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The battle is often cited by military historians as one of Napoleon's tactical masterpieces, in the same league as other historic engagements like Cannae or Gaugamela. [ 9 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The military victory of Napoleon 's Grande Armée at Austerlitz brought the War of the Third Coalition to an end, with the Peace of Pressburg signed by the ...
The Battle on the Ice, [b] also known as the Battle of Lake Peipus (German: Schlacht auf dem Peipussee or am Peipussee) or Battle of Lake Chud (Russian: битва на Чудском озере, romanized: bitva na Chudskom ozere), took place on 5 April 1242.
1795 – Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder: The French First Republic's cavalry captured the fleet of the Dutch Republic that was stuck in ice, frozen at anchor. 1809 – Finnish War. Barclay de Tolly's advance from Vaasa to Uumaja in Sweden, see Battle of Ratan and Sävar [1] Bagration's and Kulnev's attack from Åland to Grisslehamn in ...
Battle Of Austerlitz, 2 December 1805 is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French painter François Gérard from 1810. The painting depicts the moment at the conclusion of the Battle of Austerlitz in which the French General Jean Rapp presents to Napoleon Bonaparte the captured Prince Repnin, commander of the Russian Imperial Guard, signifying the victory of Napoleon’s army over the combined ...
Battle of Ostrovno: Mogilev First French Empire Napoleonic Naples Russian Empire: French tactical victory 26–27 July 1812 Battle of Vitebsk (1812) Vitebsk First French Empire Russian Empire: French victory 27 July 1812 Battle of Kobrin: Lithuania-Grodno Kingdom of Saxony Russian Empire: Russian victory 30 July – 1 August 1812 Battle of ...
Minard's Map of French Casualties, modern version. Attrition warfare represents an attempt to grind down an opponent's ability to make war by destroying their military resources by any means possible, including scorched earth, people's war, guerrilla warfare and all kind of battles apart from a decisive battle. [1]
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The main Russian army was commanded by Field Marshal Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, who recognized that Napoleon's immediate goal was a decisive battle to crush the main Russian force in the west. In response, the Russian army used scorched-earth tactics as it withdrew east, and harried the Grande Armée with light Cossack cavalry.