Fighting for Napoleon: French soldiers' letters, 1799-1815
"The French side of the Napoleonic Wars is often seen from a strategic point of view, or in terms of military organization and battlefield tactics, or through officers' memoirs. It is rarely seen from the perspective of the lowest ranks of the army, and the experience of the ordinary soldi...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "The French side of the Napoleonic Wars is often seen from a strategic point of view, or in terms of military organization and battlefield tactics, or through officers' memoirs. It is rarely seen from the perspective of the lowest ranks of the army, and the experience of the ordinary soldiers is less well known and is often misunderstood. That is why this account, based on more than 1,600 letters written by French soldiers of the Napoleonic armies, is of such value. It adds to the existing literature by exploring every aspect of the life of a French soldier during the period 1799-1815. The book will be fascinating and informative reading for military and cultural historians, but it will also appeal to anyone who is interested in the war experience of common soldiers. It offers the English-speaking audience a French view of a conflict which is too often limited to the traditional memoirs of Captain Coignet, Colonel Marbot or Sergeant Bourgogne."--Publisher's description |
| Beschreibung: | Study based on 1600 letters written by French Napoleonic soldiers |
| Beschreibung: | 184 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen |
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List of Illustrations..........................................vii
Acknowledgements..............................................viii
Introduction.....................................................1
Military Correspondence........................................1
The Survival of a Collection...................................3
Chapter 1 Serving France.......................................7
Conscription, Desertion and Denunciation.............7
Chapter 2 Life in the Army....................................25
Citizen to Soldier..................................25
Duties and Events...................................45
Chapter 3 War Against the Austrians, the Russian and the
Prussians...........................................50
Marengo and the Occupation of Italy ................50
The War of the Third Coalition......................52
The War of the Fourth Coalition.....................58
The War of the Fifth Coalition......................65
Chapter 4 The Peninsular War .................................72
The Conquest of Portugal and the Spanish Uprising....72
Guerrilla Warfare...................................81
The British Outnumbered.............................87
1811 .............................................102
The Struggle of the French Army in Spain...........113
The Collapse of the French Army....................122
Chapter 5 The Decline and Fall of the French Empire........127
The Russian Disaster of 1812.................. 127
The German Campaign.............................140
Fighting against Napoleon.......................151
Chapter 6 Wounds, Illness and Captivity....................154
Fearing the Hospital............................154
Captivity and Suffering.........................161
Conclusions.................................................169
Appendix: Chronology .......................................172
Bibliography.............................................. 178
Primary Sources...........................................178
Secondary Sources.........................................178
Index ......................................................180
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