LEADER 03186nam 22004093 450 001 9910164252203321 005 20230725020300.0 010 $a1-908692-79-0 035 $a(CKB)3810000000101170 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4809337 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4809337 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11348957 035 $a(OCoLC)974584032 035 $a(BIP)059099427 035 $a(EXLCZ)993810000000101170 100 $a20210901d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNapoleon at Bay - 1814 210 1$aSan Francisco :$cWagram Press,$d2011. 210 4$dİ2011. 215 $a1 online resource (118 pages) 327 $aIntro -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE -- CHAPTER I -- FROM HANAU TO CHA?LONS -- CHAPTER II -- BRIENNE AND LA ROTHIE?RE -- CHAPTER III -- THE RETREAT AFTER LA ROTHIE?RE -- CHAPTER IV -- CHAMPAUBERT, MONTMIRAIL, AND VAUCHAMPS -- CHAPTER V -- NAPOLEON RETURNS TO THE SEINE -- CHAPTER VI -- THE SECOND PURSUIT OF BLU?CHER -- CHAPTER VII -- CRAONNE -- CHAPTER VIII -- LAON AND REIMS -- CHAPTER IX -- ARCIS-SUR-AUBE -- CHAPTER X -- THE GENERAL ADVANCE ON PARIS -- CHAPTER XI -- CONCLUDING REMARKS. 330 8 $aFollowing on from the Author's "Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany", Petre's closely researched and well argued account of the 1814 campaign, which would see some of the finest strategical manoeuvres of Napoleon's entire career.As the wreck of the last Grande Arme?e created in 1813, retreated home from Germany to France it was a pale shadow of its former glory. Marched into the ground as Napoleon struggled to pin down his enemies, and then beaten at Leipzig in the "battle of Nations" as faced by overwhelming weight of men, cavalry and cannon. They had shown their mettle at Hanau by brutally brushing aside the Bavarians who sought to bar their way across the Rhine, but there were now only some 70,000 to 80,000 men still with the colours. The men garrisoning cities and fortresses such as Danzig were lost to the great General, and his enemies implacably approached the soil of France.With such an outlook, what then occurred was perhaps Napoleon's finest hour, he rallied every last reserve, he could from veterans scraped from the Spanish frontier, or barely adult conscripts. He would then embark on the "Six Days Campaign", in which he beat the army of Silesia under Blu?cher, four times in six days. The manoeuvres that led to the battles of Champaubert, Montmirail, Cha?teau-Thierry and Vauchamps, are justly celebrated.The tragic de?nouement which he and his victorious veterans would suffer, despite all of their hard fought victories would still be the ignominy of defeat as Napoleon's Generals and Marshals shed their allegiance to him to save France.Author - Francis Loraine Petre OBE - (1852-1925) 676 $a940.27 700 $aPetre O.B.E$b Francis Loraine$01371030 701 $aPublishing$b Pickle Partners$01077764 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910164252203321 996 $aNapoleon at Bay - 1814$93399671 997 $aUNINA