Napoleon's Great Adversary: Archduke Charles and the Austrian Army 1792-1814 - Softcover
The largest force continually engaged against Napoleon was not the British army and Wellington, but the Imperial and Royal Austrian Army led by Archduke Charles. Gunter Rothenberg€™s work remains the definitive volume on the forces that inflicted the first defeat on the French and participated in all the Continental wars of the period.
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- PublisherSpellmount
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1862273839
- ISBN 13 9781862273832
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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ISBN 10: 1862273839
ISBN 13: 9781862273832
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Book Description 15.5 x 23.5cm. 288 pages, with photographs and maps. Original softcover. Excellent condition. The largest force continually engaged against Napoleon was the Imperial and Royal Austrian Army. It was this army which, throughout Europe, carried the burden of the war on land. Although Napoleon repeatedly defeated it, its record against French armies was generally good. In 1809 the Austrian army inflicted the first defeat on Napoleon and in 1813 contributed the largest contingent to the Allied effort in Germany. In 1982, Gunther E. Rothenburg, working mainly from the Austrian reference sources, but avoiding the bias following the Empire's 1866 defeat in Germany, produced the first balanced and complete survey. This book gives a throughgoing survey of the Austrian army from its initial organisation through its subsequent reforms. As well as detailing all of the major battles and campaigns, it explains clearly the political, economic and social climate of Austria in the period in order to place the Austrian Army in its context. The standard reference work on the subject, Napoleon's Great Adversary provides the foundation for further study for both historian and military enthusiast alike. [From jacket notes] Contents include: The Habsburg Monarchy and its Army in 1792 / The War of the First Coalition and the Emergence of Archduke Charles 1792-7 / The War of the Second Coalition 1799-1801 / Archduke Charles and the First Reform Period 1801-5 / Ulm, Caldiero and Austerlitz: the Campaigns of 1805 / The Second Reform Period 1806-9 / The War of 1809: the Ratisbon Phase / The War of 1809: Aspern-Essling and Wagram / Perplexities and Recovery 1810-14 Sprache: english. Seller Inventory # 91009AB
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