Napoleon and Austerlitz : an unprecedentedly detailed combat study of Napoleon's epic Ulm-Austerlitz campaigns of 1805 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bowden, Scotty
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago, Ill. : The Emperor's Press, 1997.
Series:	Bowden, Scotty. "Glory years" of 1805-1807 ; v. 1. Armies of the Napoleonic wars research series.
Subjects:	Napoleon > I, > Emperor of the French, > 1769-1821 > Military leadership. Austerlitz, Battle of, Czech Republic, 1805. Armies > Europe > History > 19th century. Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Campaigns > Czech Republic. Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Campaigns > Germany. Ulm (Germany) > History > Capitulation, 1805. Veldslagen. Austerlitz > Schlacht.

Table of Contents:

History's first modern army; Napoleon's grande armée: "A career open to all talents"
Armies of the Ancien régime: "Cold steel; bayonets and sabers!" The Russian army of 1805; "We exist in gloomy apathy" The Austrian army of 1805
The first blitzkrieg; The Ulm campaign of 1805: "Our government have so contrived things" The Ruination of General Mack at Ulm
The Austerlitz campaign of 1805: "My eagles have never stuffered dishonor"; "Examine this terrain carefully. We shall fight on it"; "It is impossible to make a good omelette without breaking a great many eggs" The epic battle of Austerlitz; "I give myself only half the credit" Napoleon and a judgment of the immortal Ulm-Austerlitz campaigns of 1805.