Captain Coignet: A Soldier of Napoleon's Imperial Guard from the Italian Campaign to Waterloo

by Jean-Roch Coignet and Loredan Larchey

Book Overview

Drafted into the French Army in 1799, Jean-Roch Coignet, would go onto serve in the Napoleonic campaigns for the next sixteen years. Marengo, Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau, Friedland, Spain, Wagram, the retreat from Russia, Leipzig and Waterloo; Coignet fought in most of the major battles of the Napoleonic Wars. Despite being an illiterate peasant of short stature he was quickly noticed by his generals and within his first four years he was selected for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1520306989
• ISBN13: 9781520306988
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"