Memoirs of a French Napoleonic Officer: Jean-Baptiste Barres, Chasseur of the Imperial Guard

by Jean-Baptiste Barrès

These lively memoirs date from the time of Barr s' entry into the Chasseurs Velites (skirmishers, or light infantry) of Napoleon's Imperial Guard in 1804. Always modest in recounting his own exploits, Barr s was not only at the cannon's mouth, but also a participant at such spectacular events as the Coronation of the Emperor Napoleon in Paris and Rome, the torch light procession on the eve of Austerlitz, the meeting of the two Emperors at Tilsit,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473882931
• ISBN13: 9781473882935
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"