From Boulogne to Austerlitz, Napoleon's Campaign of 1805
The book From Boulogne to Austerlitz, Napoleon's Campaign of 1805 was written by author Reginald George Burton Here you can read free online of From Boulogne to Austerlitz, Napoleon's Campaign of 1805 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is From Boulogne to Austerlitz, Napoleon's Campaign of 1805 a good or bad book?
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Retreat would weaken him in both a political and military sense. A victory would reduce the stre:ngth of his enemies, and would probably decide the Prussian Government to maintain neutrality. More- over, he knew that Prussia would take some months to prepare for war. The second event which disturbed the French Emperor was the news of the battle of Trafalgar, which was to have so great an effect on the destinies of Europe, gar Q^ 25^}j September Villeneuve, who com- manded the French fleet at Ca...diz, received orders to pass through the Straits of Gibraltar and proceed to Naples to co-operate with the army there under St Cyr. He was to engage the enemy wherever found. On 21st October the combined French and Spanish fleets were destroyed oft Trafalgar by Nelson's English fleet. Although the destruction of his fleet did not affect the military situation on the Continent, it dimmed to some degree the lustre of Napoleon's arms. Sloane says that " it produced a depressing effect on the ranks of the Grand Army," but it does not appear on what evidence this statement is based.
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