BONAPARTE'S HORSEMEN

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BONAPARTE'S HORSEMEN
Richard Howard

Poland, 1807: As the Grand Annie continues its march ever eastwards, Napoleon is facing his most difficult c nge to date ...
Sergeant Alain Lausard and his loyal
dragoons have never known a campaign like it. Anything but fresh from their victory over Frederick's Prussian forces. Nanoleon is
ordering his men onwards into Poland, and headfirst into battle with General Bennigsen and his Russian troops. And the Tsar is not the only enemy that must be overcome: country and climate are conspiring to make conditions impossible.
The Grand Annie may be renowned for its ability to move with speed and purpose, but as the torrential rain turns the Polish roads to quagmires, Europe's finest are facing a hardened foe without their greatest strength. Lausard finds himself hoping for a touch of frost to harden the ground; when the weather turns cold, however, the blizzard conditions threaten to kill more men than the forthcoming battle.
Napoleon is convinced that victory is all that is required to dispel thoughts of hunger, discomfort and bad weather. But even the sharpest fighting men have limits beyond which they cannot be pushed At Eylau, with the weather and the Russians closing in, it seems that not even Bonaparte's tactical brilliance will be enough to save Lausard and
his men from a deadly debacle .. .