Napoleons̓ Last Campaign in Germany, 1813
Title | Napoleons̓ Last Campaign in Germany, 1813 PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Loraine Petre |
Publisher | |
Pages | 454 |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | France |
ISBN |
NAPOLEON'S LAST CAMPAIGN IN GERMANY, 1813
Title | NAPOLEON'S LAST CAMPAIGN IN GERMANY, 1813 PDF eBook |
Author | F. LORAINE. PETRE |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781033301548 |
Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany 1813
Title | Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany 1813 PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Loraine Petre |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany
Title | Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany PDF eBook |
Author | Loraine Petre |
Publisher | |
Pages | 428 |
Release | 2015-03-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781783311705 |
Loraine Petre is widely recognised as the father of Napoleonic Wars history writing. In this volume on the Emperor's last campaign in Germany - the scene of so many of his previous triumphs - Petre pictures Bonaparte at bay, with his Grande Armee decimated by the disastrous retreat from Moscow. Napoleon was fighting off overwhelming odds in a series of battles at Saale, Lutzen, Bautzen, Dresden, Dennewitz - culminating at the great 'Battle of the Nations' at Leipzig when he faced a massive defeat which propelled him along the road back to Paris and abdication.
Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany
Title | Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany PDF eBook |
Author | F. Loraine Petre |
Publisher | |
Pages | 403 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany, 1813 (Classic Reprint)
Title | Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany, 1813 (Classic Reprint) PDF eBook |
Author | F. Loraine Petre |
Publisher | |
Pages | 444 |
Release | 2016-06-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781332838066 |
Excerpt from Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany, 1813 In the campaign of I 8 I 3, described in the present volume, it is only at times that the ame of his genius burns with its Old vigour. Time after time he seems to lose sight of the real objective, and to hanker after secondary Objectives and the occupation of mere geographical points, the attain ment Of which would inevitably have followed on success in the true Objective, the decisive defeat Of the enemy's main army. 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."
Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany
Title | Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Loraine Petre O.B.E |
Publisher | Pickle Partners Publishing |
Pages | 477 |
Release | 2011-06-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1908692782 |
Having escaped the disaster of the Russian campaign of 1812, Napoleon set out to defeat a coalition of epic proportions, who had coalesced to change the French preponderance of power on the Continent. Leaving his stepson Eugène with the shattered remnants of the Grande Armée in northern Germany, Napoleon’s great organisation skills would be used to the full to replace his depleted ranks. Short of cavalry, to scout and follow up any victory and with in-experienced troops, Napoleon struck at the Allied armies with vigour and energy, not wholly seconded by his subordinates. The battles of Lützen and Bautzen proved that he had the will and drive to beat his opponents, but time was running out. As losses mounted, including Grand Marshal of the Palace Duroc and Marshal Bessières, Napoleon could not hope to be everywhere at once. Oudinot was beaten at Gross-Beeren, Vandamme was destroyed at Kulm, Macdonald defeated on the Katzbach and Ney at Dennewitz, the hopes of the French were also brutally dashed by the Austrians joining the ranks of their enemies. The dénouement would be the largest battle known to man at that point in history, fought over three days the battle of Leipzig was rightly known as the “Battle of Nations”, two thousand cannon and nearly six hundred thousand men would pound, charge, fire, and die to change the face of Europe. Continuing on in the series of books, after Napoleon and the Archduke Charles, Petre’s monumental summation of the 1813 campaigns in Germany is still relevant fresh and excellently researched, balanced. Author – Francis Lorraine Petre OBE - (1852–1925)