A camp is a town of wood and straw, sometimes of canvas 7 (footnote : Under the empire we did not have tents; our armies marched so rapidly that they were not able to take along all the necessary baggage without reducing the speed of the moevements "I have sssen only one mention of a tented camp (Eltings Kommentar dazu)(...)
Generally, to construct our camps we demolished the nearby villages.
Blaze : Military Life Under Napoleon, Emperor's Press Chicago, 1995, S. 120
Generally, to construct our camps we demolished the nearby villages.
Blaze : Military Life Under Napoleon, Emperor's Press Chicago, 1995, S. 120
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