Napoleon at Dresden: The Battles of August 1813

by George Nafziger

Overview

This work is the second in a three-volume series on the 1813 campaign; it is the first significant study on the 1813 campaign since Petre. Unlike the other English works on the campaign, it was prepared using French archival and published sources, as well as German, Danish, and Russian published sources.

It discusses every battle and significant action in all parts of Germany - including various sieges. Detailed color maps support the major battles and a large collection of orders of battle drawn from the French Archives, as well as period-published documents, support the discussion of the campaign, complemented by a large selection of images. Both images and maps are new to this edition of the work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781914059605
Publisher:	Helion and Company
Publication date:	08/26/2021
Pages:	386
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.63(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

George F. Nafziger - PhD, Captain USNR-Ret - earned his BA and MBA at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio and his PhD from the Union Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio. His first book, Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia, was published in 1988 and was the first of a series of works on the Napoleonic era. He has served as a director of the Napoleonic Society of America and the Napoleonic Alliance and is a Fellow of the Le Souvenir Napoléonienne Internationale. He also runs the Nafziger Collection, Inc., which is a publishing house specializing in military history. He served in the US Navy for four years and a further 20 in the US Navy Reserves. He also did two tours to Vietnam and experienced combat first hand.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations vi

List of Maps ix

Acknowledgements xi

Abbreviations and Terminology xii

Introduction xiv

1 The Summer Armistice 8 June-10 August 1813 17

2 The Armies Refit 8 June-1 August 1813 24

3 Blücher Advances: The Battles on the Bober 18-23 August 1813 37

4 Macdonald goes to War: The Battle of the Katzbach 24-26 August 1813 60

5 Macdonald's Flanking Corps: The Battle of Löwenberg 22 August-4 September 1813 80

6 Oudinot's Advance on Berlin: The Prelude to the Battle of Gross-Beeren 20-23 August 1813 93

7 Oudinot's Advance on Berlin: The Battle of Gross-Beeren 23-25 August 1813 105

8 Oudinot's Withdrawal and the Other Northern Corps 25 August-5 September 1813 120

9 The Battle of Hagelberg 27 August 1813 130

10 The Army of Bohemia Advances on Dresden 12-25 August 1813 139

11 The Battle of Dresden 26-27 August 1813 156

12 The French Pursuit After Dresden 27-28 August 1813 192

13 The Battle of Kulm 29 August-5 September 1813 206

14 Ney Takes an Independent Command. The Battle of Dennewitz 2-7 September 1813 229

Epilogue: September Silence: The End of the August Campaign 251

Appendices

I Extension of the Armistice to 10 June 1813 256

II Instructions Given to the Prussian Partisan Corps in 1813 257

Orders of Battle Table of Contents 259

How to Read the Orders of Battle 260

Orders of Battle 263

Notes 332

Bibliography 348

Index 356

Editorial Reviews

…this book is a boon to the wargamer, with detail sufficient to fight any action…

Miniature Wargames

The 1813 Campaign in Germany is full of missed chances on both sides, but especially on the French side. Dr. Nafziger fills his books with facts, figures, and deep insights into the moment of history he is describing. If you are looking for a book that is filled with personal accounts of the campaign, then look elsewhere. On the other hand, if you want a sweeping view of the campaign from strategic to tactical, this is your book.

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