The Invasion of France, 1814: The Memoirs of a Russian Artilleryman

The third of three volumes, this book offers to English readers, for the first time, the memoirs of Ilya Timofeyevich Radozhitskii, which rank among the best in the vast Napoleonic memoir literature.Radozhitskii, a distinguished Russian artillery officer, chronicled his experiences shortly after the wars against Napoleon, drawing from notes kept during his campaigns. Born in 1788, the author was educated at the Imperial Orphanage and entered military service in 1806 as part of an artillery unit.Through skill and determination, he rose steadily through the ranks, earning a reputation as a capable and dedicated officer.Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812 changed his life.Serving as an artillery lieutenant, Radozhitskii saw action in virtually every major battle of that historic campaign.In 1813-1814, he took part in the War of the German Liberation and the invasion of France, serving with distinction in several battles before finishing the war as a staff captain in Paris in 1814. Radoz