FREEFRENCH IMPERIAL GUARD: VOL 1: FOOT SOLDIERS 1804-1815 EBOOK Andre Jouineau,Jean-Marie Mongin | 84 pages | 16 Apr 2007 | HISTOIRE & COLLECTIONS | 9782915239782 | English | Paris, France Uniforms of La Grande Armée - Wikipedia Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want French Imperial Guard: Vol 1: Foot Soldiers 1804- 1815 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. This 3rd volume in the "Officers and Soldiers" series, shows in extraordinary detail the uniforms of the foot soldiers of Napoleon's Imperial Guard. This is a dream book for the modeler and historian alike and is packed full of full color images, using Histoire and Collection's extremely talented team of graphic artists. Get A Copy. Paperback84 pages. 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Widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest fighting forces ever assembled, it suffered terrible losses during the disastrous French invasion of Russia inafter which it never recovered its tactical superiority. Napoleon later deployed the army in eastern Europe to eliminate the threat of Austria and Russiawhich were part of the French Imperial Guard: Vol 1: Foot Soldiers 1804-1815 Coalition assembled against France. Unlike most armed forces at the time, it operated on a strictly meritocratic basis; while most contingents were commanded by French generals, except for the Polish and Austrian corps, most soldiers could climb the ranks regardless of class, wealth, or national origin. The huge multinational army marched slowly east, and the Russians fell back with its approach. However, the army was already drastically reduced by skirmishes with the Russians, disease principally typhusdesertionand long communication lines. The army spent a month in Moscow but was ultimately French Imperial Guard: Vol 1: Foot Soldiers 1804-1815 to march back westward. It started to suffer from cold, starvation and disease, and was constantly harassed by Cossacks and Russian partisans, resulting in its utter destruction as a fighting force. Onlymen survived to leave Russia excluding early deserters ; of these, 50, were Austrians, Prussians, and other Germans, 20, were Poles, and just 35, were Frenchmen. The Ulm campaignas it came to be known, resulted in 60, Austrian prisoners at the cost of just 2, French soldiers. By November, Vienna was taken but Austria French Imperial Guard: Vol 1: Foot Soldiers 1804-1815 to capitulate, maintaining an army French Imperial Guard: Vol 1: Foot Soldiers 1804-1815 the field. In addition, its ally Russia had yet to commit to action. The war would continue for a while longer. The stunning victory led to the Treaty of Pressburg on December 26,with the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire the following year. The alarming increase of French power in Central Europe disturbed Prussiawhich had remained neutral in the conflicts of the previous year. After much diplomatic wrangling, Prussia secured promises of Russian military aid and the Fourth Coalition against France came into being in After a legendary pursuit, the French captured aboutPrussians and killed and wounded roughly 25, Once more, the French had defeated an enemy before its allies could arrive, and once more, this did not bring peace. Napoleon now turned his attentions to Poland, where the remaining Prussian armies were linking up with their Russian allies. A difficult winter campaign produced nothing but a stalemate, made worse by the Battle of Eylau on February 7—8,where Russian and French casualties soared for little gain. This victory produced the Treaties of Tilsit between France and Russia and Prussia in July, leaving Napoleon with no enemies on the continent. Portugal 's refusal to comply with the Continental System led to a punitive French expedition in late This campaign formed the basis for the Peninsular Warwhich was to last six years and drain the French Empire of vital resources and manpower. The French attempted to occupy Spain inbut a series of disasters prompted Napoleon to intervene personally later in the year. The campaign was successful, but it would still be some time before the French were able to occupy Southern Spain. Meanwhile, a revived Austria was preparing to strike. The war hawks at the court of Emperor Francis I convinced him to take full advantage of France's preoccupation with Spain. In French Imperial Guard: Vol 1: Foot Soldiers 1804-1815the Austrians opened the campaign without a formal declaration of war and caught the French by surprise. They were too slow to exploit their gains, however, and Napoleon's arrival French Imperial Guard: Vol 1: Foot Soldiers 1804-1815 Paris finally stabilized the situation. But they still remained a cohesive, fighting force, which meant further campaigning was required to settle the issue. A second attempt to cross the river proved more successful in July and set the stage for the two-day Battle of Wagramwhere the French emerged victorious, inflicting some 40, casualties on the Austrians, but suffering 37, themselves. The defeat demoralized the Austrians so heavily that they agreed to an armistice shortly afterwards. With the exception of Spain, a three-year lull ensued. Diplomatic tensions with Russia, however, became so acute that they eventually led to war in Napoleon assembled the largest field army he had ever commanded to deal with this menace. On 24 Juneshortly before the invasion, the assembled troops with a total strength ofmen were made up of: [12]. French Imperial Guard: Vol 1: Foot Soldiers 1804-1815 behemoth force crossed the Niemen River on June 24,and Napoleon hoped that quick marching could place his men between the two main Russian armies, commanded by Generals Barclay de Tolly and Pyotr Bagration. However, the campaign was characterized by many frustrations, as the Russians succeeded no less than three times in evading Napoleon's pincers. A final stand for the defence of Moscow led to the massive Battle of Borodino on September 7, Its soldiers were now forced to deal with the fires while hunting down arsonists and guarding the city's historic districts. Napoleon and his army spent over a month in Moscow, vainly hoping that the Russian emperor would respond to the French peace offers. After these efforts failed, the French set out on October 19, now only a shadow of their former selves. The French were harassed repeatedly by the converging Russian armies, Marshal Michel Ney even conducting a famous rearguard separation between his troops and the Russians, and by the time the Berezina French Imperial Guard: Vol 1: Foot Soldiers 1804-1815 reached Napoleon only had about 49, troops and 40, stragglers of little military value. Napoleon left his men in order to reach Paris and address French Imperial Guard: Vol 1: Foot Soldiers 1804-1815 military and political matters. Of themen that constituted the initial invasion force, only 93, survived. The catastrophe in Russia now emboldened anti-French sentiments throughout Europe. The Sixth Coalition was formed and Germany became the centrepiece of the upcoming campaign. But due to the poor quality of French troops and cavalry following the Russian campaign, along with miscalculations by certain subordinate marshals, these triumphs were not decisive enough to win the war and only secured an armistice. The campaign reopened in August with a significant French victory at the two-day Battle of Dresden. Growing Allied numbers eventually hemmed the French in at Leipzig, where the famous three-day Battle of the Nations witnessed a heavy loss for Napoleon when a bridge was prematurely destroyed, abandoning 30, French soldiers on the other side of the Elster River. The campaign, however, did end on a victorious note when the French destroyed an isolated Bavarian corps which was trying to block their retreat at Hanau. It is France herself we must now defend" were Napoleon's words to the Senate at the end of The emperor managed to raise new armies, but strategically he was in a virtually hopeless position. Allied armies were invading from the Pyreneesacross the plains of Northern Italy, and via France's eastern borders as well.