LEADER 03963nam 22004933 450 001 9910163893803321 005 20230725020305.0 010 $a1-908692-11-1 035 $a(CKB)3810000000101126 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4809558 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4809558 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11350122 035 $a(OCoLC)974595659 035 $a(BIP)059099001 035 $a(EXLCZ)993810000000101126 100 $a20210901d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Memoirs of Baron Lejeune, Aide-de-Camp to Marshals Berthier, Davout and Oudinot. Vol. I 210 1$aSan Francisco :$cWagram Press,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2010. 215 $a1 online resource (189 pages) 225 1 $aThe Memoirs of Baron Lejeune, Aide-de-Camp to Marshals Berthier, Davout and Oudinot. ;$vv.1 311 $a1-908692-10-3 327 $aTitle page -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I -- EARLIEST RECOLLECTIONS -- CHAPTER II -- THE CAMPAIGNS IN HOLLAND AND ON THE RHINE WITH THE BATTLE OF MARENGO -- CHAPTER III -- AUSTERLITZ AND JENA -- CHAPTER IV -- EYLAU-KING GUSTAVUS IV.-DANZIG-COLBERG-FRIEDLAND-TILSIT -- CHAPTER V -- FROM POLAND TO SPAIN-BURGOS-VOYAGE TO HAMBURG-THE SOMO-SIERRA-MADRID -- CHAPTER VI -- THE GUADARRAMAS -BENAVENTE -ASTORGA-VALLADOLID -- CHAPTER VII -- SIEGE AND TAKING OF SARAGOSSA -- CHAPTER VIII -- THE WAR IN AUSTRIA IN 1809-BATTLES OF ABENSBERG, LANDSHUT, AND ECKMU?HL-RATISBON-EBERSBERG -- CHAPTER IX -- THE TAKING OF VIENNA-ESSLING -- CHAPTER X -- WAGRAM-ZNAIM-KLAGENFURTH. 330 8 $aAmongst the many memoirs of the Napoleonic period, there are a number that stand out not just for their historical value, but also for their actual written style; however, in this sense Lejeune stands alone. He was by nature an artist and is still famous as a noted painter of scenes of battles, most of which he witnessed. As such his scenes are like his paintings, filled with evocative detail.The narrative in Vol. I runs from his earliest recollections of a chance encounter with Marie Antoinette to his joining the republican movement and a battalion of national volunteers. As the consulate dawns, we find him as an aide-de-camp with the army of reserve in 1800 and fought at the battle of Marengo. He was present at the battles of Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau, Friedland, Landshut, Eckmu?hl, Aspern-Essling and Wagram.A substantial part of this volume revolves around the vicious and protracted second siege of Saragossa, which even in the Peninsular War stands out for the courage and fierceness of both sides. His treatment of the siege and the forces engaged is the best of its genre by some distance.Lejeune was witness to some of the great events of the Napoleonic period, and moved with the grace of a courtier through them, his eye catches the human actors in his pen portraits beautifully.Highly Recommended.Author: Ge?ne?ral de Brigade Baron Louis Francois Lejeune, (1775-1848)Translator: Mrs Arthur Bell [D'Anvers, N.],( ????-1933 )Foreword: Major-General Maurice, John Frederick, Sir, 1841-1912Annotations - PP-Publishing 410 4$aThe Memoirs of Baron Lejeune, Aide-de-Camp to Marshals Berthier, Davout and Oudinot. 517 $aMemoirs of Baron Lejeune, Aide-de-Camp to Marshals Berthier, Davout and Oudinot. 676 $a940.274092 700 $aLejeune$b Ge?ne?ral de Brigade, Baron Louis-Franc?ois$01371018 701 $aBell$b Mrs Arthur$01371019 701 $aMaurice$b Major-General Sir John Frederick$01371020 701 $aMaurice$b Major-General Sir John Frederick$01371020 712 02$aPickle Partners Publishing Staff,$4clb 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163893803321 996 $aThe Memoirs of Baron Lejeune, Aide-de-Camp to Marshals Berthier, Davout and Oudinot. Vol. I$93399657 997 $aUNINA