The War Drama Of the Eagles
by Edward Fraser
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About this eBook
- Author
- Fraser, Edward, 1859?-
- Title
- The war drama of the Eagles : Napoleon's standard-bearers on the battlefield in victory and defeat from Austerlitz to Waterloo, a record of hard fighting, heroism, and adventure
- Original Publication
- London: John Murray, 1912.
- Credits
- Brian Coe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DC: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: France, Andorra, Monaco
- Subject
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Military leadership
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 75293
- Release Date
- February 5, 2025
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.THE WAR DRAMA OF THE EAGLES
- 3.Untitled
- 4.PREFACE
- 5.CONTENTS
- 6.ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS — ILLUSTRATIONS — MAPS
- 7.LIST OF AUTHORITIES
- 8.THE WAR DRAMA OF THE EAGLES — CHAPTER I NAPOLEON ADOPTS THE EAGLE OF CAESAR
- 9.CHAPTER II THE DAY OF THE PRESENTATION ON THE FIELD OF MARS
- 10.CHAPTER III IN THE FIRST CAMPAIGN:— — Under Fire with Marshal Ney — The Midnight Battle by the Danube
- 11.CHAPTER IV ON THE FIELD OF AUSTERLITZ
- 12.CHAPTER V IN THE SECOND CAMPAIGN — Jena and the Triumph of Berlin — The Twelve Lost Eagles of Eylau
- 13.CHAPTER VI PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE — The “Eagle-Guard”
- 14.CHAPTER VII BEFORE THE ENEMY AT ASPERN AND WAGRAM
- 15.CHAPTER VIII “THE EAGLE WITH THE GOLDEN WREATH” IN LONDON
- 16.CHAPTER IX OTHER EAGLES IN ENGLAND FROM BATTLEFIELDS OF SPAIN
- 17.CHAPTER X IN THE HOUR OF DARKEST DISASTER — After Moscow: How the Eagles faced their Fate — At Bay in Northern Germany—1813
- 18.CHAPTER XI THAT TERRIBLE MIDNIGHT AT THE INVALIDES
- 19.CHAPTER XII THE EAGLES OF THE LAST ARMY
- 20.CHAPTER XIII AT WATERLOO — “ Ave Caesar! Morituri te Salutant! ” — How Wellington’s Trophies were won — The Last Attack and After: The Eagles of the Guard — The Eagles announce Victory to London
- 21.CHAPTER XIV AFTER THE DOWNFALL — FOOTNOTES
- 22.INDEX — Transcriber’s Notes
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