Research Catalog

Title

Lützen and Bautzen 1813 : the turning point / written by Peter Hofschröer ; battlescene plates by Christa Hook.

Author

Hofschröer, Peter

Publication

Oxford : Osprey Military, 2001.

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Details

Description

96 p. : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.

Summary

Following the disastrous Russian campaign of 1812 during the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815), Napoleon found himself facing a new coalition of his old enemies. With incredible speed he raised an army of 200,000 men and marched to join the remnants of the old Grande Armee in Germany. However, he no longer faced the brittle enemies of 1805 and 1806 and at Lützen on 2 May the inexperience of his new army began to show. Faulty reconnaissance by raw cavalry allowed Ney's Corps to be surprised by Wittgenstein's Russians. This book describes the last realistic chance Napoleon had to regain his empire by defeating the allies in Germany before Austria stirred and the tide turned even more against him.

Series Statement

Campaign ; 87

Uniform Title

Campaign (Osprey Publishing) 87.

Alternative Title

Lützen & Bautzen 1813

Subject

• 1813
• Bautzen, Battle of, Bautzen, Germany, 1813
• Lützen, Battle of, Germany, 1813

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 94) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Chronology -- The opposing commanders -- The opposing armies -- Opposing plans -- The battles -- The battlefields today -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

1855329948

OCLC

• 45991235
• SCSB-11856229

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library