Henri Couderc de Saint-Chamant - Napoléon, ses dernières armées“ - 1830

Napoléon, his last armies"

The book "Napoléon, ses dernières armées" (1902) by Henri Couderc de Saint-Chamant is a precise military-historical work of 577 pages. It deals in a factual and documentary manner with the military organization and the transition of the French forces in the year 1815.
The exact content essentially divides into the following main topics:

Core themes of the book

• The restructuring of the army: How the army, after Napoleon's return from exile on Elba, was transformed in the shortest time from a royal army (under Louis XVIII) back into an imperial army.
• The administrative organization: Detailed analyses of recruitment, supply conditions, equipment, and the internal state of the troops (morale and loyalty of soldiers and officers).
• Military situation reports: The book reconstructs the troop strengths and the geographical distribution of the French forces immediately before the outbreak of hostilities in the summer of 1815.
• The appendix ("Pièces justificatives"): This is regarded by historians as particularly valuable. It contains numerous original documents, tables, and official troop statistics (so-called Situations de troupes). Among other things, the exact organization of the French units that soon afterwards fought in the Battle of Waterloo is documented there.

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