The Guard on Fire! The Imperial Guard of Napoleon during the Retreat of 1812. In 2 volumes

The French army of the period of the 1st Empire cannot be represented without the history of the imperial guard. However, the romantic halo, which has developed around the image of the Elite from the elites", does not allow today to comprehensively and carefully evaluate it. The book made an attempt to look at the forces of the imperial guard in the context of a full -fledged battle and the challenge of the entire army: retreats from Moscow in 1812. Using an example of an almost unknown, little -studied battle near Borovsky on October 25, 1812, a detailed analysis of the structure of the guard, interfall communication and its effectiveness is given On the battlefield.
The monograph is based on unique and mainly unknown sources identified in the archives of Russia, France, Holland, Poland, Austria and in private collections and family meetings of Europe. This work is addressed to both specialists and those who are interested in the era of wars of the 1st Republic and the 1st Empire (1792-1815)