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"On 14 June 1800 Napoleon Bonaparte fought his first battle as French head of state at Marengo in northern Italy. Unexpectedly attacked, Napoleon's army fought one of the most intense battles of the French Revolutionary Wars. Forced to retreat, and threatened with encirclement, Napoleon saved his reputation with a daring counterattack, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. This battle consolidated Napoleon's political position and placed the crown of France within his reach. Meticulously researched using memoirs, reports and regimental histories from both armies, Marengo casts new light on this crucial battle and reveals why Napoleon came so close to defeat and why the Austrians ultimately threw their victory away. With the most detailed account of the battle ever written, the author focuses on the leading personalities in the French and Austrian camps, describing the key events leading up to the battle, and the complex armistice negotiations which followed. For the first time, the author exposes the full story of Carlo Gioelli, the enigmatic Italian double agent who misled both armies in the prelude to battle"--Publisher's description

COVER -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION: AN INCOMPARABLE PROJECT -- GLOSSARY -- I. INTRIGUE AND MONSTERS: THE VOLUNTEERS OF CLERMONT -- II. THE FORMATIVE YEARS: CHASSEURS OF CÉVENNES -- III. REVOLUTION AND BAPTISM OF FIRE: THE 9TH BATTALION OF FOOT CHASSEURS -- IV. AMALGAMATION AND CONSOLIDATION: THE 9TH HALF-BRIGADE OF LIGHT INFANTRY -- CHRONOLOGY 1784-1815 -- IMPRINT

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Definitions, and popular status -- Women And The Armies -- Military marriages -- Soldier-sutlers -- Chaos in spring 1793 -- Bonaparte's early campaigns: officers' indiscipline -- Prostitution -- The Civil Code, 1804 -- Organization -- Decree of 30 April 1793 - identification, and numbers -- Decree of 26 July 1800 -- Army of Germany, 1809 -- Grande Armée, 1812 -- The Role Of Vivandières & -- Cantinières -- Goods and services -- Sutlers' tents -- Discipline -- Civilian canteens -- Blanchisseuses -- In barracks and camp -- On campaign -- Costume -- The early 1790s -- From Revolution to Directory and Empire -- Revolutionary cockades -- The Regimental Children -- The ancien régime -- Law of 26 July 1800 -- The Legend Of Marie Tête-Du-Bois -- Select Bibliography -- Plate Commentaries -- Index -- Imprint.