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The defense of the Napoleonic kingdom of Northern Italy, 1813-1814 / George F. Nafziger and Marco Gioannini.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nafziger, George F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Italy, Northern.
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
- Generals--France--Biography.
- Generals.
- Beauharnais, Eugène de, 1781-1824--Military leadership.
- Beauharnais, Eugène de.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (403 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A discussion of the two-year campaign in Northern Italy (1813-14) within the larger context of the Napoleonic Wars. Outnumbered by three to one, the French commander, Eugene Beauharnais fought an outstanding campaign, covering all of Napoleon's southern front.
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 War Comes to Italy; 2 The Defense of Eastern Italy September 1813; 3 Euge`ne Withdraws Behind the Tagliamento and on the Adige, October and November 1813; 4 December 1813: Murat's Treachery, Affairs at Rovigo, Boara, and Castagnaro and the Fall of Zara Zadar; 5 Neapolitan Treachery Afoot: The Siege of Venice, Castel Sant'Angelo Civitavecchia Ancona and Genoa January 1814; 6 The Battle of the Mincio 8 February 1814; 7 Murat's Treachery Exposed February 1814
- 8 Withdrawal over the Taro, Engagements at Parma and Reggio Emilia and the Siege of Venice March April 1814; 9 The Sieges of Venice and Genoa: Withdrawal and Surrender, March May 1814; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p.[369]-372) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313075315
- 031307531X
- OCLC:
- 476118286
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