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LINE INFANTRY Volume 2 - 1814-1830
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LINE INFANTRY Volume 2 - 1814-1830

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The Line Infantry bore the brunt of the final years of the Empire, from the campaign in France to Waterloo, before radically changing its face in 1815, at the time of the Second Restoration. Indeed, infantry regiments temporarily disappeared in favour of departmental legions before adopting the uniform whose colours would not change again until the Great...
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The Cuirassiers, Consulate and Empire - Organisation and... The Cuirassiers, Consulate and Empire - Organisation and... 2
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The Cuirassiers, Consulate and Empire - Organisation and Order of Battle

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The Cuirassiers, Consulate and Empire Drawing on the lessons of his success at Marengo during the Italian campaign of 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte took advantage of the three years of peace that followed to reorganise his army. Rationalising the composition of his mounted troops, he progressively created, between October 1801 and September 1803, a new...
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The German Failure on the Marne 30 May–13 June 1918
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The German Failure on the Marne 30 May–13 June 1918

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This book is the translation of the work entitled Growing Difficulties 1918 – Futile Struggle in Front of Compiègne, Villers-Cotterêts and Reims, volume 33 of the series « Die Schlachten des Weltkrieges », published by the Reichsarchiv in 1930. No French translation of this book has ever been published, even though it had been translated after the war by...
In Search of the Lost Manuscripts of Chevalier Allent...
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In Search of the Lost Manuscripts of Chevalier Allent 1772–1837

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In 1805, Chevalier Allent published, at the request of General Marescot, a Histoire du corps impérial du génie, intended as a first part covering origins through the end of the reign of Louis XIV, and calling for a continuation. In 1806, he appended to the état du corps impérial du génie a Précis de l'histoire des arts et instructions militaires in...
Memoirs of a Grenadier of the Grande Armée
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Memoirs of a Grenadier of the Grande Armée

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The military life of Jean-François Cowez under the Empire (1809–1815) Through the previously unpublished account of Jean-François Cowez, we enter the grand sweep of History through a side door left ajar by a young soldier of the First Empire. He recounts numerous anecdotes which, throughout his manuscript, reflect a life containing more days of suffering...
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THE HISTORY OF THE MARINE INFANTRY THROUGH THEIR UNIFORMS THE HISTORY OF THE MARINE INFANTRY THROUGH THEIR UNIFORMS 2
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THE HISTORY OF THE MARINE INFANTRY THROUGH THEIR UNIFORMS

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On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Bazeilles in 1870 — which is also the feast day of the Marine Infantry — the EMSOME (État-major spécialisé pour l'Outre-mer et l'Étranger) publishes with Histoire & Collections this work, which retraces the history of the Marine Infantry, formerly the Colonial Troops, through their uniforms....
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ITALIAN CAMPAIGN 1796-1797 - From Nice to Leoben, an...
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ITALIAN CAMPAIGN 1796-1797 - From Nice to Leoben, an autopsy of Napoleon's first campaign

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The virtuosity of a general with no real experience of war — that is above all what one remembers of the Italian Campaign. Indeed, Bonaparte's genius was to astonish the world and, two centuries later, still arouses the same fascination. Who could fail to marvel at this young general who, through the application of new military principles he had pondered...
TILSIT IN 1807 – WAS IT THE COLD THAT DESTROYED THE...
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TILSIT IN 1807 – WAS IT THE COLD THAT DESTROYED THE FRENCH ARMY IN 1812?

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Translated into French for the first time, the previously unpublished account of the meeting on the Niemen between Tsar Alexander I and Napoleon, and of the fraternisation celebrations between Russian and French soldiers, by a Russian officer present on the scene. In the second part, an essay by that same witness, Denis Davydov, who, some years after...
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LINE INFANTRY Volume 1 - 1776–1810
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LINE INFANTRY Volume 1 - 1776–1810

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For Napoleon, "the infantry is the soul of the army". It did indeed comprise the greater part of the combatants under arms. We shall examine closely these "pousse-cailloux" — foot soldiers who tramped across Europe in every direction for nearly a quarter of a century. With the exception of the particular case of the Imperial Guard, the French infantry...
INNSBRUCK 1805 – The Soldiers of the 76th Line Regiment... INNSBRUCK 1805 – The Soldiers of the 76th Line Regiment... 2
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INNSBRUCK 1805 – The Soldiers of the 76th Line Regiment Recover Their Colours

