Confronting Napoleon: Levin von Bennigsen's Memoir of the Campaign in Poland, 1806-1807: Volume I - Pultusk to Eylau

Translated for the first time into English, this memoir offers unique insights into the epic confrontation between the French and Russians in Poland during the winter of 1806–1807, including the terrible carnage at Eylau.

A Hanoverian by birth, General Levin von Bennigsen spent 45 years in the Russian army earning a reputation as a capable officer. Due to his father’s connections at the Hanoverian court, Bennigsen began his service there at the tender age of 10 as a page and was commissioned...