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Peninsular War (1807-14)
What Napoleon planned to be a minor campaign resulted in one of the key areas of conflict in the Napoleonic Wars. After a few unsuccessful attempts to bring the war to Napoleon on mainland Europe, the Peninsular was to prove … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Timeline Details, Peninsular War
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Battle of Eylau
The first major deadlock suffered by Napoleon, the Battle of Eylau (Feb 7-8, 1807) was fought around the East Prussian town of Eylau (modern Bagrationovsk, Russia). Seeking to follow up his victories in the fall of 1806, Napoleon pressed east … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Timeline Details, War of the Fourth Coalition
Tagged battle, battle of eylau, Bennigsen, brienne, cavalry charges, coalition, david chandler, deadlock, east prussian, eylau, fourth, frontal assault, grenadiers, joachim murat, marshal, military historian, murat, napoleon, pierre augereau, prussians, reinforcements, russia, russian army, russian artillery, russian attack, russian enemy, russians, vii corps, winter offensive
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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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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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Coup d’Etat of 18 Brumaire
In November 1799, France was suffering the effects of the looming threat of opportunistic invasion by the Second Coalition which, an increasing dissatisfaction with The Directory (which had never been a strongly popular government but rather a government of convenience … Continue reading
Posted in Egyptian Campaign, Historical Timeline Details, Other Private & Affairs of State, War of the Second Coalition
Tagged 18, 18 brumaire, bonaparte, brumaire, cloud, conspiracy, council of ancients, council of five hundred, coup, d'etat, etat, france, french revolution, general, gohier, internal strife, jacobinism, lucien, murat, napoleon, politics, popular government, quorum, saint cloud, Sieyès
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Battle of Aboukir
The Battle of Aboukir was Napoleon’s decisive victory over Seid Mustafa Pasha’s Ottoman army on 25 July 1799 during the French invasion of Egypt . The French forces had just returned from a campaign to Syria, and the Ottoman force … Continue reading
Posted in Egyptian Campaign, Historical Timeline Details
Tagged aboukir, battle of the nile, british fleet, british ships, campaign, cavalry charges, decisive victory, egypt, french expedition, french fleet, french forces, french invasion, french rule, murat, mustafa pasha, napoleon, ottoman army, ottoman empire, ottomans, sidney smith, turkish army
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