Hourtoulle - Lot: La Moskowa-Borodino: La bataille des Redoutes + Jéna, Auerstaedt : Le triomphe de l'Aigle - 2006

Lot: La Moskowa-Borodino: The Battle of the Redoubts + Jena, Auerstädt: The Triumph of the Eagle

The book “La Moskowa – Borodino: The Battle of the Redoubts” by F.-G. Hourtoulle is a visual standard work that reconstructs the bloodiest battle of 1812 in detail over 120 pages.
The core content at a glance
• The armies: Analysis of the colorful mix of troops in the Grande Armée contrasted with the highly motivated, homogeneous Russian army.
• Tactics: Meticulous reconstruction of the costly frontal assaults on the Russian earthworks (the Great Redoubt and the Bagration Fleches) as well as Napoleon’s reluctance to deploy his guard.
• Historical facts: Evaluation of archives and eyewitness accounts to correct myths surrounding troop strengths and actual losses.
• Visuals and source material: The book is famous for over 300 precise uniform color plates, 120 flags and detailed tactical battlefield maps, making it the ideal reference for historians and model makers.

“Jena, Auerstädt: Le triomphe de l'Aigle” (The Triumph of the Eagle) is another renowned military-historical standard work by François-Guy Hourtoulle (with illustrations by André Jouineau). The book, on 120 pages, is devoted to the spectacular double battle of October 14, 1806, in which Napoleon destroyed the legendary Prussian army in a brilliant lightning campaign.
The core content at a glance
• The historical “double game”: The book reconstructs in detail two spatially separated but simultaneous battles:
• Jena: Napoleon defeats, with numerical superiority, the Prussian-Saxon troops under Prince Hohenlohe.
• Auerstädt: Marshal Davout performs a military miracle, defeating the numerically far superior Prussian main army under King Friedrich Wilhelm III with only one corps.
• The tactical clash: Hourtoulle describes the collision of two eras – the modern, flexible skirmisher and column tactics of the Grande Armée against the rigid, outdated drill system of Prussia from Frederick the Great’s times.
• The dramatic collapse: Chronological portrayal of the hours-long fighting that ended in total collapse and the ensuing unconditional capitulation of almost the entire Prussian state.
• Extensive visual material: Like the entire series, the book is famous for its 50 detailed color uniform plates by André Jouineau, 17 tactical color maps, and about 100 contemporary portraits – an indispensable source for historians, wargamers and figure builders.

Condition: light signs of wear on the cover; interior: clean and with firm binding