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A classic account of a momentous battle Colonel Maudes analysis of Napoleons campaign of 1813 around Leipzig, is yet another example of this authors careful and thorough examination of the respective armies of the protagonists and the thoughts, motivations and actions of the principal participants. Each decision is deliberated upon and explained, giving valuable insights into the strategies of the French and Coalition generals-as well as those of the Emperor himself-which led to one of the most decisive defeats suffered by an army under Napoleons command during the Napoleonic Wars. Fought on German soil, with Germans on both sides, Leipzig is considered to be the largest battle ever fought in Europe prior to the First World War, and Maudes classic examination is accepted as a primary document for its study.… (plus d'informations)
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In the struggle for the survival of the fittest amongst the Nations, ever in progress around us, and of which "War" is the name we apply to its most intense manifestation, the battlefield is the last Court of Appeal.
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It is not by the skill which troops have acquired in dodging losses on the training ground, but by the amount they are ready to bear, that the fate of Nations is decided.
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A classic account of a momentous battle Colonel Maudes analysis of Napoleons campaign of 1813 around Leipzig, is yet another example of this authors careful and thorough examination of the respective armies of the protagonists and the thoughts, motivations and actions of the principal participants. Each decision is deliberated upon and explained, giving valuable insights into the strategies of the French and Coalition generals-as well as those of the Emperor himself-which led to one of the most decisive defeats suffered by an army under Napoleons command during the Napoleonic Wars. Fought on German soil, with Germans on both sides, Leipzig is considered to be the largest battle ever fought in Europe prior to the First World War, and Maudes classic examination is accepted as a primary document for its study.
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