"Books on the 1806 Campaign?" Topic
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Marcus Maximus | 09 Jul 2014 1:51 p.m. PST |
Hello all, Apologies for a prolonged absence – my life went from "frying pan into the fire" – got cleaned out by the ex, lost my home, my pension (tide in to the home), but did salvage the ability to see my two sons every other weekend. So single, sad, but not out
..yet! Anyway, I'm after books detailing the campaign of 1806 hopefully detailing the activities of the participants during the campaign and in particular battle detail. Please can you help me with your recommendations on this subject matter? Many thanks. |
nsolomon99 | 09 Jul 2014 6:03 p.m. PST |
Bad luck on the personal life side of things MM. Been there, done that and can promise you that it will take time but things will get better. In English I have just half a dozen books on 1806 in my library. By far the best for detailed coverage of the campaign, battles, units, tactics, decisions, etc is Napoleon's Apogee: Pascal Bressonet's Tactical Studies 1806 – Saalfeld, Jena and Auerstadt from Military History Press. The title is long, the book even longer at 400+ near A3 sized pages, weighs a ton, and full of maps, diagrams, sketches and stuff. Fully comprehensive study of the 1806 Campaign and just about every aspect. Its both a translation and an abridgement by Scott Bowden from the original, plus extra stuff. Its expensive but its wonderful and the best coverage in English you'll find. Next after that would be another Military History Press publication – Napoleon's Finest: Marshal Louis Davout and his 3rd Corps Combat Journal of Operations 1805 – 1807. It has a couple of chapters on 1806 – the Prelude and the Battle of Auerstadt. Of course it only covers Davout's 3rd Corps but it does it in the most extraordinary detail with extra commentary on particular leaders and units. Again, expensive and large, but nothing in English compares to the level of detail. Then you have the Petre, the Maude, Chandler's Osprey Campaign, the Hourtoulle (sp?) and chapters in Elting's Atlas, Chandlers "Bible", and some coverage in Johnson's French Cavalry Books, Rogers Napoleon's Army, etc. Thats what I've got in English and can comment on. |
Bandit | 09 Jul 2014 6:25 p.m. PST |
• Napoleon's Apogee: Pascal Bressonet's Tactical Studies 1806 • Petre: Napoleon's Conquest of Prussia 1806–1807 Those are my recommendations. The first is crazy expensive but excellent. The second is quite cheap and good. Cheers, The Bandit |
138SquadronRAF | 09 Jul 2014 8:15 p.m. PST |
I'd second The Bandit. Those would be my choices too. Petre writes well and does a decent analysis and published originally pre-WWI and the maps are poor. Napoleon's Apogee is excellent but comes in with a hefty price tag. |
von Winterfeldt | 10 Jul 2014 4:12 a.m. PST |
you could go for online books on google books they most likley have some of the above suggested works – the only English language book which is not repeating the usual myths is the translated work of Pascal Bressonnet – known also as Napoleon's Apogee, otherwise in case you can read French – go for the volumes published by Foucart und in case you can read German – Jany's volumes on infantry and cavalry tactics of 1806. |
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