Napoleon's Campaign in Poland 1806-7
by F. Loraine Petre
Napoleon Defeats Russia
F. Loraine Petre wrote five books about the Napoleonic Wars which have
been reprinted in the Napoleonic Library by Greenhill, and were reprinted
by Arms & Armour Press thirty years ago. Now for the first time an F.
Loraine Petre book is to appear in paperback - Napoleon's Campaign
in Poland 1806-7. Dr. David Chandler writes in his Introduction:
“Francis Loraine Petre (1852-1925) was a member of the group of
prominent soldiers, scholars and authors - including General Hamley,
Colonels G. F. R. Henderson and R. W. Phipps, Sir John Fortescue,
Sir Charles Oman and Professor Spenser Wilkinson - which was virtually
responsible for the introduction of the serious analytical study of
military history to British academic life. This school of British
military historians was never a closely-knit association of the type
that developed on the Continent under the aegis of the French and
German General Staffs. Rather it took the form of a loosely-confederated
number of soldiers and men-of-letters who shared a common interest
in the military affairs of the immediate or more distant past, and
set out to improve the professional competence of the British officer
and the general awareness of the more enlightened sections of the
reading public by writing studies on the art, and science of warfare.
Field Marshal Earl Roberts, V.C., K.G., writing in his introduction
to the original edition of the present book, noted with satisfaction
that ‘... the rising generations of soldiers read it (military history)
now with a keen desire to profit by its practical teaching as well
as with intense interest in the romance of war.’ The Field Marshal
also appreciated that ‘ ... the study of Military History is not confined
to military men, but is also engaging the attention of literary civilians...’
This republication will be welcomed by all students of the dramatic
campaigns of the Grande Armee and its incomparable chief.”
After Napoleon’s humiliation of Prussia, on the field of Jena, the
French Emperor turned his attention to subduing his Russian foe and
marched into Poland in the winter of 1806. Six months later, the Russians
had been beaten and brought to the peace table and Napoleon was at the
height of his powers. In his detailed study of this remarkable episode
of Napoleonic history, F. Loraine Petre follows every move of the campaign.
He assesses the defeat of Prussia, analyses the strengths and weaknesses
of both Napoleon’s army and that of his Russian opponents, details the
bloody battle of Eylau and describes Napoleon’s crushing victory over
the Russians at Friedland. F. Loraine Petre’s campaign studies are renowned
for their scope, detail and clarity, and Napoleon's Campaign in Poland
is a brilliant overview of Napoleon’s vaunted army confronting some
of its most worthy opponents. F. Loraine Petre (the surname is pronounced
‘Peter’) was a distinguished military historian and student of Napoleonic
tactics and strategy.
Other Greenhill paperbacks on the Napoleonic Wars:
1812: Napoleon's Invasion of Russia by Paul Britten Austin
The Notebooks of Captain Coignet
On the Napoleonic Wars by Dr David Chandler
Wellington at Waterloo by Jac Weller
Wellington in India by Jac Weller
Wellington in the Peninsula by Jac Weller
The new paperback edition of Napoleon's Campaign in Poland 1806-7
by F. Loraine Petre is now available. 8.5 x 5.5in (216 x 138mm); 400
pages; 18 illustrations, 8 maps. Pbk. ISBN: 1-85367-441-9. £12.99.
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