1813: Empire at Bay: The Sixth Coalition and the Downfall of ... - 9781783033973

1813: Empire at Bay: The Sixth Coalition and the Downfall of NapoleonAuthor(s): Jonathon Riley\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: The Praetorian Press\nISBN-13: 9781783033973, 978-1783033973\nSynopsis\n1813 was a critical year in the world war that ended with the downfall of Napoleon. In a series of major battles the converging armies of the Sixth Coalition drove the French forces back. This was the year in which the balance of power tipped decisively against Napoleon's First Empire, and that is why Jonathon Riley's highly readable and timely new study is so important. He covers the operations in central Europe and Spain, where the allies broke French power, humbled Napoleon and laid the foundations for the Congress of Vienna and the European settlement that endured for the next fifty years. In particular he focuses on the operation of the Sixth Coalition - Austria, Prussia, Russia, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Spain and the sma.