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| Tango01 | 17 Sep 2016 9:40 p.m. PST |
"This was battle not supposed to happen. In one of the most dramatic strategic campaigns in history, La Grande Armee under Napoleon had within weeks utterly destroyed the main Austrian Field Army under Mack at Ulm just three weeks before. It had, in the 19th century version of blitzkrieg, knocked out one contingent after another in a series of small battles against what was left of the Austrian force. The bulk of Napoleon's army was now on the south bank of the Danube driving toward a defenseless Vienna. Napoleon had entrusted three small divisions in an ad hoc corps under his trusted Marshal Eduoard Mortier to secure a bridge over the Danube at Krems. It was essentially supposed to be a housekeeping operation; the Russians were not yet present in force and the small expeditionary force was thought to be in retreat toward Moravia, much farther to the northeast. That was the belief, anyway…"
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link Wonder to know if anyone have wargame this battle.. Amicalement
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| Tango01 | 19 Sep 2016 10:21 a.m. PST |
Many thanks!. Amicalement
Armand |
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returns to Flintloque to paint an Ogre.
