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Title: Frederic Shoberl Narrative of the Most Remarkable Events Which Occurred In and Near Leipzig
Immediately Before, During, And Subsequent To, The
Sanguinary Series Of Engagements Between The Allied Armies
Of The French, From The 14th To The 19th October, 1813

Author: Frederic Shoberl (1775-1853)

Release Date: January 24, 2006 [EBook #17595]

Language: English

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NARRATIVE
OF
THE MOST REMARKABLE EVENTS
WHICH OCCURRED
IN AND NEAR LEIPZIG,

IMMEDIATELY BEFORE, DURING, AND SUBSEQUENT TO, THE SANGUINARY SERIES
OF ENGAGEMENTS BETWEEN

THE ALLIED ARMIES OF THE FRENCH,
FROM THE
14th TO THE 19th OCTOBER, 1813

Illustrated with
MILITARY MAPS,
EXHIBITING THE MOVEMENTS OF THE RESPECTIVE ARMIES.

COMPILED AND TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN
BY
FREDERIC SHOBERL.

"Suave etiam belli certamina magna tueri
Per campos instructa, tua sine parte pericli."
LUCRET. Lib. ii. 5.

EIGHTH EDITION.

_LONDON:_
PRINTED FOR R. ACKERMANN, 101, STRAND,
_By W. CLOWES, Northumberland court, Strand._

1814.

[Price _Five Shillings_.]

PREFACE.

After a contest of twenty years' duration, Britain, thanks to her
insular position, her native energies, and the wisdom of her counsels,
knows scarcely any thing of the calamities of war b