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The coalition crumbles, Napoleon returns. The 1799 campaign in Italy and Switzerland. Volume 2 / Carl von Clausewitz ; translated and edited by Nicholas Murray and Christopher Pringle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Military leadership.
- Napoleon.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (345 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2021]
- Summary:
- This book is a translation of Volume 6 of the collected works of Carl von Clausewitz, Der Feldzug von 1799 in Italien und der Schweiz. In 1799, the Second Coalition against France fought major campaigns in Italy and Switzerland, This volume focuses mainly on that in Switzerland, where the cracks opened up that finally fractured the alliance between Russia and Austria and led to the defeat of the Second Coalition.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Translators' Note
- Editors' Note
- A Note on Wargaming
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Original Editor's Note
- Clausewitz's Introduction
- 6. The Main Armies in Switzerland under the Archduke and Masséna Face Each Other Inactive for Three Months. Lecourbe Defeats the Austrian Left Wing in the Mountains.
- 7. Suvorov Moves to Switzerland. Korsakov Is Beaten by Masséna at Zurich. The Allies Retreat behind the Rhine.
- 8. Archduke Charles Relieves Philippsburg, Takes Mannheim, and Returns to Lake Constance. Suvorov Marches away to Swabia
- End of the Campaign in Switzerland. Starray Relieves Philippsburg Twice. End of Campaign on the Rhine.
- 9. Melas Beats Championnet at Genola and Takes Cuneo. Fröhlich Besieges and Takes Ancona.
- 10. Editors' Overview and Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780700630356
- 070063035X
- OCLC:
- 1259589479
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