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A Journal of the Russian Campaign of 1812
Raymond A. P. J. de Montesquiou-Fezensac
An Eyewitness Account by an Aide-de-Camp to Berthier and Later Colonel of the 4th Regiment of Infantry in Napoleon’s Army
An essential first hand account of a French officer of the First Empire Napoleon, at the height of his unstoppable hubris, attacked Russia and marched his Grande Armee thousands of miles towards it..
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The Journal of the Three Days of the Battle of Waterloo
An Eyewitness
An Account of the Campaign of 1815 from Within the French Army
A telling account from a soldier of France This anonymously written account tells of the experiences of a French soldier during the Waterloo campaign. It of course recounts the events of those mome..
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Rapp: the Last Victor
Jean Rapp
The Career of Jean Rapp, Aide-de-Camp to Desaix & Napoleon, Premier Consul, General of France
The career of a great French soldier of Napoleon Jean Rapp was the epitome of the best of Napoleon’s soldiers. The son of a janitor, bound for the clergy, Rapp found his own temperament and the spi..
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Soldiers of Napoleon
A. J. Doisy De Villargennes & Arthur Chuquet

The 100th title in our Eyewitness to War Series

The Experiences of the Men of the French First Empire
Under the Eagles by A. J. Doisy De Villargennes
Voices of 1812 by Arthur Chuquet
The 100th title in our Eyewitness to War Series Accounts of the men of the First Empire Writings of the experiences of Napoleon's foot and horse soldiers which have been translated into English ..
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Marine of Revolution & Consulate
Moreau de Jonnès
The Recollections of a French Soldier of the Revolutionary Wars 1791-1804
A soldier of revolution The wars of the French Revolution are justifiably dominated by the masterful figure of Napoleon. His rapid rise to power, initially as general, then as First Consul and ulti..
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Sergeant Guillemard: the Man Who Shot Nelson?
Robert Guillemard
A Soldier of the Infantry of the French Army of Napoleon on Campaign Throughout Europe
Robert Guillemard was one of those unusual people (a real life example of a character type now very popular in fiction) who found himself engaging with remarkable people during important historical ev..
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Napoleon's Russian Campaign
Philippe Henri de Segur
The Invasion, Battles and Retreat by an Aide-de-Camp on the Emperor's Staff
Philippe Henri de Segur was a French officer-an aide de camp-on Napoleon's staff-who served with the Grand Army throughout the Russian Campaign of 1812. This made him the ideal author for its history...
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Bugeaud: a Pack with a Baton
Thomas Robert Bugeaud
The Early Campaigns of a Soldier of Napoleon’s Army Who Would Become a Marshal of France
Fighting for Napoleon in Austria, Poland, Spain and the Alps Thomas Robert Bugeaud was the impoverished son of an aristocratic family which had narrowly escaped the guillotine of the Revolution. Ne..
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Aide-de-Camp to Napoleon
Philippe-Paul de Ségur
The colourful career of a member of Napoleon's staff This is the autobiography of the man who became Count Philippe de Segur, general of Division, Peer of France. Born in 1780, Segur was a child of..
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A Horseman for the Emperor
Jean Baptiste Gazzola
A Cavalryman of Napoleon's Army on Campaign Throughout the Napoleonic Wars
Galloping into danger--on and off the battlefield Jean Baptiste Gazzola's memoir of his life in Napoleon's cavalry regiments is a remarkable and exhilarating one. He tells his story vividly-almost ..
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The Life of the Real Brigadier Gerard Volume 3 Colonel Of Chasseurs 1811 - 1815
by Jean-Baptiste De Marbot
A French Cavalryman in the retreat from Moscow, Lutzen, Bautzen, Katzbach, Leipzig, Hanau & Waterloo.
The battles of the destruction of an empire Marbot returns to regimental life at the head of a regiment of Chasseurs a Cheval. The fulfilment of ambition of his career is all but realised just in time..
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The Life of the Real Brigadier Gerard Volume 2 Imperial Aide-De-Camp 1807 - 1811
by Jean-Baptiste De Marbot
A French Cavalryman of the Napoleonic Wars at Saragossa, Landshut, Eckmuhl, Ratisbon, Aspern-Essling, Wagram, Busaco & Torres Vedras
The further adventures of Napoleon’s cavalry officer This second volume of Marbot’s career finds him attached to the staffs of Napoleon’s Marshals. This puts him in an ideal (if often precarious) posi..
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The Life of the Real Brigadier Gerard Volume 1 The Young Hussar 1782 - 1807
by Jean-Baptiste De Marbot
A French Cavalryman Of the Napoleonic Wars at Marengo, Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau & Friedland
The life and times of one of Napoleon’s most dashing horsemen Marbot has left those interested in the Napoleonic Wars an incomparable and highly readable account of the life and campaigns of a French ..
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Sergeant Bourgogne
Adrien Bourgogne
With Napoleon's Imperial Guard in the Russian Campaign and on the Retreat from Moscow 1812 - 13.
Adrien Bourgogne was a seasoned veteran before the campaign of 1812, but nothing in his experience prepared him for the horrors of the infamous retreat from Moscow. Believing he was settling into comf..
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Lejeune Volume 2
Louis-François Lejeune
The Napoleonic Wars through the Experiences of an Officer on Berthier’s Staff
Soldier, special agent, prisoner, escapee the further adventures of Lejeune In this second volume of Lejeune’s memoirs he is despatched by Napoleon to Spain, to investigate and report on the state of ..
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