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Há 6 dias · Napoleonic Wars. Louis-Nicolas Davout, duke of Auerstedt (born May 10, 1770, Annoux, France—died June 1, 1823, Paris) was a French marshal who was one of the most distinguished of Napoleon ’s field commanders. Born into the noble family of d’Avout, he was educated at the École Royale Militaire in Paris and entered Louis XVI ...
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17 de mai. de 2024 · Battle of Austerlitz (December 2, 1805), the first engagement of the War of the Third Coalition and one of Napoleon’s greatest victories. His 68,000 troops defeated almost 90,000 Russians and Austrians, forcing Austria to make peace with France and keeping Prussia temporarily out of the anti-French alliance.
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- The Battle of Austerlitz, which occurred in 1805, was the first engagement of the War of the Third Coalition and one of Napoleon’s most significant...
- The French army of Napoleon I fought the Battle of Austerlitz against a Russian and Austrian army under the command of General M.I. Kutuzov.
- The French army had some 9,000 casualties in the Battle of Austerlitz, while Russian and Austrian allied forces had about 15,000 casualties. In add...
Há 3 dias · On 1 May 1799, General Davout's forces killed at least 2,000 fellahin at Beni Adi near Asyut. However, as they were pursuing Murad Bey into Upper Egypt, the French discovered the monuments at Dendera , Thebes , Edfu and Philae .
Há 3 dias · It seems he was advancing slowly so the stragglers could catch up. On the order of Napoleon Davout secretly took over the command on 6 July. The Battle of Mir was a tactical victory for the Russians; Jerome let Platov escape by deploying too few of Józef Poniatowski's troops. Jérôme left the army after being criticised by Davout.
#OTD 10 May 1770 Louis-Nicolas Davout was born. He became Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon. His talent & disciplinarianism earned him the nickname "The Iron Marshal". He is ranked along with Marshals André Masséna and Jean Lannes as one of Napoleon's finest commanders.
Davout is often considered Napoleon's best Marshal (especially in independent command) and was fanatically loyal to Napoleon and his commands but he was very underutilized after the Russian debacle He was holed up inside Hamburg for 6 months instead of being out in the field and thus missed the Leipzig campaign of 1813 and the ...
Há 1 dia · Napoleon III. Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was the first president of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 until he was deposed on 4 September 1870. Prior to his reign, Napoleon III was known as Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
