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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE'S FIRST CAMPAIGN.
With Comments byHerbert H. Sargent, First Lieutenant Second Cavalry, United States Army. Crown 8vo. 231 pages, with maps. $1.50.
Since its publication this work has received the enthusiastic praise of Press and Public, and has taken an important, and in many respects a unique, place in the ranks of Napoleonic contributions.
The peculiar conciseness and lucidity of the style, and the discriminating avoidance of technical and unessential details, have invited the attention of a non-military public; while the preservation of the strategic essence of the history has insured for the work a permanent interest to the student of the art of war. The book has been officially recognized by the United States Government,—the War Department having purchased one hundred copies for distribution in the service; and it has received the hearty commendation of the commander in chief of the British army.
SOME COMMENTS FROM THE AMERICAN PRESS.
The Nation, New York.
The work is so clearly done, and the sketch maps so well illustrate the successive stages of the campaign, that the general reader can follow the story with satisfaction, and understand wherein Bonaparte was really great.
The Outlook, New York.
So carefully and accurately written is this volume, that theLondon Timespays our compatriot the compliment of begging him to continue his history through the other campaigns of Napoleon.
New York Herald.
Our author has been unusually successful in presenting his subject in such a plain and easily comprehended fashion, that if we know nothing about the strategy of the battle-field we follow him with increasing curiosity and pleasure.
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The Times, London.
No one, whether he be civilian or soldier, can, after the perusal of this small volume, fail to realize vividly the stupendous genius of Napoleon Bonaparte as manifested even in the earliest years of his service in the field.... Valuable as is this book as a treatise on strategy, its worth in this respect is far surpassed by its value as a life-like portrayal of Napoleon, not only the strategist and tactician, but the general "heaven born."
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A volume that is well worthy to be ranked with Lord Wolseley's "Decline and Fall of Napoleon" is "Napoleon Bonaparte's First Campaign." We do not know where to find a firmer or better picture of the Italian campaign than in Lieutenant Sargent's volume.
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The captious critic might be disposed, on reading the titlepage, to inveigh against a commentary on the greatest commander of modern times by a cavalry subaltern; but the modest, unpretentious style and thorough knowledge of the subject are more than sufficient to disarm any such hostile reviewer.
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Lord Wolseley, Commander in Chief of British Army.
I have been reading Lieutenant Sargent's book on Napoleon's first Italian campaign all the morning and was much interested. I hope it may be studied closely by all our young officers, for it is easily understood and tells its own story.
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I hope you will let me express to you how much I admire your work on the first campaign of Napoleon. I do not agree in all your views, but the sketch is most able and interesting.... You beat us easily in military history, possibly because you have lately had a great war,—at least, within forty years.
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I think your success in eliminating from your narrative all the unimportant operations is extraordinary, and is only equalled by your skill in showing how the various movements illustrate the principles of strategy or their violation.... The comments, in fact, are most instructive; and they are so carefully and clearly made that they are easily comprehended.
General Ruggles, Adjutant General, United Stales Army.
When I took it (the book) up to my house at night, I found it so well written and so very interesting that I read into the small hours.
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