An audacious charge - de Neef, Jonas
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"Commander", I cried out to Kozietulski, "the Emperor orders you to commence the charge at once!" Montbrun made an exclamation and a gesture of astonishment, without daring to contradict me. Piré however declared: "It is impossible." (Major de Ségur, battle participant and memorialist.) This booklet is the English translation of a French-Russian analysis of the Battle of Somosierra. It provides the Napoleonic enthusiast with insights on the men involved , an overview of the battlefield and eyewitness accounts. The famous charge carried out by the Polish Light Cavalry Regiment of the Guard is also put into perspective and makes interesting reading.…mehr

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"Commander", I cried out to Kozietulski, "the Emperor orders you to commence the charge at once!" Montbrun made an exclamation and a gesture of astonishment, without daring to contradict me. Piré however declared: "It is impossible." (Major de Ségur, battle participant and memorialist.) This booklet is the English translation of a French-Russian analysis of the Battle of Somosierra. It provides the Napoleonic enthusiast with insights on the men involved , an overview of the battlefield and eyewitness accounts. The famous charge carried out by the Polish Light Cavalry Regiment of the Guard is also put into perspective and makes interesting reading.
Autorenporträt
Jonas De Neef (born 1992) studied Modern History at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. He currently works as a librarian for the Belgian municipality of Ternat. He previously published 'An Audacious Charge', a translation of General Pouzérewski's study on the battle of Somosierra (1808), and 'In the Wake of the Emperor', a volume compiling French accounts throughout the Napoleonic Wars. He is a Fellow of the International Napoleonic Society, writes French articles for the Belgian Napoleonic Association and provided translation work for several historians worldwide, mostly focusing on the French perspective. The Napoleonic period fascinates him since 2008.