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The Victories of the Armies of Revolutionary France in Italy
Less than three years after Major Bonaparte of the artillery of the
army of the Republic had effected the fall of Toulon and, in so
doing, made a name for himself among the most powerful men in
France, he was in command of an army the purpose of which was to
defeat the might of Imperial Austria. The campaigns in Northern
Italy revealed in Bonaparte a master of strategy and tactics the
like of which the field of conflict had thus far never seen. The
ability to judge the enemy generals movements, to always be ready
to deal with a threat yet to be revealed, to manage very large
bodies of men and yet to put to the task in hand no more than was
essentially required to achieve the objective-all these were
characteristics of the method of waging war undertaken by Napoleon
as his star rose ever higher in the firmament. The Austrians would
be decisively out-generalled, out-fought and out-manoeuvred in this
campaign which would reach its climax at one of the future
emperor's masterpieces of battle-craft-Marengo. R. G. Burton was a
thorough historian who knew his subject intimately often travelling
carefully over the ground of the campaigns he studied to ensure he
grasped their detail. This is another interesting view of the early
days of the Napoleonic epoch from Leonaur. Available in softcover
and hardcover with dust jacket.
NAPOLEONS CAMPAIGNS IN ITALY 1796-1797 and 1800 by
BRIGADIER-GENERAL R. G. BURTON. First published in 1912. PREFACE:
THE historian Gibbon tells us that war and the ad ministration of
affairs are the principal subjects of history. In the opening
campaign of Napoleon Bonaparte we see the conduct of events by a
master of both. Especially instructive to the soldier is the first
series of operations conducted by the greatest master of the art of
war, whose very name sounds like a trumpet-call, and whose genius
illuminates one of the most lurid and marvellous epochs in the
history of the world. In the Middle Ages and until the advent of
Napoleon, the art of war as exemplified in the campaigns of
Alexander and Caesar had been neglected or forgotten. War had
become a pageant, a stately ceremonial, governed by none of those
logical principles which are based on the foundations of nature and
of reason. It had degenerated into a series of manoeuvres,
frequently carried out to avoid com bat, while lengthy sieges and
the occupation of towns and territory were regarded as the objects
of strategy, to the neglect of the true and proper object the
destruction of the enemys armed forces. It fell to Napoleon
Bonaparte to deduce from the ex perience of history and to
illustrate in the practice of war the whole art of military
operations, based on immutable principles, and exemplified in the
annals of the world The first campaign in which he exercised
supreme command consequently marks the opening of an epoch in the
art of war, and serves as a lasting example to those who would
scale the glittering pinnacle of military fame...
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++++ Tropics And Snows: A Record Of Travel And Adventure Reginald
George Burton E. Arnold, 1898 Big game hunting; India; Soviet
Union; Voyages and travels
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imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age,
it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia
and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally
important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to
protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for e
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
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Title: Tropics and Snows. A record of travel and adventure ...
Illustrated by Miss Clare Burton, etc.Publisher: British Library,
Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national
library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest
research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known
languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied
collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view
of the world. Topics include health, education, economics,
agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and
industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below
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British Library Burton, Reginald George; 1898. xvi. 349 p.; 8 .
ORW.1986.a.2350
The Victories of the Armies of Revolutionary France in Italy
Less than three years after Major Bonaparte of the artillery of the
army of the Republic had effected the fall of Toulon and, in so
doing, made a name for himself among the most powerful men in
France, he was in command of an army the purpose of which was to
defeat the might of Imperial Austria. The campaigns in Northern
Italy revealed in Bonaparte a master of strategy and tactics the
like of which the field of conflict had thus far never seen. The
ability to judge the enemy generals movements, to always be ready
to deal with a threat yet to be revealed, to manage very large
bodies of men and yet to put to the task in hand no more than was
essentially required to achieve the objective-all these were
characteristics of the method of waging war undertaken by Napoleon
as his star rose ever higher in the firmament. The Austrians would
be decisively out-generalled, out-fought and out-manoeuvred in this
campaign which would reach its climax at one of the future
emperor's masterpieces of battle-craft-Marengo. R. G. Burton was a
thorough historian who knew his subject intimately often travelling
carefully over the ground of the campaigns he studied to ensure he
grasped their detail. This is another interesting view of the early
days of the Napoleonic epoch from Leonaur. Available in softcover
and hardcover with dust jacket.
SPECIAL CAMPAIGN SERIES. No. 15 NAPOLEONS CAMPAIGNS IN ITALY
1796-1797 and 1800 BY BRIGADIER-GENERAL R. G. BURTON 4 Above all,
for Empire and Greatness, it importeth most that a Nation do
profess arms as their principal honour, study and occupation.
