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THE WAR DRAMA
OF THE EAGLES

PORTE-AIGLE, IMPERIAL GUARD, AND GRENADIER SERGEANT IN PARADE UNIFORM.

From St. Hilaire’s Histoire de la Garde Impériale.

THE WAR DRAMA
OF THE EAGLES
NAPOLEON’S STANDARD-BEARERS ON THE BATTLEFIELD IN VICTORY AND DEFEAT FROM AUSTERLITZ TO WATERLOO A RECORD OF HARD FIGHTING, HEROISM AND ADVENTURE

BY EDWARD FRASER
AUTHOR OF “THE ENEMY AT TRAFALGAR,” “FAMOUS FIGHTERS OF THE FLEET,” “THE ‘LONDONS,’” ETC.