LEADER 04039nam 22004573 450 001 9910163906003321 005 20230725063649.0 010 $a1-908692-13-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000001055943 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4809029 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4809029 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11349900 035 $a(OCoLC)974589086 035 $a(BIP)039362720 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001055943 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. II 210 1$aSan Francisco :$cWagram Press,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2010. 215 $a1 online resource (164 pages) 225 1 $aThe Memoirs of Baron Lejeune, Aide-de-Camp to Marshals Berthier, Davout and Oudinot. ;$vv.2 311 $a1-908692-12-X 327 $aTitle page -- CHAPTER I -- RETURN TO VIENNA-CRACOW-THE REVIEW-RETURN TO PARIS-THE DIVORCE-DECEMBER 31, 1809 -- CHAPTER II -- MISSION CONFIDED TO ME BY THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON -GENERAL DORSENNE AT BURGOS-KING JOSEPH AT MADRID-GRENADA-CORDOVA -SEVILLE-THE BAT-TLE OF CHICLANA, OPPOSITE CADIZ-MARSHAL VICTOR AT SANTA MARIA-MARSHAL SOULT AT SEVILLE -- CHAPTER III -- I AM TAKEN PRISONER AND ALL BUT HANGED -- CHAPTER IV -- MY STAY AT FORTON-I LEAVE ASHBY-I ARRIVE AT BOULOGNE-PRINCE BERTHIER -- CHAPTER V -- PASSAGE OF THE NIEMEN-WITEBSK -POLOTSK- SMOLENSK-WIASMA -- CHAPTER VI -- BATTLE OF THE MOSKWA -MOSCOW-BEGINNING OF OUR RETREAT-BATTLE OF MALO-JAROSLAVITZ -- CHAPTER VII -- VIASMA-KRASNOE-THE BERESINA DISASTER-THE EMPEROR LEAVES THE ARMY-WILNA -- CHAPTER VIII -- THE ARRIVAL OF THE EMPEROR AT PARIS-THE CAMPAIGN OF 1813-LUTZEN-BAUTZEN-THE ARMISTICE, DRESDEN -KULM, LEIPZIG-HANAU-MY RETURN TO PARIS. 330 8 $aAmongst the many memoirs of the Napoleonic period, there are a number that stand out not just for their historical value, but also for their actual written style, however in this sense Lejeune stands alone. Lejeune was by nature an artist and is still a famous as a noted painter of scenes of battles, most of which he witnessed. As such his scenes are like his painting filled with evocative detail. The narrative in Vol. II runs from the Napoleon's divorce of the Empress Josephine and his subsequent marriage to Marie-Louise of Austria with the attendant balls and festivities. As the war in Spain drags on, he is sent on an important mission to collect information for the Emperor, during which he is ambushed and captured by partisans. His subsequent imprisonment and transfer to Britain are painted in vivid colours and are surpassed only by his subsequent escape to France and evasion of the dread smuggler "Brick." Lejeune was on the staff of Marshal Berthier and, thereafter Marshal Davout, during the Russian campaign of 1812, and was witness to the bloody struggle to Moscow and the disastrous retreat back to Prussia. His numerous vignettes of the retreat are often quoted due to their detail and incisive nature, his description of his purchase of a bearskin from its unwilling seller, a colonel swaddled in furs, on the retreat is priceless. Lejeune also served on in the twilight of the Empire, at the battles of Lutzen, Bautzen, and Leipzig. His military career was ended by wounds from a shell fragment the day after the battle of Hanau in 1813. 410 4$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$01371019 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163906003321 996 $aThe Memoirs of Baron Lejeune, Aide-de-Camp to Marshals Berthier, Davout and Oudinot. Vol. II$93400346 997 $aUNINA