AustLit

'1794. Revolutionary France’s ‘Terror’ enters its second year. The only way the fledgling Republic can feed her massive armies is to invade neighbouring lands.

'The 24th Chasseurs à Cheval (mounted hunters), a French light cavalry regiment, has been baptised by fire at the siege of Toulon the previous year. Veteran cavalry officers Captain André Jobert and Sergeant Major Koschak lead 2nd Company of the 24th Chasseurs à Cheval to join a French infantry division campaigning in the steep and barren passes of the Maritime Alps on the Mediterranean coast.

'Duty on a Lesser Front is the second of many adventures Jobert and his chasseurs face as the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars continue over the next twenty years. Join Jobert's company as they lead the French army into a foreign land for the first time against the battle-hardened forces of the massive Austrian-Hungarian Empire and the lurking threat of the British Navy.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'1793. Four years after the Revolution, France remains in anarchy. A veteran cavalry officer, Captain André Jobert is a tough, battle-smart combat leader. Ably supported by the snarling Sergeant Major Koschak, Jobert cuts, parries and shoots his way through any obstacles that would stop his young chasseurs from achieving their mission. In this adventure, Jobert's company races against time to form fresh recruits and green remounts into a fearsome mounted legion. Will Jobert's inexperienced company of horse soldiers be ready to do their duty at the pivotal siege of Toulon?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'1796. Desperate for gold and grain, France focuses on the elimination of Austria as an enemy. Twenty-seven-year-old Napoleon Bonaparte joins a ragged army on a ravaged shore to create a diversion to support the main effort against Vienna.

'Promised ‘honour, glory and riches’ by his fifth commander in two years, veteran André Jobert leads his light horsemen, hardened by relentless combat and bitter from endless privations, against the determined and disciplined ranks of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire onto the battlefields of Lodi, Castiglione, Arcole and Rivoli.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.