A few days earlier the hapless Mack had to surrender an entire Austrian army ... Even Napoleon’s heavy elements in the various corps—the line artillery, infantry and heavy cavalry—were ...

and the effective French infantry drill regulations of 1791. In this respect, Napoleon’s military ideas were in line with the general direction of European military thought in the early ...

Inspired by the rebellious Spaniards' success against Napoleon, Austria launched a campaign to liberate neighboring countries from Napoleon's rule. Hoping to inspire large-scale revolution ...

But Napoleon knew everything might ultimately depend on Austria - which side would his father-in-law, Austrian Emperor Francis I, chose to support? The matter would be settled after a fateful and ...

The battle saw Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte crush a Russian-Austrian army on land that is ... At times in 1805 the French and Russian infantry fought in bloody hand-to-hand engagements.

Napoleon Bonaparte’s Waterloo army was the last he would ... Although mostly conscripted soldiers, the majority had served in at least one previous campaign. Across the line infantry, around one in ...