The Ordeal of Captain Roeder : From the Diary of an Officer in the First Battalion of Hessian Lifeguards During the Moscow Campaign Of 1812-13.
Roeder, Helen.
The Ordeal of Captain Roeder : From the Diary of an Officer in the First Battalion of Hessian Lifeguards During the Moscow Campaign Of 1812-13. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (259 pages) - Routledge Library Editions: Military and Naval History Series . - Routledge Library Editions: Military and Naval History Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- PRELUDE -- THE FIRST ENCOUNTER -- VENUS AND MARS -- HONEY DAYS -- THE ROAD TO ROSTOCK -- FOUR MONTHS AT ROSTOCK -- GREIFSWALD TO KOVNO -- THE CAPTAIN SHEATHES HIS SWORD -- THE MARCH TO VITEBSK -- SOJOURN AT VITEBSK -- THE ROAD TO SMOLENSK -- RIDING TO VIAZMA -- THE GATHERING STORM -- THE TERRIBLE MONTH -- PRISONERS OF WAR -- ESCAPE TO THE FRONTIER -- BRIEF FREEDOM -- LONG IMPRISONMENT -- THE ORDER OF RELEASE -- THE RETURN -- INDEX.
Originally published in 1960, Captain Franz Roeder's ability to bring to life the rigours in the Hessian Lifeguards during Napoleon's ill-fated invasion of Russia in 1812-13, together with Helen Roeder's skilful narrative, make this book one of the most compelling accounts of the sufferings of the Napoleonic Army. This is both an impelling personal story and a document of outstanding historical interest.
9781317402329
Napoleon - Contemporaries.
Electronic books.
DC235.R643 2016
940.27092
The Ordeal of Captain Roeder : From the Diary of an Officer in the First Battalion of Hessian Lifeguards During the Moscow Campaign Of 1812-13. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (259 pages) - Routledge Library Editions: Military and Naval History Series . - Routledge Library Editions: Military and Naval History Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- PRELUDE -- THE FIRST ENCOUNTER -- VENUS AND MARS -- HONEY DAYS -- THE ROAD TO ROSTOCK -- FOUR MONTHS AT ROSTOCK -- GREIFSWALD TO KOVNO -- THE CAPTAIN SHEATHES HIS SWORD -- THE MARCH TO VITEBSK -- SOJOURN AT VITEBSK -- THE ROAD TO SMOLENSK -- RIDING TO VIAZMA -- THE GATHERING STORM -- THE TERRIBLE MONTH -- PRISONERS OF WAR -- ESCAPE TO THE FRONTIER -- BRIEF FREEDOM -- LONG IMPRISONMENT -- THE ORDER OF RELEASE -- THE RETURN -- INDEX.
Originally published in 1960, Captain Franz Roeder's ability to bring to life the rigours in the Hessian Lifeguards during Napoleon's ill-fated invasion of Russia in 1812-13, together with Helen Roeder's skilful narrative, make this book one of the most compelling accounts of the sufferings of the Napoleonic Army. This is both an impelling personal story and a document of outstanding historical interest.
9781317402329
Napoleon - Contemporaries.
Electronic books.
DC235.R643 2016
940.27092