Description of the Campaign in France in 1814. Part I

This work was written after the emperor instructed Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky create a historical description of all the wars of the reign of Alexander I. The result was a number of fundamental military-historical works that brought the historian intravital fame. One of them was the "Description of the campaign in France in 1814". Trek 1814 ends with twenty-year war, which began with the French Revolution. He was the immediate cause of the world, which have been restored hereditary thrones, and political balance. In its work, the Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky described the curious and important circumstances of the three-month struggle, without which it is impossible to have a true idea of the campaign. He gives the opposing views at the expense of continuing the war, talks about the reasons for inaction main army after the victory at Brienne and the works at Bar-sur-Aube. "Description of the campaign" contains details of the case at Champaubert, Mormant and Reims, the conquest and defense of Soissons, battle of craonne and Fer-Champenoise, Chaumont and retreat to Laon attack on Montmartre, Paris capitulation. The author also discusses the role of the Emperor Alexander in the events, what exactly is the influence of the monarch and his insistence not to put up with Napoleon. The publication is accompanied by plans and maps.