search for books and compare prices
Tables of Contents for In the Legions of Napoleon
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
15
17
Foreword
17
4
Introduction--A History of the Vistula Legion
21
8
Biographies of Leading Personalities
29
8
PART I: IN SPAIN
Chapter I
37
7
My Early Years
University of Konigsberg
Kant's Funeral
The Queen of Prussia in Memel (1807)
Meeting Marshal Davout
Blucher and Schill
I Become Second Lieutenant in the Vistula Legion
Departure for France
Sedan
Arcis sur Aube
Danton
Bordeaux and Montaigne's House
Bayonne and the Girls from the Arsenal
Where Napoleon Bathed at Biarritz
Into Spain
Chapter II
44
7
Sinister Appearance of the Countryside
Non Saber!
Halt at Oubiri and Conversation in Latin with Juan De La Torre
Arrival at Pamplona
The Citadel and the Snowballs
The 2nd Regiment of the Vistula Legion
Lannes' Victory at Tudela
Setback at Saragossa
Two Assaults on that City Beaten off
Reasons for these Defeats and the Unfortunate Consequences Thereof
Sufferings of the Soldiers at Alagon
We Retake the Offensive
The Battle of 21 December
The Abyss of Death
First Days of the Siege
Chapter III
51
5
Mission to Alagon
An Improvised Tent
Serious Illness
Hospital, Typhus and the Spanish Gravediggers
A Terrible Dream
Recovery and Return to Camp
A Night in the Trenches
Marshal Lannes
The Cantiniere's Table
Chapter IV
56
6
The Assault of 27 January
The Casa Gonzales
Street Fighting
Lacoste and Rogniat
The Santa Monica Convent
Horrible Scene in the Hospice
The Dead, the Dying and the Fire
Attack on the Coso
Captain Boll
The Decisive Day
The Surrender
Chapter V
62
3
Appearance of our Enemies
Palafox
Pillage
Into the City Centre
Church of El Pilar
The Calle de Toledo
A Monastery's Refectory
Chapter VI
65
3
Some Military Personalities
Lannes
Junot
Laval
Habert
The Military Mass
Some Reflections
Chapter VII
68
4
The Cats of El Borgo
Guadalupe
A Military Execution
Alcaniz
Monzon and its Castle
Tragic End of a Music-Loving Magistrate
Improvised Artillery
A Skirmish
A Cold Bath
Captain Solnicki's Report
Chapter VIII
72
3
Barbastro
Disappearing Sentries
Marching Through the Cinca Valley
Wise Advice from a Boatman
Our Crossing of a River Interrupted
Habert's Despair
The Vanguard Lost
Chapter IX
75
5
The Bridge at Gallego
Action in the Mountains
Our New Commander-in-Chief
Dinner Out
A Sermon in Saragossa
Ratkowski and his Bottle
The Battles of Maria and Belchite
The Commissary
Chapter X
80
4
At Belchite
A Contrasting Host and Hostess
The Guerrillas
Storming Our Lady of Aquila
The Daroca Tunnel
A Night Attack
Occupation of Calatayud
I Become Courier for the Night
Chapter XI
84
3
Stay at Calatayud
Medals and Rewards
The French Ambushed
La Puerta de San Martin
Return to Calatayud
An ADC's Mistake Puts Me in Danger
Chapter XII
87
4
The Spanish and the French
Miguela
A Strange Execution
Two Doctors in Danger
Chapter XIII
91
4
Manuel, his Shop and his Niece
Chapter XIV
95
5
Manuel's Niece
Chapter XV
100
4
The Battle at Ojos-Negros
Adventures of a Cuirassier
Truth About the Battle of Tremedad
Occupation of Teruel
Storming and Sacking of Albaracin
A Strange Discovery in a Monastery
Chapter XVI
104
4
Some Spanish Mules
In the Xiloca Valley
A Surgeon's Ups and Downs
A Pretend Duel and a Real Duel
Sledges in Spain
Food Put to Strange Use
Chapter XVII
108
3
Operations in the Guadalaviar Valley
A Visionary Officer
Chapter XVIII
111
4
The Battle of Villel
My Almost Fatal Wound
Taken to Teruel
The Commander-in-Chief's Visit
I am Decorated
Chapter XIX
115
4
The Garrison of Teruel's Brilliant Defence and Eventual Deliverance
Captain Gordon
Colonel Plicque
Captain Leviston
Teruel and its Aqueduct
Its Market
Chapter XX
119
6
The Guerrillas Again
Preparations for the Siege of Tortosa
Marching on Tortosa
A Dangerous Defile
Into the Huerta Valley
Before Tortosa
A Brilliant Battle
Chapter XXI
125
20
Siege of Tortosa
Hand-to-Hand Fighting in the Trenches
A Sortie Repulsed
I Go into the Town to Speak to the Governor
One of My Soldiers Considers Deserting
Chapter XXII
145
4
General Laval Dies
Mosquitoes
We Attack Berceyte and Put it to the Sack
A Spanish Attack
Colonel Pascal Saves the Day
Surrender of Tortosa
Chapter XXIII
149
4
I Take a Convoy of Prisoners from Tortosa to Bayonne
