Memoirs of Marshal Bugeaud, Vol. 1 of 2 PDF Download

Author: H. D'ideville
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330953334
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386

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Excerpt from Memoirs of Marshal Bugeaud, Vol. 1 of 2: From His Private Correspondence and Original Documents, 1784-1849 The original work of M. d'Ideville extends to three large volumes, and where the whole work is so interesting it has been a matter of considerable difficulty to reduce it in length without sacrificing important passages. As is well said by a writer in the Quarterly Review, No. 312, p. 452, from whose article we have been kindly permitted to quote, 'Marshal Bugeaud, Duke of Isly, was certainly a more remarkable man than nine out of ten who have been the idol of a biographer, and his career is fertile in episodes or incidents characteristic of the times, and throwing light on history.' The same article contains an extract from General Trochu's L'Armee Fracaise in 1867, so interesting to Englishmen that it may well be added to the Marshals life: - 'There is a highly-interesting communication from him, based on his Peninsular experience, to General Trochu, in which he gives a vivid description of the contrasted bearing of British and French soldiers in the field. Arrived at a thousand yards from the English line, our soldiers began exchanging their ideas in agitation, and hastening their march so that the ranks began to waver. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."