"Armies of French Republic & rise of Napoleon's Marshals" Topic
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| Prince of Essling | 15 Jul 2024 8:18 a.m. PST |
For those interested in the French armies of the Revolutionary Wars the work of R W Phipps is regarded as the best modern military narrative available in the English language. However it is structurally flawed as it is centred around the rising careers of the future marshals of Napoleon, rather than around the people who were actually making the key strategic decisions. Am most surprised that all 5 volumes are currently downloadable because the work was reprinted in 1980!
The armies of the first French Republic and the rise of the Marshals of Napoleon I
Colonel Ramsay Weston Phipps
Oxford university press & H. Milford, London 1926-..
Volume 1 (Armee du Nord) – PDF link
Volume 2 (Armees de la Moselle, du Rhin, de Sambre-et-Meuse, de Rhin-et-Moselle) – PDF link
Volume 3 (Armies in the West 1793 to 1797, and Armies in the South 1792 to March 1796) – PDF link
Volume 4 (Army of Italy 1796 to 1797, Paris & the Army of the Interior 1792 to 1797 & coup d'etat of Fructidor 1797) PDF link
Volume 5 (Armies on the Rhine in Switzerland, Holland, Italy Egypt, and the coup d'etat of Brumaire 1797 To 1799) – PDF link
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| Bandolier | 15 Jul 2024 4:37 p.m. PST |
Wow. Looks like a great resource.
Thanks for letting us know. |
| johannes55 | 16 Jul 2024 12:09 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the links and the other info you put on TMP |
| NapStein | 16 Jul 2024 4:45 a.m. PST |
Great find, Ian … thank you
Markus Stein |
| perfectcaptain | 16 Jul 2024 8:18 a.m. PST |
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robert piepenbrink  | 16 Jul 2024 9:32 a.m. PST |
Nice! Haven't seen them since grad school (Which was before the reprint.) But I'm not sure that "not focused as I would have preferred" is the same as "structurally flawed." Lots of history and biography is written about aspects which are not my primary concern. |
| Dave Jackson | 17 Jul 2024 7:12 a.m. PST |
Thanks very much for this. I also now need towade thru the other masses of info/downloads you've posted…..I'm tired already….many thanks again!! |
| Prince of Essling | 17 Jul 2024 9:12 a.m. PST |
Many thanks for the kind comments. Am currently working on the next batch. I am having difficulty trying to decide how to break down the French Revolutionary Wars. Will certainly have a stand alone "Vendee" section and am weighing up whether to go by year or theatre of war (or the two combined). |
| johannes55 | 21 Jul 2024 4:42 a.m. PST |
PoE, would love to see your info on the FR period.esp info om 1st coalition in germany/italie.
And 2nd coalition info which doesn't involve napoleon (tooo much info already on him) |
| GarryWills | 24 Jul 2024 1:23 a.m. PST |
Yes I used Phipps a lot when writing Throwing Thunderbolts, but as implied above he needs checking against other sources. link |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