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It is 1799 when the 76th demi-brigade d'infanterie, then part of the Army of Helvetia under General Masséna, lost its colours in the engagement at Sernft against the Austrians. Later incorporated into the VI Corps of the Grande Armée, the 76th Line Regiment, commanded by Colonel Faure-Lajonquière, fought at Elchingen on 14 October 1805, a victory that...
LIGNY 16 June 1815 – The Emperor's Last Victory
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LIGNY 16 June 1815 – The Emperor's Last Victory

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15 June 1815. After the capture of Charleroi, the Emperor has just entrusted command of his left wing to Marshal Ney, with the mission of advancing towards Brussels in order to cut definitively the communications between the Anglo-Dutch Allies and the Prussians. He himself takes command of the right column. To slow the French advance and allow their own...
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QUATRE-BRAS 16 June 1815 – The Second Prelude to Waterloo
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QUATRE-BRAS 16 June 1815 – The Second Prelude to Waterloo

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June 1815. It is nearly three months since the Emperor returned to Paris. Outlawed by the nations, he knows that a new invasion of France is imminent; the only chance of preventing it lies in striking the Prussian and Anglo-Dutch concentrations. To achieve this, they must be prevented from joining forces and defeated separately. On 15 June, the imperial...
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HELIOPOLIS 20 March 1800 – Kléber and the Last Victory of the Army of the Orient
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HELIOPOLIS 20 March 1800 – Kléber and the Last Victory of the Army of the Orient

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When Bonaparte left Egypt, he handed command to Kléber. The latter attempted to negotiate with the British and the Ottomans the return of the Army of the Orient to France, but the massacre of the garrison at El-Arish brought the negotiations to an end. On 20 March 1800, the French soldiers confronted and defeated the Ottoman army of Youssef Pasha amid the...
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Drummer and Trumpeters - Maison de l'Empereur and Imperial Guard Drummer and Trumpeters - Maison de l'Empereur and Imperial Guard 2
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Kettledrummer and Trumpeters - Maison de l'Empereur and Garde Impériale

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In this first issue of La Compagnie d'Elite, we immerse ourselves in the full splendour of the uniforms of the kettledrummers and trumpeters of the Military Household of Emperor Napoleon III and his Garde Impériale. This is made possible by a previously unpublished series of 36 gouaches by Pierre Conrad. 
NEW DICTIONARY OF THE GRANDE ARMÉE
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NEW DICTIONARY OF THE GRANDE ARMÉE

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The first edition of the Dictionary of the Grande Armée was published in 2002, on the eve of the great Napoleonic military bicentennials, which took place between 2004 and 2015. Since then, a great many publications have appeared; this edition takes them into account and significantly supplements the various entries.
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French Artillery of the Revolution and the First Empire
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French Artillery of the Revolution and the First Empire

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All artillery pieces from the end of the Ancien Régime to the First Empire. Approaching the French artillery of the First Empire requires a detailed examination of the learned arm at the end of the Ancien Régime and during the Revolution. This is one of the aims of this work.
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1796–1797: From the Bridge of Arcole to the Battle of Rivoli
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1796–1797: From the Bridge of Arcole to the Battle of Rivoli

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In 1796, the Directory resolved to strike at the heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Two armies failed in Germany, while the small Army of Italy, under Bonaparte's command, conducted a lightning and brilliantly conceived campaign that crushed the Austrians.
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EPOPEES THE DRAGOONS FROM THEIR ORIGINS TO 1918 BRETEGNIER LELIEPVRE EPOPEES THE DRAGOONS FROM THEIR ORIGINS TO 1918 BRETEGNIER LELIEPVRE 2
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EPOPEES: THE DRAGOONS FROM THEIR ORIGINS TO 1918

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This work invites you to discover the fascinating dragoons, accomplished cavalrymen who traversed the history of France from the 17th century to the end of the First World War.
The Imperial Guard of the First Empire: The Mounted Troops – Vol. 2 The Imperial Guard of the First Empire: The Mounted Troops – Vol. 2 2
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The Imperial Guard of the First Empire: The Mounted Troops - Volume 2

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«The Guard advances!» The Imperial Guard, that glorious phalanx, the object of all the attentions of Emperor Napoleon I, is in a sense a small army within the «Grande Armée»... This study of its organisation, its uniforms and its equipment is here brought to its most accomplished degree.
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