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The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier: A Unique Eyewitness Account of the Face of Battle from Inside the Ranks of Bonaparte's Grand Army (Reprint Edition) by Jakob Walter, Marc (Editor/Introduction) Raeff, Professor Marc Raeff Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 1993 ISBN-10: 0-14-016559-2 / 0140165592 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-016559-3 / 9780140165593 Eighteen-year-old German stonemason Jakob Walter served in the Grand Army of Napoleon between 1806 and 1813. His diary intimately records his trials: the long, grueling marches in Prussia and Poland, the disastrous Russian campaign, and the demoralizing defeat in a war few supported or understood. |