Napoleon and the Archduke Charles

• Autore: Petre O.B.E Francis Loraine
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco : , : Wagram Press, , 2011; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 pages)
• Disciplina: 940.27
• Soggetto topico: Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Military campaigns
• Altri autori: PublishingPickle Partners
• Nota di contenuto: Title page -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- MAPS AND PLANS AT END OF VOLUME. -- CHAPTER I -- THE ORIGIN OF THE WAR -- CHAPTER II -- (2) THE AUSTRIAN ARMY -- (3) THE COMMANDERS -- CHAPTER III -- PREPARATIONS ON BOTH SIDES TO THE END OF MARCH 1809 -- CHAPTER IV -- THE THEATRE OF WAR AND THE PLANS OF CAMPAIGN -- CHAPTER V -- EVENTS UP TO THE 19TH APRIL -- CHAPTER VI -- THE BATTLE OF THUNN -- CHAPTER VII -- ABENSBERG -- CHAPTER VIII -- OPERATIONS OF THE 21st APRIL -- ( 1 ) THE CAPTURE OF LANDSHUT -- (2) DAVOUT'S BATTLE OF THE 2IST APRIL -- CHAPTER IX -- ECKMÜHL AND RATISBON -- (1) THE BATTLE OF ECKMÜHL -- (2) THE STORM OF RATISBON -- CHAPTER X -- THE STRATEGY AND TACTICS OF THE RATISBON CAMPAIGN -- CHAPTER XI -- ON THE MARCH TO VIENNA -- (1) THE ARCHDUKE CHARLES' RETREAT THROUGH BOHEMIA -- (2) NAPOLEON'S ADVANCE TO THE TRAUN -- CHAPTER XII -- THE BATTLE OF EBELSBERG AND THE CAPTURE OF VIENNA -- CHAPTER XIII -- VIENNA . -- CHAPTER XIV -- THE BATTLE OF ESSLING-ASPERN -- (1) FIRST 1ST MAY -- (2) SECOND DAY-22ND MAY -- CHAPTER XV -- OPERATIONS OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY, AND IN POLAND AND GERMANY -- FROM ESSLING TO WAGRAM -- CHAPTER XVII -- THE BATTLE OF WAGRAM -- CHAPTER XVIII -- THE PURSUIT TO ZNAIM, AND THE ARMISTICE -- CHAPTER XIX -- CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE SECOND HALF OF THE CAMPAIGN.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The campaign which forms the subject of this volume is one which has received scant notice in England, and has been a good deal misunderstood. The misunderstanding has been mainly due to Napoleon's successful misrepresentation of the earlier part as one of his greatest and most successful efforts."So begins Petre's excellent study of the 1809 campaign in Germany, the most concise study of one of the most interesting of Napoleon's campaigns.The peace of Tilsit in 1807 was the Apogee of Napoleon's reign, he had subdued all of his continental enemies; Prussia a broken wreck after Jena-Auerstädt, Austria smashed at Austerlitz, Russia humbled after Friedland. However the new allies of the French smarted from the reduction of territory, prestige and glory, they were also being squeezed by the constraints of commerce embodied by the Continental system whereby Britain and her products were meant to be kept out of mainland Europe. They looked only for a sufficient time to re-gather their forces, bide their time and strike to take back what was formerly theirs, as the peace creaked and groaned under the pressure, Napoleon decided to dethrone the Spanish Bourbons in 1808. The Peninsular war would grow into a painful "ulcer" for the French and after set backs such as the disaster of Baylen, where an entire French army corps surrendered to the Spanish, and Vimiero where the French were kicked out of Portugal, the continent took heart and prepared to strike at Napoleon.The Austrians were to take up the challenge in 1809, under the leadership of the Archduke Charles, the Emperor's younger brother. He had spent some time modernising the army after the defeats of 1805, and although advising against the timing of the war he stood ready to take charge.Napoleon gathered his forces quickly, boosted in numbers by German allies, and advised his lieutenants in the theatre what to prepare. However his orders were misinterpreted and when put into action the French forces were scattered and in danger of being overwhelmed piece-meal. However Napoleon managed to salvage the situation, and despite a growing number of mistakes, and some sterling fighting on the part of Davout, pushed the advancing Austrians from Bavaria. The road to Vienna was thus opened for him, but he would have to first cross the Danube and pass to the Marchfeld to take on his most able continental opponent. The battles of Aspern-Essling and Wagram were to follow, leaving Napoleon beaten off the field of battle for the first time in a major engagement, as the decline in his "star" starts.A great read, by a master historian.Author - Francis Loraine Petre OBE - (1852-1925)
• Titolo autorizzato: Napoleon and the Archduke Charles
• ISBN: 9781908692801; 1908692804
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910164076303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II