[PW] etapes

[burchell at telusplanet.net]

Hi!

Thanks for the response.
I have received several, some merely citing the usual "a stopping place" or " a 
days march" which are not too helpful. This seems to be something that was once 
of considerable importance that has faded into such obscurity that it has 
almost lost any meaning. Thanks again, I will attempt to pursue your lead.
Jim

Quoting John Sleasman <johnsleasman at gmail.com>:

> burchell at telusplanet.net wrote:
> > I am more interested in the historical 
> > importance of the sites as their military significance during military 
> > campaigns during Napoleans era. Just as during modern military operations,
> > men and equipment require ammunition, fuel, clothing, explosives, etc, so 
> > toodid Napoleans army require similar require supplies for horses, wagons,
> > foot soldiers, cavalry and the enormous numbers of women who accompanied
> their
> > men as camp attendents, cooks, laundresses, etc. His logististic problems
> were
> > no less difficult then those of a modern general, and in many ways, because
> of
> > poorer communication, they were even more difficult.  The idea of the
> etape
> > though, is for its time, quite a well thought out one, in my opinion, if I
> am
> > correct in my opinion as to the full definition of the concept.
> >   
> I seem to remember that the Musée de l'Armée, in Les Invalides in Paris, 
> included some provisioning étapes amongst the other 19th century 
> engineering models of forts, cities, etc. Unfortunately, the web site ( 
> http://www.invalides.org/ ) currently comes up with significant "under 
> construction"  pages, and that wing of the Invalides is apparently 
> closed for renovation "until 2008." But contacting them ( 
> http://www.invalides.org/pages/popup/contact.html ) might help give an 
> authoritative answer to questions [and I would presume that someone on 
> the staff would speak/write English].
> 
> John Sleasman
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