"Portable Aspern-Essling, 21 May, 1809" Topic
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Tango01  | 25 Jun 2026 1:49 p.m. PST |
"This is my 'Portable' rendition of the Battle of Aspern-Essling, 21-22 May 1809, possibly one of the most interesting of all the Napoleonic battles. For one thing, it was the first real check in the field Napoleon had received – the product, it would appear, of trying to bounce the Austrian army out of the line of the Danube by a single crossing of a river in spate. In two days' of fighting, Napoleon failed to achieve a sustainable lodging on the north side of the river, withdrew into the Lobau Island, whereat he undertook a more thorough preparation for the battle that was to be named for the village of Wagram six weeks or so later…"
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