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Product Identifiers
PublisherGreen Hill Book
ISBN-101853674354
ISBN-139781853674358
eBay Product ID (ePID)1837698
Product Key Features
Book Title1813-Leipzig : Napoleon and the Battle of the Nations
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / Napoleonic Wars, General
Publication Year2006
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorDigby Smith
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight22.1 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN00-066098
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal940.2/742/0943212
SynopsisA brilliant account of the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars " Includes numerous eyewitness testimonies " Charts the course of the battle hour by hour The crucial three-day battle of Leipzig, known to posterity as the Battle of the Nations, was the biggest battle of the Napoleonic Wars. It was also one of Napoleon's worst defeats - Leipzig sealed the fate of Napoleon's empire. Now, in this superbly narrated account of the battle, Digby Smith describes the events of 16, 17, 18 and 19 October 1813, and stresses both the significance of the battle and the brutality of the fighting. At the height of the battle Napoleon fielded more than 200,000 men against an Allied force - which included contingents from Russia, Austria, Prussia and Sweden - of some 360,000 soldiers. Cornered against the River Estler, Napoleon, outnumbered and suffering heavily from the fire of 1,400 Allied guns, was soundly defeated, had to relinquish control of Germany and was forced back into France.
LC Classification NumberDC236.6.S63 2001
