honor by the French people thirty-eight years later.

Author : Piers Compton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : France
ISBN : UOM:39015008008875

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Marshal Ney by Piers Compton Pdf

Author : A. Hilliard Atteridge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2001-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 184342195X

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Marshal Ney by A. Hilliard Atteridge Pdf

Michel Ney was born in Saarlouis in 1769 and died in front of a French (royalist) firing squad on 7 December 1815, six months after the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. He began his army career in 1788 when on 6th December he enlisted in the 5th Hussars and took his first step up the ladder that would lead to Marshal when he was promoted brigadier or corporal on 1st January 1791. A year later he was a sergeant-of-horse and three months after that, May 1792, a sergeant-major. In that same month war was declared against Austria and so began the long period of the Wars of the Revolution and the Empire which saw the rise of Napoleon. Ney s chance, too, had come and he made good use of it. He saw his first pitched battle at Valmy in September 1792, by which time he had become an officer, a sub-lieutenant, promoted during his first campaign. His promotion thereafter was rapid and within two years, at the age of twenty-five, he was a Chef de Brigade, equivalent to a colonel. In May 1801 he met the man who was to have such an influence on his subsequent career, Napoleon, though he showed no disposition to attach himself to that particular rising star. In 1804 Napoleon restored the rank of Marshal of France and among those promoted to that rank was Ney. In 1805, as Commander of the 6th Corps of the Grand Army Ney took part in the campaign of Ulm and Austerlitz. Subsequently, in the war against Prussia his corps fought at Jena and Friedland. During the Peninsular War his corps was with the Army of Portugal under Massena with whom he fell out and was deprived of his command and returned to France. Napoleon reinstated him for his Russian campaign and gave him command of the3rd Corps and it was during this campaign he received the accolade Bravest of the Brave . Atteridge s biography covers Ney s career in full and notes his showing at Quatre Bras was no longer that of a clear sighted commander while at Waterloo his recklessness was more than evident, a sombre end to a great career. To the royalists he was a traitor having declared for the king when Napoleon was defeated in 1814, and then turned coat when Napoleon returned from exile for the last hundred days that ended at Waterloo.

Author : Andrew W. Field
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473838499

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Prelude to Waterloo: Quatre Bras by Andrew W. Field Pdf

“As a piece of historical research, this is a force majeure . . . a must read for anyone interested in the Napoleonic Wars” by the author of Waterloo (Federation of Family History Societies). The Battle of Quatre Bras was critical to the outcome of the Waterloo campaign—to the victory of the allied armies of Wellington and Blücher, the defeat of the French and the fall of Napoleon. But it has been overshadowed by the two larger-scale engagements at Ligny and at Waterloo itself. And too often the clash at Quatre Bras has been seen mainly through the eyes of the British and their allies—the viewpoint of the French has been neglected. It is this weakness in the history of the battle that Andrew Field focuses on in this original and highly readable new study. Drawing on French eyewitness recollections and later commentary, he reconstructs the French experience of the battle—and the French interpretation of it. He quotes extensively, and subjects to critical analysis, the conflicting accounts written by Napoleon and his subordinates as they sought justify their decisions and actions at this pivotal moment in the campaign. “Andrew Field writes with a light touch that makes a very detailed discussion of this significant event of the Hundred Days campaign a pleasure to read. This volume is an ideal companion to his previous book on Waterloo and to Robinson’s account of Quatre Bras.”—Miniature Wargames Magazine “Offer[s] a new perspective of this significant confrontation that is often overshadowed by Ligny and Waterloo.”—Gloire & Empire

Author : Andrew Hilliard Atteridge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : France
ISBN : UCAL:$B84489

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The Bravest of the Brave, Michel Ney by Andrew Hilliard Atteridge Pdf

Author : Antoine Henri baron de Jomini
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
ISBN : UCAL:$B321932

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Political and Military History of the Campaign of Waterloo by Antoine Henri baron de Jomini Pdf

Author : William Mudford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1817
Category : Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000115740

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An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands by William Mudford Pdf

Author : Robert Batty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1820
Category : Ligny, Battle of, Ligny, Belgium, 1815
ISBN : OXFORD:590061468

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An Historical Sketch of the Campaign of 1815 by Robert Batty Pdf

Author : Paul L. Dawson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526700698

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Napoleon and Grouchy by Paul L. Dawson Pdf

One of the enduring controversies of the Waterloo campaign is the conduct of Marshal Grouchy. Given command of a third of Napoleons army and told to keep the Prussians from joining forces with Wellington, he failed to keep Wellington and Blcher apart with the result that Napoleon was overwhelmed at Waterloo. Grouchy, though, was not defeated. He kept his force together and retreated in good order back to France.Many have accused Grouchy of intentionally holding back his men and not marching to join Napoleon when the sound of the gunfire at Waterloo could clearly be heard, and he has been widely blamed for Napoleons defeat.Now, for the first time, Grouchys conduct during the Waterloo campaign is analyzed in fine detail, drawing principally on French sources not previously available in English. The author, for example, answers questions such as whether key orders did actually exist in 1815 or were they later fabrications to make Grouchy the scapegoat for Napoleons failures? Did General Grard really tell Grouchy to march to the sound of the guns? Why did Grouchy appear to move so slowly when speed was essential?This is a subject which is generally overlooked by British historians, who tend to concentrate on the actions of Wellington and Napoleon, and which French historians choose not to look at too closely for fear that it might reflect badly upon their hero Napoleon.Despite the mass of books written on Waterloo, this is a genuinely unique contribution to this most famous campaign. This book is certain to fuel debate and prompt historians to reconsider the events of June 1815.