FRANCIS BACON. LONDON GEORGE ALLEN fc UNWIN LTD MUSEUM STREET THE
SPECIAL CAMPAIGN SERIES Crown Svo, cloth, copiously supplied with
Maps and Plans. Price 75. 6d. net each. I. SAARBRUCK TO PARIS THE
FRANCO-GERMAN WAR. By COL. SISSON C. PRATT, late R. A. II. THE
RUSSO TURKISH WAR, 1877. By MAJOR F. MAURICE. Out of print. III.
FREDERICKSBURG A STUDY IN WAR, 1862. By MAJOR G. W. REDWAY. IV. THE
CAMPAIGN OF MAGENTA AND SOLFERINO, 1859. By COL. H. C. WYLLY, C. B.
V. THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN. By COL. SISSON C. PRATT, late R A. VI.
THE CAMPAIGN IN BOHEMIA, 1866. By L r.-CoL. G. J. R. GLUNICKE. VII.
THE LEIPZIG CAMPAIGN, 1813. By COL F. N. MAUDE. C B, late R. E.
VIII. GRANTS CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA, 1864 THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN. By
CAPT. VAUGHAN SAWYER, Indian Army. IX. THE JENA CAMPAIGN, 1806. By
COL. F. N. MAUDE, C. B., late R. E. X. THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. By
MAJOR F. R. SEDG WICK, R. F. A. XI. THE WAR OF SECESSION, 1861-1862
BULL RUN TO MALVERN HILL By MAJOR G. W. REDWAY. XII. THE ULM
CAMPAIGN. By COL. F. N. MAUDE, C. B., late R. E. XIII. THE WAR OF
SECESSION, 1863 CHANCELLORS VILLE AND GETTYSBURG. By COL P. H
DALBIAC. XIV. THE WAR OF SECESSION, 1862 CEDAR RUN, MAN ASS AS, AND
SHARPSBURG. By LIEUT. E. W. SHEPPARD. XV. NAPOLEONS CAMPAIGNS IN
ITALY, 1796-1797 and 1800. By BRIG. - GEN. R. G. BURTON. 2nd
Impression. XVI. THE CAMPAIGN IN MANCHURIA, 1904-1905. SECOND
PERIOD THE DECISIVE BATTLES, 22nd August-1 7th October 1904. By
MAJOR F. R. SEDGWICK, R. F.A. Double Volume, 153. net. Out of
print. XVII. FROM BOULOGNE TO AUSTERLITZ NAPOLEONS CAMPAIGN OF
1805. By BRIG.-GEN. R. G. BURTON. XVIII. AN pUTLINE OF MARLBOROUGHS
CAMPAIGNS. A Brief and Concise Account. Illustrated by nine Sketch
Maps and Plans. By MAJOR F. W. O. MAYCOCK, D. S. O. Out of print.
XIX. NAPOLEONS INVASION OF RUSSIA. By BRIG.-GEN. R. G. BURTON. XX.
THE FOUNDATIONS OF STRATEGY. By CAPT. H. M. JOHNSTONS, R. E. Ret.
XXI. THE INVASION OF FRANCE, 1814. By MAJOR F. W. O. MAYCOCK, D. S.
O. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1912 SECOND IMPRESSION 1931 All Rights
Reserved Printed by The Riverside Press Limited, Edinburgh PREFACE
THE historian Gibbon tells us that war and the ad ministration of
affairs are the principal subjects of history. In the opening
campaign of Napoleon Bonaparte we see the conduct of events by a
master of both. Especially instructive to the soldier is the first
series of operations conducted by the greatest master of the art of
war, whose very name sounds like a trumpet-call, and whose genius
illuminates one of the most lurid and marvellous epochs in the
history of the world. In the Middle Ages and until the advent of
Napoleon, the art of war as exemplified in the campaigns of
Alexander and Caesar had been neglected or forgotten. War had
become a pageant, a stately ceremonial, governed by none of those
logical principles which are based on the founda tions of nature
and of reason. It had degenerated into a series of manoeuvres,
frequently carried out to avoid com bat, while lengthy sieges and
the occupation of towns and territory were regarded as the objects
of strategy, to the neglect of the true and proper object the
destruction of the enemys armed forces. It fell toNapoleon
Bonaparte to deduce from the ex perience of history and to
illustrate in the practice of war the whole art of military
operations, based on immutable principles, and exemplified in the
annals of the world. vi PREFACE The first campaign in which he
exercised supreme command consequently marks the opening of an
epoch in the art of war, and serves as a lasting example to those
who would scale the glittering pinnacle of military fame...
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