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Author : Francis Loraine Petre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : WISC:89016564726
Author : Francis Loraine Petre
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1290565546
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author : Francis Loraine Petre
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230268340
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX Ailette, R. {see Lette, R.) Alexander I. (Tsar of Russia), 3, 5. 8, 42, 78, 79, 161, 168, 169, 173. 180,187, 188, 191 Allix (French General), 18, 40, 53. 77, 164, 171, 196 Amey (French General), 176, 181, 191, 192 Arcis-sur-Aube, battle of, 167- I7S Armistice, proposals for, 90 Army (French), 2; new levies, 10; drafts from Spain, 11; strength of corps, etc., 17, .; reorganization in February, 52; after Laon, 149; quality of troops, 211, 212 (allied), total strength, 12 Arrighi (French General), 95, 98, 99, 100, no, in, 122, 130, 134, 140, 141 Athies, Hurrah d', 140-142 Aube, R, 14 Augereau (Marshal), 13,79, 80, 87, 148 Austria, 3 Barclay De Tolly (Russian General commanding Guards and Reserves), 26, 29, 44, 46, 77, 81, 87, 160, 162, 181, 187, 188 Bar-sur-Aube, battle of, 158 Baste (French Admiral), 23 Bellegarde (Austrian General), 2 Belliard (French General), 128, 129, 134, 146, 198 Bennigsen (Russian General), 9 Berckheim (French General), 164, 180 Bemadotte (Crown Prince of Sweden), 4, 9, 104 Berthier (Marshal), 19, 115, 150, 192, 193 Bianchi (Austrian General), 77, 81, 83, 86, 87 Bliicher (Prussian Field Mar- shal, commanding Army of Silesia), character and views, 5; letter to Knesebeck, 6; crosses Rhine, 10; march to Brienne, 18-20; battle of Brienne, 21-24; at Trannes, 27; battle of La Rothiere, 28-39 I separation from army of Bohemia, 42, 44, 46, 53, 54; pursues Macdonald, 54, 55; position 9th February, 56, 57; 10th February, 58; nth February, 61, 63; 12th- 13th February, 68; battle of Vauchamps, 69-71; retreat on Chalons, 86, 87; on Aube and Seine, 88, 89; fresh separa- tion, 91, 94; advance to La Ferte"-sous-Jouarre, 97 99, 102-105; crosses Marne and marches to Ourcq andAisne, 106-111; crosses Aisne, 113;...
Author : F. Loraine Petre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1331318815
Excerpt from Napoleon at Bay, 1814: With Maps and Plans This volume will appear almost precisely one hundred years after the commencement of the campaign which it describes. As in the case of the author's four previous histories of Napoleon's campaigns, it deals only with the purely military side of the war, politics being referred to only in so far as they actually influenced directly the course of military operations. Further, it is confined to the operations in which Napoleon was personally and directly engaged. Therefore, no attempt is made to deal with the campaigns of Soult and Suchet against Wellington, with the blockade of Davout in Hamburg or of the other fortresses in Germany, with Maison's campaign in the Netherlands, with Eugene's in Italy, or even with Augereau's movements about Lyons. The latter, feeble though they were, certainly did exercise a considerable influence on the allied movements, especially in the end of February; but it was mainly unfounded alarm which influenced Schwarzenberg, and the details of Augereau's advance and retreat are of little interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Francis Loraine Petre O.B.E
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781908692795
Following on from the Author’s “Napoleon’s Last Campaign in Germany”, Petre’s closely researched and well argued account of the 1814 campaign, which would see some of the finest strategical manoeuvres of Napoleon’s entire career. As the wreck of the last Grande Armée created in 1813, retreated home from Germany to France it was a pale shadow of its former glory. Marched into the ground as Napoleon struggled to pin down his enemies, and then beaten at Leipzig in the “battle of Nations” as faced by overwhelming weight of men, cavalry and cannon. They had shown their mettle at Hanau by brutally brushing aside the Bavarians who sought to bar their way across the Rhine, but there were now only some 70,000 to 80,000 men still with the colours. The men garrisoning cities and fortresses such as Danzig were lost to the great General, and his enemies implacably approached the soil of France. With such an outlook, what then occurred was perhaps Napoleon’s finest hour, he rallied every last reserve, he could from veterans scraped from the Spanish frontier, or barely adult conscripts. He would then embark on the “Six Days Campaign”, in which he beat the army of Silesia under Blücher, four times in six days. The manoeuvres that led to the battles of Champaubert, Montmirail, Château-Thierry and Vauchamps, are justly celebrated. The tragic dénouement which he and his victorious veterans would suffer, despite all of their hard fought victories would still be the ignominy of defeat as Napoleon’s Generals and Marshals shed their allegiance to him to save France. Author – Francis Loraine Petre OBE - (1852–1925)
Author : Francis Loraine Petre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1017021074
Author : Frank McLynn
Publisher : Random House
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781448129584
Napoleon Bonaparte's character and achievements have always divided critics and commentators. In this compelling new biography Frank McLynn draws on the most recent scholarship and throws a brilliant light on this most paradoxical of men - as military leader, lover and emperor. Tracing Napoleon's extraordinary career, Mc Lynn examines the Promethean legend from the Corsican roots, through the years of the French Revolution and the military triumphs, to the coronation in 1804 and ultimate defeat and imprisonment. Napoleon the man emerges as an even more fascinating character than previously imagined, and McLynn brilliantly reveals the extent to which he was both existential hero and plaything of Fate; mathematician and mystic; intellectual giant and moral pygmy; Great Man and deeply flawed human being.
