Excerpt from Memoirs of Baron Lejeune, Vol. 1 of 2: Aide-De-Camp to Marshals Berthier, Davout, and Oudinot The translator of these Memoirs wishes to express her gratitude to Mr. Harold Vallings, the novelist, Colonel Branson, (retired), late Bengal Army, and Lieutenant Colonel S. W. Bell, for their able help in the rendering of military terms. Thanks are also due to Lieutenant Maurice for his various valuable suggestions on the proofs. It has been thought well to retain the French title of 'the Major-General, ' so often used by Lejeune in speaking of Marshal Berthier, because, although the duties performed by that General were practically those of the Chief of the Staff, as he would be called at the present day, he is constantly referred to as 'the Major-General' in Napier's 'Peninsular War' and other histories of the campaigns in which he took so prominent a part. 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.

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Excerpt from Memoirs of Baron Lejeune, Vol. 2 of 2: Aide-De-Camp to Marshals Berthier, Davout, and Oudinot At the Sommering pass a wall of rocks rising up into the clouds seems so completely to shut in the valley, here extremely narrow, as to leave absolutely no means of pass ing out of Styria into Austria. But for all that the traveller is able to reach the summit of the pass crowned by an ancient manor house, the walls and towers of which have been partly destroyed by the storms which have swept over them. The view from this point is magnifi cent, embracing as it does the rich plains of Austria and the banks of the Danube, with the towers and belfries of Vienna rising up against the horizon. 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.

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