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	Napoleonic Campaigns - LoveToKnow 1911
		The battle of Austerlitz began early next morning and closed in the evening with the thorough and decisive defeat of the allies.
		Thanks to his having compelled his allies to fight his battles for him, he had not as yet drawn very heavily on the fighting resources of France, the actual percentage of men taken by the conscriptions during the years since 1806 being actually lower than that in force in continental armies of to-day.
		Here, on the 20th, they were attacked, and after a two days' battle dislodged by Napoleon; but the weakness of the French cavalry conditioned both the form of the attack, which was less effective than usual, and the.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Napoleonic_Campaigns (12941 words)

	The Battle of Hanau, 30-31 October 1813
		The city of Hanau is situated on the confluence of Krebsbach creek, Kinzig and Main Rivers, on the strategically important military road between Fulda and Frankfurt.
		On 30 October 1813 Battle was joined here between the French Grande Armée, retreating toward Mainz (Mayence), and an Austro-Bavarian army commanded by General der Cavallerie Graf von Wrede, who maneuvered his troops into the retreat route of a numerically superior enemy force.
		The 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division was sent across the Kinzig to clear the outskirts of Hanau, and deploy on the road to Gelnhausen.
	www.miniatures.de /html/int/1813-schlacht-von-hanau.html (1244 words)

	Battle of Hanau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Hanau was fought between the French and Austro-Bavarian Armies on October 30-31, 1813 during the Liberation Wars against Napoleonic France.
		An Austro-Bavarian corps under prominent Bavarian Field marshal von Wrede attacked the retreating French army at Hanau, Hesse, however, were routed by Napoleon.
		In due course Wrede’s forces had reached Hanau, a few miles to the east of Frankfurt (Napoleon’s next sanctuary).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Hanau (653 words)

	Demi-Solde Press Maps
		Battle of Arcola, 15 and 17 November 1796.
		Battle of Leipzig, 16, 17, 18, and 19 October 1813.
		Battles of Champaubert and Vauchamps, 10 and 14 February 1814.
	www.demisoldepress.com /maps.htm (1332 words)

	Traditions and Legends of Easter Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ina Hotu Matu'a, i-ai-ai te hanau eepe i te kaíga nei.
		Te hanau eepe tagata rava keu-keu i te pureva.
		The intent of the hanau eepe was to have this land to themselves.
	www.rongorongo.org /leyendas/031.htm (1861 words)

	Hanau Historical Museum
		Hanau Historical Museum is a museum of local history, culture and art.
		It is run by the City of Hanau and the Hanau History Society »Hanauer Geschichtsverein 1844 e.V.« The Paper Theatre Museum is run by the »Hanauer Papiertheatermuseum«, an association in conjunction with the City of Hanau.
		Significant exhibitions of craftsmanship include the Hanau Fayence collection from the 17th and 18th centuries, a collection of Hanau silver including the Hanau »Ratspokal«, a silver goblet, and ornamental iron castings.
	www.hanau.de /kultur/museen/artikel/01289 (319 words)

	Battle of Hanau
		Unfortunately for Wrede, Hanau was directly in the French army's path, and the French were not too happy about Bavaria's recent betrayal of France.
		Napoleon did not care to pursue Wrede into Hanau, as the road west was all that he needed for his plans, and it was now cleared.
		Wrede had learned his lesson and abandoned Hanau, and the French had satisfied some of their rage at Bavaria's betrayal and the outcome of Leipzig.
	www.napoleonic-officers.net /web/battles/hanau.html (404 words)

	The Battle of Hanau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Campaign of Leipzig forced Napoleon to retire to the west of the Rhine, in the course of which the French defeated a force of Germans at Hanau, near Frankfurt, on 30 October 1813.
		This is one of four battle scenes painted by Vernet for the duc d'Orléans (later King Louis-Philippe) depicting French successes in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.
		The other three are 'The Battle of Jemappes', 'The Battle of Montmirail' and 'The Battle of Valmy'.
	www.nationalgallery.org.uk /cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG2966 (88 words)

	Public Domain Music - Beethoven and Patriotic Music - at Web-Helper.net
		Beethoven was induced to arrange a "Battle Symphony" in which he introduced the British army by the tune of Rule Brittania, later introducing Malbrook in a dismal form.
		This work was actually performed at the concert given in aid of the Bavarian and Austrian soldiers injured at the battle of Hanau.
		Beethoven was immensely pleased with the whole affair, and declared that had he not been conducting he would gladly have played the big drum, or done anything else that would have assisted in such a noble cause.
	www.web-helper.net /PDMusic/Articles/81910/article8.asp (344 words)

	Book 1, Chapter 1
		At the battle of Bautzen, which soon followed, Drouot's artillery scourged the enemy severely while the Old Guard itself sustained the grand attack in the centre, by which the victory was gained.
		Twilight was deepening over the field, and the heavy tread of the ranks going to their bivouacs, the low rumbling of artillery wagons in the distance, and all the subdued sounds of a mighty host about sinking to repose rose on the evening air, imparting still greater solemnity to the hour.
		The preparations for the battle were on the grandest scale, and when the two armies finally stood in array against each other, the most casual observer could see that the day foreboded a gloomy termination for Napoleon.
	www.napoleonic-literature.com /Book_1/B1_C10.html (5944 words)

