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French Guardsman Vs Russian Jaeger: 1812-14 Free FREE FRENCH GUARDSMAN VS RUSSIAN JAEGER: 1812- 14 PDF Laurence Spring,Mark Stacey | 80 pages | 19 Nov 2013 | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | 9781782003625 | English | United Kingdom Read French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger Online by Laurence Spring and Mark Stacey | Books Last year I read War and Peace. So I did what any self respecting military history enthusiast would do, I went to my nearest Osprey Publishing carousel and began French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger: 1812-14. Each Osprey series offers different things. It is in fact possible to build up highly detailed pictures of particular campaigns by taking from all the series, as by now most compliment the other. Examining the experiences of French Young Guardsmen from the 1st 2nd and 14th Voltiguers and their counterparts from two Lifeguard Jaeger units Including the superb Finland regiment and the 19th Jaegers through three battles. Notes are inserted into the text, which is well spiced with first hand accounts and really takes you to those deadly fields. Another reason this is the best of the first wave is the superb illustrations by Mark Stacey. Two double page spreads put the reader right in the front line, the specially commissioned artwork, creating the impression of literally being in the picture. The second spread you are a French Guardsman rushing, bayonet fixed into a deadly melee to wipe put a small pocket of stranded Russians. The accompanying period images that illustrate the rest of the book, at an average of a page are brilliantly chosen, and some are in colour, the best being the portrayals of Russian infantry uniforms towards the front. In summary this is an excellent book and well worth the money if you are a Napoleon Wars enthusiast. The book is broken down in traditional Osprey fashion into 10 sections: Introduction Opposing Sides Krasnyi Leipzig Craonne Analysis and Conclusion Unit Organisations Orders of Battle Select Bibliography Index Notes are inserted into the text, which is well spiced with French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger: 1812-14 hand accounts and really takes you to those deadly fields. Leave a French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger: 1812-14 Cancel reply. French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger – –14 by Laurence Spring Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. After Napoleon's abandonment of Moscow on 18 Octoberthroughout the subsequent Wars of Liberation that saw most of Europe turn against the French and right up to the capitulation of Paris on 31 Marchit 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 - nomi After Napoleon's abandonment of Moscow on 18 French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger: 1812-14throughout the subsequent Wars of Liberation that French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger: 1812-14 most of Europe turn against the French and right up to the capitulation of Paris on 31 Marchit 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. The French Emperor's Young Guard - elite assault troops hand-picked from the best conscripts available - expanded hugely in the first months ofeventually forming four divisions, and became the main strike force of the French field armies in the battles for Germany and France in These two forces clashed repeatedly during the period. At Krasnoe, southwest of Smolensk, the Russian forces French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger: 1812-14 the retreating French army and threatened the French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger: 1812-14 road home, and so on 17 November the 1er Tirailleurs and 1er Voltigeurs of Roguet's 2nd Guard Infantry Division were ordered to take and hold the town of Uvarovo to cover the retreat of other French troops, clashing with the Tsar's Lifeguard Jaegers among others; although they held off the Russians and allowed Napoleon's decimated forces to evade capture, the two senior Young Guard regiments suffered appalling casualties. At the climactic battle of Leipzig nearly a year later the Finland Lifeguard Regiment, equipped and trained as Jaegers, took part in the Russian 2nd Lifeguard Infantry Division's successful counter-attack on the hotly contested Saxon village of Gossa on 16 Octoberejecting the French garrison, which included several Voltigeur regiments of Oudinot's I Infantry Corps of the Young Guard. At Craonne, near Reims, the veteran 14th Jaegers played a key role in frustrating Napoleon's plans to advance on Laon; these crack troops defended their well-sited emplacements for several hours, throwing back the Tirailleurs and Voltigeurs of Meunier and Curial's Young Guard divisions, which had attacked French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger: 1812-14 over difficult ground under heavy artillery fire. Featuring specially commissioned artwork, expert analysis and carefully chosen first-hand accounts, this absorbing study traces the evolving trial of strength between Russia's French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger: 1812-14 and France's Young Guardsmen by examining three key clashes at unit level. French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger: 1812-14 A Copy. Paperback80 pages. More Details Other Editions 2. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger — —14please sign up. Be the first to ask a question about French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger — — Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. Sort order. Start your review of French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger — — Dec 21, Jur rated it liked it Shelves: ownnapoleonics. Not surprisingly, this series feels a lot like the Duel series where tanks, combat planes and ships are compared. In this case it meant that it took a long time before you got to the actual battles. Author Laurence Spring has a good knowledge of the period and, most importantly, first hand accounts of the battles although those on Leipzig are very limited, but I guess they needed to include one big battle which add spice to the narrative. But this is what I would have wanted more of, and less historical introduction. Also, the choice of Russian Jaeger and French Young Guard is not the most obvious, because they are not wholly different troop types. In fact, as Spring shows, they both could use light infantry tactics and operate in close formation. But there have to be significant differences in tactics or equipment between the two sides to make it work. I can see how Zulu Warrior vs British infantryman could work, or Greek hoplite vs Roman legionary or in even terms of Napoleonics: Cuirassier vs infantry I would actually love to see an Osprey book about horse artillery in action. But the present choices seem too similar. The choice for small and lesser known actions combined with tactics and first hand accounts has my blessing. A rather odd book, pitting light infantry against line infantry with some interesting battle descriptions. Seems more like an argument for the declining quality of Napoleon's army and steady improvement of the Russian army. The bias is in favor of Russia in word choice and the number of illustrations, but Spring is right to see that Russia's light infantry, once among Europe's worst, were among the best by Jan 14, John Tarttelin rated it really liked it Recommends it for: historians and general public. A very interesting book with excellent and atmospheric illustrations. It deals with three major battles between the French Young Guard and the Russian Jaeger: Krasnyi ; Leipzig ; and Craonne and contrasts the tactics and fighting styles of both armies. This publication is one of the new Combat series by Osprey. They are excellent for detail and explanation but expensive! A good read. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. About Laurence Spring. Laurence Spring. Other books in the series. Combat 1 - 10 of 48 books. Books by Laurence Spring. Escape the Present with These 24 Historical Romances. You know the saying: There's no time like the present In that case, we can't Read more Trivia About French Guardsman No trivia or quizzes yet. Welcome back. Just a moment while we French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger: 1812-14 you in to your Goodreads account. French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger, - By Laurence Spring and Mark Stacey. In AprilNapoleon wanted to die. Paris had fallen to the Allies and so, believing there was no other option but suicide, the French emperor swallowed the poison he had worn around his neck since nearly being captured by the Russians during the retreat from Moscow two years earlier. An unsigned French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger: 1812-14 of Napoleon I —c. It was a far cry from those days when the young Bonaparte had saved the French Revolution and was made First Consul and then emperor. In there had been an air of anticipation that Napoleon would once again be victorious, this time against Russia. In his memoirs, Sous-lieutenant Paul de Bourgoing of the 5th Tirailleurs recalled his feelings on the eve of the campaign:.
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