FIRST EMPIRE

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

L20190219
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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 This is made possible by a previously unpublished series of 36 gouaches by Pierre Conrad.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

L20190013
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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

L20180167
€61.61
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

L20180043
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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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