Dangers en Route
Saragossa in 1811
Visit to Alagon
Pamplona
Bayonne
Chapter XXIV
153
4
Two Days Leave at Bayonne
Curious Adventure in the Theatre
Escorting a Convoy into Spain
Bad Weather and Good Luck
Cardinal Richelieu and a Veteran Agree on the Spanish Method of Waging War
Chapter XXV
157
6
Operations Against Mina
In the Mountains of Navarre
Aybar
Lumbier and the Irati Valley
A Magistrate is Punished
Sanguessa
Sadova
Ambush at La Carbonara
A Mutiny
Chapter XXVI
163
3
Chlopicki's Success in the Cinco Villas
Dangerous Mission to Tiermas
A Military Execution
A Musical Interlude at Saragossa
Chapter XXVII
166
4
Sadava, Again
The Adventures of a Jew from Alsace
Banquet in Honour of Suchet's Wife
Precautions Taken for her Security
Another Raid in the Cinco Villas
Heading for Valencia
Chapter XXVIII
170
4
A Final Interview with Suchet
I Escort General Blake into Captivity in France
Incidents along the Way
Colonel Pepe's Interference with my Mission
I Fall Ill
Chapter XXIX
174
3
At Tortosa
The Spanish Prisoners
News of Impending War with Russia
Escorting More Prisoners
Difficult Crossing of the Pyrenees
Chapter XXX
177
6
At the French Frontier
One Last Look at Spain
The Wizard
Bizarre Incident
Napoleon and Captain Smitt
Our Cantiniere
Bernadotte's House
PART II: IN RUSSIA
Chapter XXXI
183
4
Review on 22 March 1812
Those About to Die Salute You
Trip to Vincennes
Sedan
Metz
Signs of Discontent in France
Brilliant Organisation along the Route
Chapter XXXII
187
3
Mayence
Frankfurt
Taken from Hanau to Posen
Suffering of the People
Third Battalions Formed at Szrem
Napoleon's Entry into Posen
Chapter XXXIII
190
5
Napoleon in Posen
His Reception there
Sad Visit to my Parents
Napoleon and the Chant Du Depart
Atrocities Committed on the March
I Rejoin the Regiment
History of a Cowherd, a Priest, some Cows and Two Bottles of Brandy
Chapter XXXIV
195
6
Crossing the Niemen
The Chateau at Zakrod
A Russian Camp
Vilna
Difficult March to Minsk
I Leave my Voltigeur Company
Lieutenant Zorawksi's Odyssey
Chapter XXXV
201
3
Terrible Events in Minsk
Davout's Anger
Chlusewicz's Forebodings
Charles XII and Napoleon
The Beresina
The Bears of Niemonica
Chapter XXXVI
204
3
Battle at Mohilev
In Pursuit of the Russians
Crossing the Dnieper
Stay at Dobruvna
Death of Sergeant Dachowicz
Chapter XXXVII
207
3
March on Smolensk
Assault on the City
The City is Stormed
The Fires
A Polish Hospital Burns Down
The Wounded Perish
Last Words of a Dying Russian
Napoleon at Valutina
Chapter XXXVIII
210
5
The Battlefield of Valutina
On the Emperor's Staff
The Eagle of the 127th Line
Napoleon and Poniatowski
I am Promoted
Sack of Smolensk
History of a Colonel, a Grenadier of the Old Guard and a Poodle
Chapter XXXIX
215
4
Quitting Smolensk
From Smolensk to Gjatsk
Dust and Famine
The Sound of the Guns
The Schwardino Redoubt
On the Staff
Desaix and Fabvier
The Night Before the Battle
Chapter XL
219
4
Borodino
Chapter XLI
223
3
A Terrible Night
The Emperor and the Carnage
Calculations
Military History
Chlopicki is Wounded
Our Regiment's Walking Wounded
Chapter XLII
226
4
Moscow
Chapter XLIII
230
6
Leaving Moscow
Pursuing the Russians
Mission to the Kremlin
Danger in the Streets of Moscow
Return to the Regiment
Military Manoeuvres
A Dangerous Reconnaissance
A Skirmish
Rostopchine's Chateau
Its Inscription
Chapter XLIV
236
3
Bloody, but Indecisive, Battle on 4 October
Murat and our Regiment
I am Seriously Wounded
A Russian Visiting Card
Transported to Moscow
Chapter XLV
239
6
The Retreat Begins
Borodino in October 1812
Smolensk
Orscha
Borisov
The Russians Attack and Capture the Borisov Bridge
The Wounded Retreat to Bobr
Chaos in Bobr
Our Stay at Bobr
The Imperial Guard Arrives
Chapter XLVI
245
4
My Regiment Arrives
We Leave With it
From Bobr to Studienka
The Crossing of the Beresina
Chapter XLVII
249
4
From the Beresina to Molodeczno
Chapter XLVIII
253
3
From Molodeczno to Oszmiana
Chapter XLIX
256
3
From Oszmiana to Vilna
Chapter L
259
6
Vilna
Ponari
Despair
Closing Scenes
Appendix A--Ambushed by Spanish Guerrillas, May 1810: An Account
265
4
Captain Mrozinski
Appendix B--A Table of Strengths of the Vistula Legion Regiments, 1808--13
269
2
Appendix C--Officer Casualties of the Vistula Legion, 1808--14
271
8
Bibliography
279
4
Index
283