The Grandest Battle: the Campaign of Ulm and Austerlitz, 1805 Furse George Armand
Napoleon's military genius as a commander at war with Austria and RussiaIn 1805, Napoleon and his Grand Army stood on the northern coast of France poised to cross the English Channel to invade…
Specifikacia The Grandest Battle: the Campaign of Ulm and Austerlitz, 1805 Furse George Armand
Napoleon's military genius as a commander at war with Austria and RussiaIn 1805, Napoleon and his Grand Army stood on the northern coast of France poised to cross the English Channel to invade England. To affect a successful landing the French required control of the narrow seaway which remained indisputably and infuriatingly dominated by the Royal Navy. Thus thwarted, the French Army turned about, marching eastwards towards the Danube. This book describes in thorough detail the brilliantly conceived and fought campaign that included the Battle of Austerlitz on December 2nd, 1805, which effectively ended the War of the Third Coalition with a decisive French victory. Indeed, Napoleon proclaimed it as his, 'grandest battle'. When first published in 1905 this book was titled 'A Hundred Years Ago: Battles by Land and Sea: Ulm, Trafalgar, Austerlitz'. This Leonaur