The ordeal of Captain Roeder : from the diary of an officer in the First Battalion of Hessian Lifeguards during the Moscow campaign of 1812-13 / Helen Roeder.
The first encounter -- Venus and Mars -- Honey days -- The road to Rostock -- Four months at Rostock -- Greifswald to Kovno -- The captain sheathes his sword -- The march to Vitebsk -- Sojourn at Vitebsk -- The road to Smolensk -- Riding to Viazma -- The gathering storm -- The terrible month -- Prisoners of war -- Escape to the frontier -- Brief freedom -- Long imprisonment -- The order of release -- The return.
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