Several English language translations of recollections written by the soldiers of Napoleonâs Grande Armee have become famous as they bring the exuberant days of the First Empire of the French vividly back to life. Infantryman Sergeant...
Jean-Roch Coignet (1776 - 1865) was a French soldier who served in the military campaigns of the Consulate and First French Empire, up to the Battle of Waterloo.Coignet was conscripted in 1799 and served as a grenadier in the 96th Line. Early in his caree...