Memoirs of the Duke de Villars, Marshall General and Peer of France : [manuscript] / translated from the French by Lt. Col. Francis Maule, circa 1820.

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Memoirs of the Duke de Villars, Marshall General and Peer of France : [manuscript] / translated from the French by Lt. Col. Francis Maule, circa 1820.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754864914

At the beginning is a four-page tipped-in draft 'Preface of the Translator', in which he notes that 'In the small work which I have translated will be found several military details which may be understood by military men. To them they cannot but be interesting as they point out the difference of warfare in those days, from that which is now practised. Since the entrance of Napoleon into the command of armies the system is become less complicated...and the regulations... less irksome and more concise.' [dealer description] Also included is a loosely inserted note relating to the translator.

1 volume, 252 numbered pages.

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Maule, Francis

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Villars, Claude Louis Héctor, duc de, 1653-1734

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Villars was a French Army general who eventually became a Marshall General of France. From the description of [Document] 1705 août 25 / duc de Villars. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 464260811 Claude Louis Hector Villars (1653-1734) was the last of the great generals of Louis XIV. He fought in the Dutch War (1672-78) and in 1687 went to Bavaria, where he helped strengthen the new French alliance with the elector of Bavaria; he fought with the elector aga...