La Grande Armee
By: Georges Blond ; translated by Marshall May
Contributors: Marshall May (Translator)
Edition: Pbk. ed.
Publisher: Arms and Armour Press; distributed by Sterling Publishing Co.; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: December 31, 1997
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9781854094117
Copyright date: 1995
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); Land forces & warfare; Military - Other; History: American; History - Military / War; Europe; USA; Europe - France; Military - General; Military - Napoleonic Wars; STUDY NOTES - SparkNotes
Notes: "First published 1979 by Editions Robert Laffont, 6 place Saint-Sulpice, Paris. This English-language edition first published 1995. This paperback edition 1997. Reprinted 1997, 1998." - T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : The old soldiers; title: Boulogne : the army turns toward the sea; title: Victory by marching : Boulogne to the Rhine; title: 1805 : the fog of Austerlitz; title: An enormous groan : the army medical services; title: Poland : Eylau : enter General Winter; title: Tilsit, 1807 : the empire extends to the Niemen; title: Spain, 1808 : the disasters of war; title: Wagram, 1809 : the last great victory; title: Spain, 1811 : the guerrillas will win; title: The scorched earth of Russia; title: Moscow : the horizon aflame; title: 1812 : retreat in a cold hell; title: The conscripts of 1813; title: 1814 : the campaign in France; title: 1815 : the flight of the eagle : Elba to Paris; title: The guard dies; title: The last bivouacs : 1840; title: Appendixes.; title: Chronology; title: The strengths of Napoleon's armies; title: How many died?; title: Foreigners in the Grande Armée; title: Rates of pay; title: The fates of the marshals; title: Maps : the theatres of operations