1805, Austerlitz
Subtitle: Napoleon and the destruction of the Third Coalition
By: Robert Goetz.
Publisher: Greenhill Books; Stackpole Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; Mechanicsburg, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Military leadership.; Austerlitz, Battle of, Czech Republic, 1805.; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Czech Republic.
Description: The Battle of Austerlitz is almost universally regarded as the most impressive of Napoleon's many victories. The magnitude of the French achievement against a larger army was unprecedented. In this insightful new study, the author analyzes the planning of the opposing forces and details the course of the battle hour by hour, describing the fierce seesaw battle around Sokolnitz, the epic struggle for the Pratzen Heights, the dramatic engagement between the legendary Lannes and Bagration in the north, and the widely misunderstood clash of Napoleon's Imperial Guard and Alexander's Imperial Leib-Guard.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references  (p. [355]-363) and index.