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Can any give more detail than Petre offers? (ie. bugger all!)

Only in French and Russian, IIRC. This seems a somewhat understudied campaign in comparison.

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Summerville in his recent work defers the reader to Nafziger's work on the campaign. You can find it at:

http://home.fuse.net/nafziger/NAFNAP.HTM

Go to his book section and scroll down to where you read:

THE EYLAU-FRIEDLAND CAMPAIGN OF 1806-7

Its 19.99 which is a reasonable price for such info.

Other than that you will have to read:

Foucart - Campagne du Pologne
Hopfner - Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807

Digby-Smith's Napoleonic Wars Data Book has scant info as far as composition of forces. Mainly brigade/division sizes at best.

Its one of the least documented campaigns on record. It was one of the reasons why I did 1806 rather than this campaign. 1806 also doesnt have alot of english writing authors. Petre, Maude and Chandler's work for Osprey were about all I could get my hands on until Bill Peterson sent me some works he found.

I contacted Scott Bowden about this campaign hoping that he would continue his fine Glory Years campaign series into 1806-07 but he said that he was not going to do so. I was sad to hear that as his books have a ton of good material.

For Davout's Corps you can purchase:

Napoleon's Finest: Davout and his 3rd Corps, Combat Journal of Operations 1805-1807. Its not cheap but it has alot of great material on this corps.

You can find it at:

http://www.militaryhistorypress.com/Nap ... inest.html

Perhaps someone else has a cheaper price ...

I also would take a peek at Pen & Sword Publishers. They have a fine listing of Napoleonic books. That is where I purchased Summeriville's work on the campaign.

http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/

I am hoping that someday Osprey will do a book on this campaign. While not always the greatest OB info they would add another work to this campaign and usually they include an OB.

Colonel Bill Peters
Armee du Rhin - V Corps, Cavalerie du V Corps, 20ème légère Brigade de Cavalerie, 13ème Hussar Regiment
HPS Napoleonic Scenario Designer (Eckmuhl, Wagram, Jena-Auerstaedt and ... more to come)

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Crisis In The Snows
Russia Confronts Napoleon
The Eylau Campaign 1806-1807
By James R. Arnold &
Ralph R. Reinertsen

Price (with Shipping) $48.50
Overseas buyers inquire about postage
470 pages including 37 maps, 53 illustrations and 8 appendices

Table of contents:

Chapter I. A Tale of Two Murders

Part 1. To Kill a Tsar

Part 2. Death of a Duke

Part 3. Dateline to War

Chapter II. Napoleon Moves East

Part 1. The Three Front War

Part 2. Advance to the Oder

Chapter III. The Napoleonic War Machine

Part 1. Tactical Combat in the Napoleonic Era

Part 2. The Grande Armée

Chapter IV. The Russian War Machine

Part 1. An Army of Serfs

Part 2. The Organization of the Russian Army

Chapter V. High Strategy

Part 1. Russia Moves West

Part 2. Decision at Osterode

Part 3. The "Slope to Ruin": The Berlin Decrees

Chapter VI. A Matter of Command

Part 1. Delay on the Vistula

Part 2. The Tsar Chooses a General

Part 3. A New French Offensive

Chapter VII. The French Offensive Begins

Part 1. Night Crossing

Part 2. The Narew River Outposts

Chapter VIII. The Fog of War

Part 1. The Pursuit Continues

Part 2. The Battle of Golymin

Chapter IX. The Battle of Pultusk

Part 1. Bennigsen Stands His Ground

Part 2. The Mud of Pultusk

Part 3. The Tenth Legion Arrives

Chapter X. Affairs of State

Part 1. Warsaw Interlude

Chapter XI. The Russian Winter Offensive

Part 1. The Wanderings of Marshal Ney

Part 2. Bennigsen's Missed Opportunities

Chapter XII. Bennigsen's Fighting Retreat

Part 1. A Purloined Letter

Part 2. Night and Day

Part 3. The Combat of Hoff

Chapter XIII. The Penultimate Day

Part 1. Bagration's Rearguard

Part 2. The Fight for Eylau

Chapter XIV. Crisis in the Snows

Part 1. "Hurricane of Death"

Part 2. Pinning Attack

Part 3. Murat's Epic Charge

Part 4. Riders of the Imperial Guard

Chapter XV. Eylau Afternoon

Part 1. Flank Attack

Part 2. On the Brink of Victory

Part 3. The Prussians Save the Day

Chapter XVI. "A Massacre Without Results"

Part 1. Retreat

Part 2. "Like a Black Hell"

Chapter XVII. Blame and Circumstance

Part 1. The Cost of Battle

Part 2. Assessment

Appendix I. The Calculation of Strengths

Appendix II. Russian Army Composition and Organization

Appendix III. French Army Composition and Organization

Appendix IV. Battle of Golymin Orders of Battle

Appendix V. Battle of Pultusk Orders of Battle

Appendix VI. Battle of Eylau Orders of Battle

Appendix VII. The Battle of the Maps

Appendix VIII. Logistics in Poland


Colonel Al Amos
1erè Brigade Commandant
2ème Division de Dragons

<s>Al - does Arnold/Reinersten's work include Friedland and if so is there an OB for that battle? Hoping to find a cheaper price for the book.</s> Ok - its only about the Eylau portion of the campaign. Forget my question.

Colonel Bill Peters
Armee du Rhin - V Corps, Cavalerie du V Corps, 20ème légère Brigade de Cavalerie, 13ème Hussar Regiment
HPS Napoleonic Scenario Designer (Eckmuhl, Wagram, Jena-Auerstaedt and ... more to come)

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Yes, I think it's a very understudied campaign as the Russians did give Nappy a real ride for a while until Benningsen exhausted his army marching to Friedland. I got the feeling, reading Chandler, that Napoleon at this peak was fumbling his way along until he got Davoust between the Russians and Konigsberg. I reccommend this site for the battle of Heilsberg: not one of Nappy's finest and (consequently?) not one of the ones we celebrate!:

http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Heilsberg_battle.htm