Danzig Napoleon (2 results)
Published by Ohne Ort, ohne Verlag, 1807. 1807
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Add to basketDie gefalt. Kupfertafel zeigt eine am 8. Februar in der großen Schlacht zu Eylau sehr rührend vorgefallene Scene der Menschheit". - Titel m. etw. verschoben alt gekl. Einriß. Schwach gebräunt bzw. stockfleckig. ge Gewicht in Gramm: 350 8°. Mit einer gefalt. Kupfertafel. 4 nn. Bll., Geheftet.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. [Pologne]. Recueil de copies de lettres d'un soldat français de l'armée napoléonienne stationné à Dantzig. 1811-1814 Collection of highly personal copied letters from a French soldier of the Napoleonic army stationed in Danzig. 1811-1814. Quarto (17.5 x 15 cm), 83 unnumbered leaves (+ 1 loose leaf), w…ritten in ink on both sides, a few erasures or corrections, contemporary parchment binding.Precious testimony, unpublished, of a French soldier present in Danzig at the time of the fall of the Republic of Danzig founded by Napoleon I, and during the siege conducted by the Russian and Prussian armies against this stronghold. The volume is a collection of copies, most likely autographs, of 52 letters that the author addressed to various people between October 17, 1811, and November 11, 1814. He is therefore present during the siege that lasted from January to November 1813, and he recounts the conditions of his stay and provides numerous details about the situation. Handwritten notes on a flyleaf: "F. Le Baron," perhaps the name of the writer, then "Years 1811-1812-1813-1814." The first letter written from Danzig is dated May 19, 1812, and addressed to his parents. On the 21st, he shares his entry It's done, the die is cast, Mars calls me, and marching under his standards, I am entering a career whose goal is filled with glory, but in which I may perhaps fail, as do most of our bravest warriors." One cannot imagine a more accurate premonition. BACKGROUND Danzig, a strategic port city on the Baltic Sea, played a significant role during the Napoleonic Wars. In the early 19th century, the city found itself at the center of European power struggles, particularly between France, Prussia, and Russia. In 1807, following Napoleon's victories over Prussia in the War of the Fourth Coalition, the Treaty of Tilsit established the Free City of Danzig. This nominally independent state served as a French outpost in Central Europe and was part of Napoleon's broader strategy to weaken Prussia. During this period, Danzig became an important military and economic asset for Napoleon's empire. Its port facilitated trade and served as a base for French naval operations in the Baltic. However, Danzig's status as a Free City was short-lived. The turning point came with Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign in 1812. As French power waned, Prussian and Russian forces laid siege to Danzig in early 1813. The city, defended by French troops under General Jean Rapp, held out for nearly a year in a brutal siege marked by bombardment, disease, and starvation. Despite valiant resistance, Danzig finally capitulated in November 1813. This fall symbolized the broader collapse of Napoleonic control in Central Europe. Following Napoleon's final defeat in 1815, the Congress of Vienna returned Danzig to Prussian control, ending its brief period of French-influenced independence.