Author : F. Loraine Petre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1783312254
A classic account - illustrated with 24 detailed maps and plans - of Napoleon's fighting retreat across France in 1814 by the doyen of Napoleonic military historians F. Loraine Petre. Many judge this backs to the wall campaign - during which the Emperor's battered forces fought a battle every few days - to have been the most brilliantly conducted of Napoleon's many campaigns. Harried by enormously superior Russian, Prussian and Austrian armies, depressed and depleted by its devastating losses in Russia and Germany in the years since 1812, what was left of the Grande Armee still managed to keep its enemies at bay until the Emperor bowed to the inevitable and abdicated before departing for his first exile in Elba.
Author : Owen Connelly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134552894
Written by an experienced author and expert in the field, Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1792-1815 provides a thorough re-examination of the crucial period in the history of France for students of history and military studies. Based on extensive research, and including twenty detailed maps, this study is unique in its focus on the wars of both the French Revolution and Napoleon. Owen Connelly expertly analyzes them both to provide a broader context for warfare. Examining the causes of the wars, and how the practices of warfare during this period were to influence mode of combat throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Connelly also establishes trends discernable in the First and Second World Wars and examines key issues including: * the impact of the population explosion on armies and war * the legacy of the ancient regime impact on revolutionary armies * the impact of the Revolution on leadership, strategy, organization and weaponry * Was Napoleon’s leadership style unique, or could another have played his role? * contributions from the governments of the early Revolution, the Terror, the Directory and the Napoleonic regime * What did twenty-three successive years of war accomplish? * Was this era a turning point in the history of warfare?
Author : Henry Houssaye
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:14022294
Author : Gunther E. Rothenberg
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : 0253202604
Some 12 years ago it was estimated that well over 300,000 works existed on this period and since then several thousand more have appeared. Therefore, it might be reasonably argued that there is little room for another volume. Nonetheless, this vast outpouring of literature has usually dealt with major leaders, specific battles or campaigns, and with certain branches of the service. Moreover, at least in English, the literature tends to concentrate primarily on the French or British armies. There appears to be a lack of works combining a description of the major changes and trends in the art of war, especially at the cutting edge of events, with a discussion of the French military establishment and the armies of the major opponents, British as well as continental. And while this book is only a brief survey, I do believe that it may serve as a contribution towards filling this gap in our historical knowledge of military institutions and fighting men.
Author : Charles Messenger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2817 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135959777
This book contains some 600 entries on a range of topics from ancient Chinese warfare to late 20th-century intervention operations. Designed for a wide variety of users, it encompasses general reviews of aspects of military organization and science, as well as specific wars and conflicts. The book examines naval and air warfare, as well as significant individuals, including commanders, theorists, and war leaders. Each entry includes a listing of additional publications on the topic, accompanied by an article discussing these publications with reference to their particular emphases, strengths, and limitations.
Author : Philip Dwyer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781408837818
The second volume of a new and comprehensive biography about one of the history's most charismatic leaders 'a very fine book, which explains Napoleon's extraordinary rise to power and equally meteoric fall, with great erudition, skill and verve' Spectator 'Exemplary scholarship ... A book of meticulous research and beautifully detailed descriptions of Napoleon's military adventures, brings home the full horrific cost of the march on Russia' New Statesman 'Napoleon's legend is so persistent that it confounds the historical reality in the popular imagination. He himself contributed much towards the construction of his own myth, from his youth even until after he fell from power, when, while in exile, he dictated his memoirs to a group of disciples who took down his every word in the hope that his version of history would prevail. Such were Napoleon's skills as a chronicler that much of the legend is still unquestioningly accepted...' This second volume of Philip Dwyer's outstanding biography sheds further fresh light on one of the great figures of modern history. After a meteoric rise, a military-political coup in 1799 established Napoleon Bonaparte in government, aged just thirty. This meticulously researched study examines the man in power, from his brooding obsessions and capacity for violence, to his ability to inspire others and realise his visionary ideas. One of the first truly modern politicians, Napoleon skilfully fashioned the image of himself that laid the foundation of the legend that endures to this day; Philip Dwyer's ambitious, definitive work separates myth from history to offer us anew one of history's most charismatic and able leaders.
Author : Ralph Ashby
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216121053
This revisionist history offers a fresh analysis of Napoleon and the French army as they defended their empire against the massive Coalition invasion of 1814. French defeat in 1814 is too often shrugged off as the result of obvious and understandable factors. Napoleon Against Great Odds: The Emperor and the Defenders of France, 1814 challenges the widely accepted notion that war-weariness and internal political opposition to Napoleon were the decisive and direct causes of French defeat. At least as important, it argues, were material shortages, diplomatic missteps, and even faulty strategic planning on Napoleon's part. The book not only traces the narrative of Napoleon's 1814 Campaign in France, but explores the formation of the French army tasked with defending France against the Coalition invasion. Diplomatic, political, and social factors are taken into account and the issue of war-weariness is analyzed carefully and critically. Each branch and arm of the French forces is examined, as are military mobilization under difficult circumstances and partisan and guerilla warfare. Designed to encourage fresh debate about the 1814 campaign, the book offers thought-provoking reading for scholars and general readers alike.
Author : Owen Connelly
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442210097
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.
