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The war drama of the Eagles

Chapter 5: MAPS
By Edward Fraser
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About This Book

The narrative traces the creation and ceremonial presentation of the imperial eagles, follows their deployment with regiments across major campaigns, and recounts episodes of heroic defence, capture and recovery during battles from Austerlitz and Jena through the Peninsular War and the retreat from Moscow to Waterloo. It draws on memoirs, regimental records, dispatches, maps and illustrations to reconstruct combat actions, guard formations, and the symbolic significance of the standards, while presenting contemporary reports and personal recollections that illuminate courage, discipline, and the stakes attached to losing or saving an eagle.

ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

ILLUSTRATIONS

Porte-Aigle, Imperial Guard, and Grenadier Sergeant in Parade Uniform Frontispiece
From St. Hilaire’s Histoire de la Garde Impériale
FACING PAGE
Marshal Mortier 90
Marshal Soult 104
In the uniform of Colonel-in-Chief of the Chasseurs of the Guard
Marshal Davout 134
Marshal Ney with the Rearguard in the Retreat from Moscow 282
From a picture by A. Ivon, at Versailles
Photo by Alinari
Napoleon and the “Sacred Squadron” on the way to the Beresina 288
From the picture by H. Bellangé
Napoleon’s Farewell to the Old Guard at Fontainebleau 312
From a print after H. Vernet, kindly lent by Messrs. T. H. Parker, 45, Whitcomb Street
The Fight for the Standard 396
Sergeant Ewart of the Scots Greys taking the Eagle of the 45th at Waterloo
From the picture by R. Andsell, A.R.A., at Royal Hospital, Chelsea
The Square of the Old Guard at Bay after Waterloo 412
From the picture by H. Bellangé
La Revue des Morts 434
From a picture by R. Demoraine

MAPS

Outline Map of Napoleon’s Concentration in rear of Ulm, September 27 to October 18, 1805 82
Sketch Plan of the Positions of the Armies at the opening of the Battle of Austerlitz 98
Sketch Plan of the Battlefield of Eylau 154
plan of the Battle of Barrosa 222
Waterloo. The Charge of the Union Brigade 394
Waterloo—the Final Phase. Sketch Plan to show the attack and the defeat of the columns of the Guard 410
General Map 436