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Napoleon and the Arch-Duke Charles

By: Hippocrene Books

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Hippocrene Books)

Last Stocked on 9/16/2022

Product Info

Title
Napoleon and the Arch-Duke Charles
Publisher
Category
Author
F.L. Petre
Publish Year
1976
Pages
414
Dimensions
6x9x2"
NKG Part #
2147951960
Type
Hardcover

Description

The Archduke Charles was the most formidable of Napoleon’s continental foes but only once came into direct conflict with him: this was in the 1809 Franco-Austrian campaign in the Danube Valley.

Smarting from Austria’s humiliations in 1805, the Archduke launched a surprise attack upon the French whilst Napoleon was occupied in distant Spain. Outnumbered, the French faced disaster but, with typical energy and decisiveness Napoleon arrived just in time. In five days of marching and fighting he repulsed the Austrians at Abensburg and Eckmühl. The road to Vienna was now open and he pushed on but he underestimated his enemy, being thrown back by the Archduke Charles as he tried to cross the Danube.

Failing to follow up his success, the Archduke hesitated too long and when Napoleon attempted to cross the river a second time, at the Battle of Wagram, he succeeded.

F. Loraine Petre’s penetrating analysis of this pivotal campaign was first published in 1909 on the centenary of the great conflict, to become one of his celebrated series of works on Napoleon’s wars.

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