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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.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Library Editions: Military and Naval History SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2015Copyright date: ©1960Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (259 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317402329
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Ordeal of Captain RoederDDC classification:
  • 940.27092
LOC classification:
  • DC235.R643 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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