Hussar General: The Life of Blucher, Man of WaterlooWithout the timely arrival of the brave 72-year-old Blucher at the head of his Prussian army, the course of history could well have taken a dramatic turn. |
Contents
Salad Days | 1 |
Return to Revolution | 17 |
Approaching Catastrophe | 36 |
Auerstedt Agony | 57 |
Despair | 79 |
For Freedom and Fatherland | 101 |
Carnage at the Katzbach | 126 |
The Battle of Nations | 148 |
Invasion | 167 |
Interlude | 199 |
Ligny | 212 |
Waterloo the Last Battle | 234 |
Sources | 252 |
BrettJames Leipzig 99 | 255 |
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