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With Napoleon's Guns
Jean-Nicolas-Auguste Noel
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Description for With Napoleon's Guns
Hardcover. A detailed personal commentary from one of Napoleon's senior artillery officers. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrated with a separate plate section. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
In 1795 - the year Napoleon Bonaparte was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the French army in Italy - the seventeen-year-old Jean-Nicolas-Auguste Noel entered the Artillery School at Chalons. A year later, with Napoleon proclaiming himself the liberator of Italy, Noel was appointed second lieutenant in the 8th Regiment of Horse Artillery. Written in 1850, With Napoleon's Guns is his remarkable memoir of two decades in the Emperor's service. A trained artilleryman himself, Napoleon dramatically transformed the role of artillery from a cumbersome and tactically limited force into a fluid, independent and highly mobile trans d'artillerie. This new organisation required fresh, ... Read more
In 1795 - the year Napoleon Bonaparte was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the French army in Italy - the seventeen-year-old Jean-Nicolas-Auguste Noel entered the Artillery School at Chalons. A year later, with Napoleon proclaiming himself the liberator of Italy, Noel was appointed second lieutenant in the 8th Regiment of Horse Artillery. Written in 1850, With Napoleon's Guns is his remarkable memoir of two decades in the Emperor's service. A trained artilleryman himself, Napoleon dramatically transformed the role of artillery from a cumbersome and tactically limited force into a fluid, independent and highly mobile trans d'artillerie. This new organisation required fresh, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848328358
SKU
V9781848328358
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About Jean-Nicolas-Auguste Noel
It was during the invasion of Russia in 1812 that Jean-Nicolas-Auguste Noel was appointed to the command of an artillery train squadron. He was involved in the Battle of Leipzig and the defence of Paris in 1814. He rallied to Napoleon upon the latter's return from Elba to fight in the Waterloo campaign. After Waterloo he was Director of Artillery ... Read more
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