Osprey's Campaign title for the Battle of Eggmuhl of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). In the Spring of 1809; the Austrian army; buoyant and full of new-found patriotic fervour; rolled across the frontier with Bavaria. The time had come to exact revenge for the humiliating defeat suffered at Austerlitz. But ten days later; harassed by ceaseless rain; they were streaming back from the Abens river with Napoleon in hot pursuit. Napoleon had not been in the front line when Austria had launched its campaign - and the French and their German allies had blundered backwards and forwards across the Bavarian countryside. But; with the appearance of Napoleon; Archduke Charles lost the initiative. Based for the first time upon the Austrian primary sources; this title takes the reader through the various clashes of this significant campaign.
#2252765 in Books Greenhill Books 1997-04Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 .27 x 7.51 x 10.13l; #File Name: 185367268872 pages
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Clear and IncisiveBy El CutacheroThis book is part of the G. I. series of short illustrated studies covering a period or a series of campaigns. All of these books are vertical studies covering a period of years. Though sometimes the illustrations serve to identify individual items of equipment; these works are not intended for that purpose. They are not catalogs intended for materiel collectors. They are of such a length and of such a level of detail that they will serve the purposes of the general reader with a curiousity about what grandaddy did in WW II or great great great grandaddy in the Civil War and what he looked like and how he lived. This is not to say that the specialist such as myself cannot find useful nuggets herein. I can. I use these for general surveys of periods I do not study in detail; such as the Civil War; and the War With Mexico; etc. And to look up the odd facts. I have yet to be disappointed with any of them.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Over There; The American soldier in WWIBy Doug CatonI too purchased this book from a book club; and a facinating buy it was! Although uniforms of the US Army are not my primary interest; this book covered a subject that I knew little or nothing about; this book changed that emphatically. Although I would have liked to read more on uniform development; especially the evolution from blue to khaki; the book is an excellent source for students of WW I; and I highly recommend it.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Over There; The American Soldier in WWIBy Doug CatonAlthough the uniforms of the US Army are not my primary interest; I found this book to be an excellent introduction to this subject; albeit a photographic essay. Having several of Shelby Stanton's books on US Army uniforms; I would like to see a similar book on WWI; but as a primer this book has no peer. I recommend it unreservedly.
