French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger, 1812-14
Spring, Laurence2013
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After Napoleon's abandonment of Moscow on 18 October 1812, throughout the subsequent Wars of Liberation that saw most of Europe turn against the French and right up to the capitulation of Paris on 31 March 1814, it was the vast armies of Imperial Russia that bore the brunt of the fighting against forces of France and her dwindling list of allies. The Russian Jaegers - nominally skirmishers, but in reality spearhead troops tasked with a host of different and demanding battlefield roles, from storming villages to defending strongpoints - were a relatively new arm of service that gained enormously in combat experience and prestige in the bitter struggle to rid Europe of Napoleon's armies. This title traces the evolving trial of strength between Russia's Jaegers and France's Young Guardsmen by examining three key clashes at unit level.
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French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger, 1812-14 / by Laurence Spring.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2013.
Collation:
80 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Combat ; 4.
ISBN:
9781782003625 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.2742
Language:
English
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BRN:
1771978
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