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History of the Expedition to Russia, Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon, in the Year 1812 (Paperback)
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History of the Expedition to Russia, Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon, in the Year 1812 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - European History, Volume 1
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The French general and historian Philippe-Paul, Comte de S gur
(1780 1873) served as a member of Napoleon's personal staff during
the Russian campaign. He had joined the cavalry in 1800 and had
distinguished himself during earlier episodes of the European war;
this led to him being chosen for several diplomatic missions. His
two-volume account of the invasion of Russia, first published in
French in 1824, has been through many editions and has been
translated into many languages. It is both a military history and
an eyewitness account. This English translation was first published
in 1825 and remains immensely valuable to historians' understanding
of Napoleon's ultimately disastrous Russian strategy. Volume 1
begins with the reasons behind the decision to invade and includes
the Battle of Borodino, in which over seventy thousand people were
killed. It concludes on 12 September 1812, two days before
Napoleon's army reached Moscow.
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