Description

This fascinating study details the entourage which enabled Napoleon to move hundreds of thousands of troops right across Europe.

The 'military machine' by which Napoleon and his indispensable chief of staff Marshal Berthier commanded and controlled his huge armies on campaign numbered some 1,500 officers and men, organized in the different bureaux of his military and civilian 'households' and the army general headquarters. This essential tool of the Emperor's power was designed to provide him, even in a front-line camp, with all the information, technical support and comfort that he enjoyed in his palaces.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Imperial Headquarters
Army General Headquarters
Army Administration
Napoleon's Entourage on Campaign
Army General Headquarters nominal roll, 1 August 1812
Select Bibliography
The Plates
Index

Product details

Published Apr 20 2012
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 64
ISBN 9781780966311
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 55 b/w; 8 col
Series Elite
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Author

Ronald Pawly

Ronald Pawly, born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1956, i…

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Patrice Courcelle

Patrice Courcelle was born in northern France in 1…

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