Illustrations

(between pages 128 and 129)

1: Franz Hausmann as a first lieutenant

2: Johann Wilhelm Hausmann, Franz’s father

3: Theresia Hausmann, Franz’s mother

4: Bavarian infantry, 1806-14

5: First lieutenant, 7th Bavarian Line Infantry, 1805

6: King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria

7: Bavarian infantry on the march, 1813-14

8: Field Marshal von Wrede

9: General von Deroy

10: Marshal St Cyr

11: French troops in Russia

12: Franz’s letter of 9 July 1812

13: Marshal Oudinot

14: General Wittgenstein

15: Franz’s appointment to the Legion of Honour

16: Bavarian troops attacking at Polotsk

17: The fortress of Thom

18: The Battle of Bar-sur-Aube

19: The Battle of La Rothière

20: Franz after his retirement from the army

21: Antonia Adolay, Franz’s second wife