Lasalle-The Hussar General: The Life & Times of Napoleons Finest Commander of Light Cavalry, 1775-1809 Lewis John H.Paperback
A new biography of possibly the most renowned light cavalrymanThere can be few, if any, students of the military history of the Napoleonic period who are unaware of the career of the flamboyant…
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A new biography of possibly the most renowned light cavalrymanThere can be few, if any, students of the military history of the Napoleonic period who are unaware of the career of the flamboyant Antoine Charles Lasalle. General Lasalle did not only epitomise the spirit of the French light cavalry officer of his time, he became truly iconic--the archetypal 'hussar' who was brave to the point of recklessness on the battlefield and a libertine when there was no battle to fight. A soldier by the time he was just eleven years old, Lasalle rose meteorically through the ranks of the French light cavalry to become a General of Division. He fought in the early revolutionary campaigns, during the campaign in Italy--where he became a favourite of Napoleon Bonaparte, the Egyptian Campaign, during the War of the Fourth Coalition, in Spain and in the War of the Fifth