How Wars Were Won : a Short Study of Napoleon's Times
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Mack, however, had other ideas. He had issued orders on the 3rd for his force to face about, pivot on Ulm, and move to the Danube, as indicated in the diagram by the dotted line.^ His point of concentration was Gonz- ' See coloured map facing p. 72. 70 THE CAMPAIGN OF ULM, 1805 burg. This change of front was a long job; the troops had to move by cross-roads and the weather was vile. Consequently, from October 4th to October 8 th neither Situation on October 4tli-sth, iSoj, when the French were ...approaching the Danube Mack nor Napoleon knew exactly where any unit of the Austrian force was. On October 8 th they came in contact. AufFenberg, on what was now the Austrian right, wheeling to the Danube, ran into Murat. Lannes marched to the firing, and the Austrians were driven smardy back with a loss of about 2000 men; and on the next day, the 9th, Ney captured the bridge at Gtlnzburg under Mack's nose, and OCTOBER 8TH-IITH 71 closed the way over the Danube. Mack thereupon fell back to Ulm. So far all had gone well for the French.
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