Three Emperors (9780062194138) (2013)
“Alexander I of Russia was a czar at twenty-seven, thrilled to be at war, and an egotist who hardly needed to be egged on by me. The man was convinced it was God’s will that the Russians give the godless French a good thrashing. (Never mind that Napoleon had invited the Catholic Church back after declaring the Revolution over and that his regiments shouted, “By the sacred name of God, forward!” when advancing.) By the time Savary and I reached the Allied emperors, their armies had swung from the... defensive to the offensive, and on November 28 they drove a French screening force from the Moravian town of Wischau, halfway between Olmütz and Brunn. The ease with which Napoleon’s outposts were driven back had astonished and excited the Allied high command. The French were not invincible after all!
Bonaparte had meanwhile found his preferred battlefield, a farmed hill called Pratzen, with broad, gently sloping shoulders. It was west of the château of Austerlitz and just south of the Brunn–Olmütz Road.MoreLess
Bonaparte had meanwhile found his preferred battlefield, a farmed hill called Pratzen, with broad, gently sloping shoulders. It was west of the château of Austerlitz and just south of the Brunn–Olmütz Road.MoreLess
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