The war drama of the Eagles
Subtitle: Napoleon's standard-bearers on the battlefield in victory and defeat from Austerlitz to Waterloo, a record of hard fighting, heroism, and adventure
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 1912
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Format: ebook
Number of pages: 444
Table of contents: title: List of Authorities	XV; title: CHAPTER I; title: Napoleon adopts the Eagle of Caesar	1; title: CHAPTER II; title: The Day of the Presentation on the Field of Mars	16; title: CHAPTER III; title: In the First Campaign:; title: UNDER FIRE WITH MARSHAL NEY	60; title: THE MIDNIGHT BATTLE BY THE DANUBE	80; title: CHAPTER IV; title: On the Field of Austerlitz	96; title: CHAPTER V; title: In the Second Campaign:; title: JENA AND THE TRIUMPH OF BERLIN	123; title: THE TWELVE LOST EAGLES OF EYLAU	150x; title: CHAPTER VI; title: Preparing for the Future:; title: THE “EAGLE-GUARD”	181; title: CHAPTER VII; title: Before the Enemy at Aspern and Wagram	197; title: CHAPTER VIII; title: “The Eagle with the Golden Wreath” in London	214; title: CHAPTER IX; title: Other Eagles in England from Battlefields Of Spain	240; title: CHAPTER X; title: In the Hour of Darkest Disaster:; title: AFTER MOSCOW: HOW THE EAGLES FACED THEIR FATE	263; title: AT BAY IN NORTHERN GERMANY—1813	291; title: CHAPTER XI; title: That Terrible Midnight at the Invalides	316xi; title: CHAPTER XII; title: The Eagles of the Last Army	345; title: CHAPTER XIII; title: At Waterloo:; title: “AVE CAESAR! MORITURI TE SALUTANT!”	375; title: HOW WELLINGTON’S TROPHIES WERE WON	388; title: THE LAST ATTACK AND AFTER: THE EAGLES OF THE GUARD	405; title: THE EAGLES ANNOUNCE VICTORY TO LONDON	424; title: CHAPTER XIV; title: After the Downfall	432; title: Index	437