The Iron Marshal: A Biography of Louis N. DavoutThis first biography in English of Davout, the most successful of Napoleon's commanders, made Marshal of the Empire, places the man in historical perspective. Louis N. d'Avout (later Davout) was born in 1770. He died in 1823, having lived a life encompassing the span of French history from the Revolution to the restoration of Louis XVIII. He was born into an old and distinguished military Burgundian family and served France as a soldier all his life. Gallaher pays particular attention to Davout's career as a Napoleonic commander and military administrator. Hence, the new point of view Gallaher brings to his work and his original research into the documents provide an historical perspective on the complex Napoleonic wars and other military history of the period. |
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... enemy cavalry ( January 8 , 1799 ) . Repeating their performance of the previous week , the French halted the enemy attacks and sent them in disorder back into the desert . At Tahta Davout also met the flotilla . The winds were now ...
... enemy . The shore - to - shore operation began on December 10 and was met by stubborn Russian resistance . The point chosen for the cross- ing was at Okunin ; and despite feints above and below the village the enemy was not caught ...
... enemy's left flank during the night and fall on his rear at dawn as the main French army launched a frontal attack . The plan was daring and tactically sound . With such an experi- enced and energetic commander as Davout it would ...
Contents
THE EARLY YEARS | 3 |
2 THE VOLUNTEER | 13 |
3 THE REPUBLICAN GENERAL | 26 |
Copyright | |
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