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Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Osprey Men At Arms Series #163.48 pages. Colour plates by Richard Hook. (illustrator).

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Osprey Men At Arms Series #228. 48 pages, b/w photos & illustrations. Colour plates by Richard Hook. (illustrator).

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Osprey Men At Arms Series #186. 48 pages, b/w photos & illustrations. Colour plates by Richard Hook. (illustrator).

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. Small dust spotting on back cover. colour plates by Richard Hook (illustrator).

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. The first printing of the first edition, the cover may differ from the stock image shown. colour plates by Richard Hook (illustrator).

Trade paperback. Zustand: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. The format is approximately 7.25 inches by 9.75 inches. 48 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Maps. Sources. Minor cover wear and soiling. This is one of the Osprey Men-at-Arms Series (#257). Philip J. Haythornthwaite FRHistS (born 1951) is an author and historical consultant specializing in military history, uniforms, and equipment. While his main area of research is the Napoleonic Wars, his list of publications covers a wider period from the English Civil War through to 1939. Since 1973, Haythornthwaite has had over 80 books published, in addition to numerous articles and papers on military history. Much of this output through the publishers Orion Books and Osprey Publishing, is directed at the popular market. His works The Armies of Wellington and Redcoats, The British Soldiers of the Napoleonic Wars as well as Picton's Division at Waterloo are works of research. Other work includes Haythornthwaite preparation of new editions of several well-known Peninsular War memoirs: Life in Napoleon's Army: the Memoirs of Captain Elzear Blaze In the Peninsula with a French Hussar: Memoirs of the War of the French in Spain. Haythornthwaite is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Member of the British Commission for Military History. Richard Hook was born in 1938 and trained at Reigate College of Art. After national service with 1st Bn, Queen's Royal Regiment he became art editor of the much-praised magazine Finding Out during the 1960s. He earned an international reputation for his knowledge of Native American culture; and illustrated more than 30 Osprey titles. He died in 2010. The Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) were a series of conflicts fought principally in Northern Italy between the French Revolutionary Army and a Coalition of Austria, Russia, Piedmont-Sardinia, and a number of other Italian states. The campaign of 1796-1797 brought prominence to Napoleon Bonaparte, a young, largely unknown commander, who led French forces to victory over numerically superior Austrian and Sardinian Armies. Bonaparte was appointed commander-in-chief on 2 March 1796. The motives for Bonaparte's appointment were most likely political. On 9 March, Bonaparte had married Joséphine de Beauharnais, who had shared her imprisonment (under Robespierre) with the woman who had become wife to Tallien, one of the then Directors of the French Republic. It was "universally believed" that Josephine had been introduced by her friend to the First Director, Barras, and had become his lover. Josephine's letters claim Barras had promised the command to Bonaparte, before she'd consented to marry him. Barras is cited by his colleagues as saying of Bonaparte, "Advance this man or he will advance himself without you." Bonaparte had shown himself to be highly ambitious and had made a name for himself following 13 Vendémiaire in 1795. By placing him in command of the Army of Italy, Bonaparte was being assigned to an obscure front: of the Republic's thirteen principal field armies, the Italian force was the most neglected and was in terrible condition when Bonaparte arrived. Bonaparte launched attacks almost immediately after he arrived on the front on 27 March. His 37,000 men and 60 guns were facing more than 50,000 Allied troops in the theatre. His only chance of support came from Kellermann's Army of the Alps, which was faced by a further 20,000 Allied troops. Bonaparte had no chance of gaining reinforcements as the Republican war effort was being concentrated on the massive offensives planned on the Rhine. At the Battle of Montenotte Bonaparte defeated the Austrians and fought a second engagement around Dego soon after. Following these battles he launched an all-out invasion of Piedmont and won a further victory at Mondovì. Piedmont was forced to accept the Armistice of Cherasco on 28 April, knocking it out of the war and the First Coalition. It had taken Bonaparte just a month to defeat Piedmont (between his arrival and the armistice), a country which had resisted the French armies for over three years. Total losses during the lightning campaign were 6,000 French troops and over 25,000 Allied. Bonaparte reorganized his newly enthused army following the short let-up in operations that followed Piedmont's defeat. Following this he manoeuvred his army into more opportune positions along the Po River. A small French victory at Codogno led to a retreat by Coalition forces across the Adda River. At the river, the Austrian army of General Beaulieu was defeated in the Battle of Lodi on 10 May. Bonaparte's campaign, by threatening Vienna directly, was the trigger that led to Austria sending negotiators to Leoben to ask Bonaparte for peace with France. The peace treaty that resulted, the treaty of Campo Formio, also effectively ended the War of the First Coalition, as Austria was the main combatant remaining in continental Europe still fighting the French at that time. On 5 December 1797 Napoleon arrived in Paris. Richard Hook (Colour plates) (illustrator).…

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Editions Osprey Publishing Ltd, collection "Men-At-Arms", N° 86 - In-8 broché, couverture illustrée - 40 pages - Nombreuses illustrations en N&B et couleurs in et hors-texte - Texte en anglais Bon état.