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Battle of Wagram (July 5-6, 1809)
Following his near defeat at Aspern-Essling (May 21-22) after trying to force a crossing of the Danube, Napoleon reinforced his army and built up a large supply base on the isle of Lobau. By early July, he felt ready to … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Timeline Details, War of the Fifth Coalition
Tagged artillery, aspern, austria, austrian center, austrians, battle, battlefield, bridges, casualties, coalition, danube, diversionary attack, fifth, flank, grand battery, guns, major assault, massive attack, napoleon, outposts, reinforcements, Schönbrunn, treaty, wagram
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War of the Fifth Coalition
The War of the Fifth Coalition, fought in the year 1809, pitted a coalition of the Austrian Empire and the United Kingdom against Napoleon’s French Empire and Bavaria. The war was started by Austria in hopes of avenging the many … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Timeline Details, War of the Fifth Coalition
Tagged adriatic ports, archduke charles, aspern, austria, austrian empire, austrians, bavaria, bavarians, bloody struggle, casualty rates, central europe, coalition, danube valley, essling, european continent, fifth, french empire, german states, habsburg empire, iberian peninsula, metternich, napoleon, peninsular war, salzburg area, Schönbrunn, territorial changes, wagram
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Confederation of the Rhine
The Confederation of the Rhine, league of German states formed by Emperor Napoleon I in 1806 after his defeat of the Austrians at Austerlitz and resulted from the Treaty of Pressburg. Napoleon’s primary interest in the confederation, which enabled the … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Timeline Details, War of the Third Coalition
Tagged austerlitz, austria, austrians, bavaria, border changes, coalition, confederation, confederation of the rhine, congress of vienna, counterweight, emperor napoleon, empire, german confederation, german states, hesse darmstadt, holy, holy roman emperor, holy roman empire, international crises, kingdoms, napoleon, napoleon i, pressburg, principalities, prussia, rhine, roman, third, treaty of paris, treaty of pressburg
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Battle of Ulm
The Battle of Ulm (October 16–19, 1805) was a series of minor skirmishes at the end of Napoleon Bonaparte’s Ulm Campaign, culminating in the surrender of an entire Austrian army near Ulm in Württemberg. Less of a battle and more … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Timeline Details, War of the Third Coalition
Tagged archduke ferdinand, austria, austrian army, austrians, battle of ulm, campaign, cavalry, coalition, detachment, emperor napoleon, envelopment, french army, french emperor, french resistance, mack, marshal, minor skirmishes, murat, napoleon, napoleon bonaparte, natural terrain, noose, reinforcements, russian army, third, ulm
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War of the Third Coalition
On April 23, 1805, Russia and Britain signed the Treaty of St. Petersburg, a hostile alliance against France, which laid the foundation for the Third Coalition. It was later joined by Austria, the Kingdom of Naples, Sweden and Portugal, while … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Timeline Details, War of the Third Coalition
Tagged admiral lord nelson, allied armies, austerlitz, austria, austrian army, austrians, battle of austerlitz, bavaria, bavarian army, british admiral, campaign, coalition, defensive position, fleets, french invasion, hostile alliance, kingdom of naples, moravia, napoleon, pressburg, reinforcements, rhine, russian army, second, ulm
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Battle of Hohenlinden
The Battle of Hohenlinden near Munich was fought on December 3, 1800, during the Second Italian Campaign. It resulted in a decisive French victory under General Moreau against the Austrians under Archduke John. Maneuvering through southern Germany, the French Army … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Timeline Details, Second Italian Campaign, War of the Second Coalition
Tagged archduke, armistice, austrian forces, austrians, battle of hohenlinden, brother charles, campaign, coalition, french army, french lines, french victory, hohenlinden, italian campaign, italy, jean moreau, john, luneville, marengo, moreau, napoleon, ney, rhine, second, snowy hills, southern germany, wooded forests
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Crossing the Alps
After the Allies declared war on France (War of the Second Coalition) and had regained territories in Italy that Napoleon had previously secured in his 1796-1797 campaign, Napoleon to launch a surprise assault on the Austrian army stationed in the … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Timeline Details, Second Italian Campaign, War of the Second Coalition
Tagged allies, alps, arduous journey, austria, austrian army, austrians, baggage trains, campaign, cavalry, coalition, field artillery, infantry, italy, light artillery, military operations, mountains, napoleon, napoleon crossing the alps, pass, second, shortest route, st. bernard, surprise assault
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Battle of Marengo
After Napoleon led his Reserve Army across the Alps with the goal of relieving the Austrian siege of Genoa, the Battle of Marengo began early on the morning of June 14, 1800, when Austrian Army troops under the command of … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Timeline Details, Second Italian Campaign, War of the Second Coalition
Tagged alps, army troops, astonishment, austria, austrian army, austrian forces, austrians, bonaparte, bridgehead, coalition, flank, french army, french attack, french cavalry, french line, general, italy, june 14, kellerman, lieutenant general michael, marengo, michael melas, murat, napoleon, northern italy, reserve army, second
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Battle of Rivoli
The Battle of Rivoli (14–15 January 1797) was a key victory in the French campaign in Italy against Austria. Napoleon’s 23,000 Frenchmen defeated an attack of 28,000 Austrians under Feldzeugmeister Jozsef Alvinczi, ending Austria’s fourth and final attempt to relieve … Continue reading
Posted in First Italian campaign, Historical Timeline Details, War of the First Coalition
Tagged artillery, austria, austrians, conquest, first coalition, france, french campaign, french occupation, french revolution, frenchmen, italy, joubert, mantua, napoleon, napoleon bonaparte, northern italy, rivoli
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