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Scenario#: 301     Date: 10/8/1805     Location: Wertingen, Germany

After Napoleon had crossed the Rhine and wheeled to the south, he crossed the Danube and positioned his Grand Army behind General Karl von Mack’s Austrians, concentrated around Ulm. In the opening clash of the Ulm Campaign, the French advance …

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Scenario#: 302     Date: 10/9/1805     Location: Günzburg, Germany

After the debacle at Wertingen, Mack decided on a new plan, which called for his army to cross to the north bank of the Danube around Günzburg and march east. General Major d’Aspre was in command of the Austrian force …

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Scenario#: 303     Date: 10/11/1805     Location: Ulm-Jungingen, Germany

Mack, now surrounded at Ulm, made a bold attempt to break out eastward along the northern bank of the Danube. Dupont’s 1st Division was outnumbered and in danger, yet was all that stood in the way of the Austrian army’s …

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Scenario#: 304     Date: 10/14/1805     Location: Elchingen, Germany

After Mack’s failed breakout attempt, Napoleon ordered Ney to move to the north bank of the Danube and drive the Austrians out of Elchingen and back to Ulm. Riesch’s Austrian corps, after sparring with the French for control of the …

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Scenario#: 305     Date: 11/8/1805     Location: Mariazell, Austria

Von Merveldt’s small corps had escaped capture at Ulm, and was attached to Kutusov’s retreating Russians, when he received orders from the Austrian High Command to march to Styria to aid Archduke John’s army. Realizing too late he had marched …

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Scenario#: 306     Date: 4/15/1809     Location: Pordenone, Italy

On 10 April 1809, Archduke John’s Army invaded Italy. Aware of Austria’s intentions, Napoleon had already reinforced the Army of Italy and sent many letters to advise his adopted son, Eugene, who had little battle experience, how to best defend …

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Scenario#: 307     Date: 4/16/1809     Location: Sacile, Italy

Undeterred by the loss at Pordenone and still believing his French enjoyed a numerical superiority, Eugene attacked the Austrian army east of Sacile. Covered by artillery, the French moved forward around 9:00 AM and started to push the Austrians back…

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Scenario#: 308     Date: 4/19/1809     Location: Teugn, Germany

Believing the French armies were tied down in Spain, Archduke Charles advanced into Bavaria, intent on destroying the French army. The invasion caught Napoleon by surprise, but Charles’s advance was slow and it gave the Emperor time to react.…

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Scenario#: 309     Date: 4/20/1809     Location: Abensberg, Germany

Davout and his redoubtable III Corps should have been crushed by superior Austrian forces, but instead had won a hard-fought victory at Teugen-Hausen, allowing Napoleon the time to concentrate. Leaving Davout to occupy Archduke Charles, Napoleon…

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Scenario#: 310     Date: 4/21/1809     Location: Eggmühl, Germany

Napoleon was about to repeat the mistake he had made at Jena. On the evening of the 20th, he ordered Davout to advance, attack and destroy the enemy before him. Meanwhile Napoleon would take the greater part of the army …

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Scenario#: 311     Date: 4/22/1809     Location: Eggmühl, Germany

Upon his arrival at the front, Napoleon was determined to capture the village of Eggmühl, using Wurttembergers, German allied troops who had fought very well over the past two days. Capturing Eggmühl would unhinge Charles’s line, and possibly lead to…

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Scenario#: 312     Date: 4/22/1809     Location: Eggmühl, Germany

On the morning of the 22 April, a thick fog covered the entire valley of the Grosse Laaber. When the fog cleared around 8:00 AM, Austrian General Rosenberg became concerned with the lack of movement by Davout’s troops. He assumed …

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Scenario#: 313     Date: 4/22/1809     Location: Eggmühl, Germany

While the Württembergers were fighting for Eggmühl, Napoleon had been building up his cavalry just south of the Grosse Laaber. Once Eggmuhl was secure, he ordered his squadrons forward. Austrian General Rosenberg could see the developing threat, and…

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Scenario#: 314     Date: 4/22/1809     Location: Eggmühl, Germany

As the infantry of the beaten Austrian army passed northwards, Schneller’s exhausted Austrian Cuirassier brigade reformed yet again. They were joined by Stutterheim’s light cavalry, which included some of the very best troopers in the Hapsburg army.…

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Scenario#: 315     Date: 5/21/1809     Location: Aspern, Austria

Slowed by having only one bridge to cross, Napoleon had less than a third of his army across the Danube, when Charles attacked. The Austrians were formed into five attack columns with the Grenadiers and the majority of the cavalry …

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Scenario#: 316     Date: 5/21/1809     Location: Essling, Austria

In a series of uncoordinated attacks, the infantry of the Austrian fourth column could not take the granary, a massive bastion, and pulled back. D’Espagne’s French cavalry, returning from its unsuccessful attack against the guns of the Austrian third…

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Scenario#: 317     Date: 5/25/1809     Location: Obersteiermark, Austria

Following the Austrian defeats in Bavaria and Northern Italy, Archduke Charles ordered Jellacic’s isolated division at Salzburg to join Archduke John’s retreating forces at Graz. At the same time, Eugene’s French army was marching northeast with the…

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Scenario#: 318     Date: 7/5/1809     Location: Wagram, Austria

Napoleon’s second crossing of the Danube was meticulously planned. He sent Legrand’s division to decoy Charles into thinking that the French intended to cross in the same area as before from the north end of Lobau Island. Charles took the …

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Scenario#: 319     Date: 7/6/1809     Location: Wagram, Austria

The Austrians had repulsed the French late day attacks on July 5th but Charles knew he was still outnumbered. He chose the audacious course of an early morning double envelopment attack to defeat Napoleon before the superior French numbers made …

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Scenario#: 320     Date: 7/6/1809     Location: Wagram, Austria

As fighting on day one at Wagram sputtered out late in the evening, orders for the next day’s fighting were already being sent out from Napoleon and Archduke Charles. Napoleon ordered Davout and his superb III Corps to strike the …

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