	Monday, August 20, 2001
		HANAU, Germany — Barefoot and bound in a homemade straightjacket, Spc.
		Hanau, Germany-based hardcore metal band Grieve unleashes a sonic assault at the U.S. Army Europe Battle of the Bands.
		Selected as alternates for All-Army were Hummboxx, whose members met while downrange in Kosovo, and Hanau’s hardcore metal outfit Grieve, whose ear-splitting set brought slam dancers to a mosh pit in front of the stage and sent children running from the tent.
	ww2.pstripes.osd.mil /01/aug01/ed082001n.html (579 words)

	Hanau : Battle of Hanau : Napoleonic Wars : Leipzig :
		Hanau : Battle of Hanau : Napoleonic Wars : Leipzig :
		Retreating from the military disaster at Leipzig, Napoleon Bonaparte found that his ally Bavaria had taken the defeat as an opportunity to change sides and join the Allies.
		At Hanau the French emperor's line of retreat was blocked by a combined Bavarian and Austrian force under the command of Bavaria's General Carl Wrede.
	www.napoleonguide.com /battle_hanau.htm (247 words)

	Demi-Solde Press Larrey 1812-14
		As the battle continued pretty far into the night, it was necessary to spend the remainder of it on the ground.
		Few surgeons remained with me; but I must commend the zeal and activity of those who had had the good fortune to escape the dangers of the campaign, and had been enabled to follow me. Among these were several surgeons of the guard, habituated for a long period to the fatigues of war, as MM.
		Of the seriously wounded soldiers, upon whom we operated on the field of battle, I shall notice a lieutenant of light infantry of the guard that lost two limbs in this combat.
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	NPR : Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
		It was premiered at one of his most successful concerts, given on December 8, 1813, to benefit soldiers wounded in the battle of Hanau a few months earlier.
		Paired with the Seventh was the first performance of Wellington's Victory, also known as the "Battle Symphony." The enjoyment of the event was hardly surprising given what most members of the Viennese audience had been through during the preceding decade.
		In June, the Duke of Wellington was triumphant against Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon's younger brother, in the northern Spanish town of Vittoria, and within the year the Congress of Vienna was convened to reapportion Europe in the aftermath of France's defeat.
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	The Tactical Use of The Three Arms (1865)
		At the battle of Hanau, in 1813, Drouot's eighty guns were charged by the Allied cavalry.
		At the battle of the Pyramids, Napoleon kept a few squadrons in rear of either flank, which, on his line being charged by a formidable body of Mamelukes, vastly superior to his own cavalry in numbers, horses, and equipments, nevertheless suddenly fell on their flanks and destroyed them.
		At the battle of Blenheim, in 1704, Marlborough owed his victory, in great measure, to the Allies' forcing back the cavalry forming the centre of the French army; thus turning the whole of its right wing, and compelling the infantry posted at Blenheim to surrender.
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	The Battle of Saratoga
		Lord Germaine’s and Burgoyne’s expectations were that a second British force under Major General Clinton would move north up the Hudson River from New York and meet Burgoyne, but no proper orders were sent to General Howe, commanding the British forces in New York, to ensure that he complied with this expectation in full.
		This phase of the battalion was known as Freeman’s Farm and was hard fought, leaving the British in occupation of the ground at nightfall (see The Battle of Freeman’s Farm).
		At a critical moment in the fighting Brigadier Simon Fraser was mortally wounded by one of Morgan’s riflemen.
	www.britishbattles.com /battle-saratoga.htm (1793 words)

	HistWar: Les Gognards Overview
		Histwar™: Les Grognards allows you to relive the famous historical (and countless what-if) battles between the French, Russians and Austrian armies as well as a multitude of secondary nations and city states (Wurtemberg, Saxony, Poland, Italy, Naples).
		The T-AI is always active and translates the Commander of Army's orders into executable commands such as troop concentrations, battle formations, rallying of units and use of reserves.
		The maps are created in real time 3D and the editor allow for a stunning array of terrain features and structures to be placed on the map including villages, farms, hamlets, castles, encampments and sprawling vineyards, rivers, lakes and deep forest.
	www.battlefront.com /products/les_grog/index.html (1150 words)

	List of battles 1801-1900
		1812 Battle of Aslanduz[?] Oct 31 The Russians defeat the Persian army of Abbas Mirza.
		1813 Battle of Leipzig Oct. 16-19 - (Battle of the Nations) Napoleon's army is decisively defeated by the allies in Germany
		1828 Battle of Praia Bay[?] August 28 - The Miguelite fleet in Portugal is defeated by the loyalists of Queen Maria in the Azores.
	www.fastload.org /li/List_of_battles_1801-1900.html (4587 words)

	BATTLE HISTORY
		Along these lines, he must have considered that 'battle music' had already been a favorite of wide audiences, with works such as Koczwara's 'Grande Battaille' in D and his 'Battaille du Prague', Devenne's 'Battle of Gemappe', Neubauer's work on the battle of Martinestie, Janin's on Austerlitz and Fuchs' on Jena, to name but a few.
		While Maelzel's initial advertisement of the concert referred to the 'Battle Symphony' as his property, Beethoven strongly objected to this, and had the announcement indicate that the work was compsoed by Beethoven out of friendship for Maelzel and for his trip to England.
		As the close, Wellington's Victory in the battle of Vittoria was given again, the first part, the battle, having to be repeated.
	ludwig0van0beethoven.tripod.com /battle.html (4083 words)

	Clausewitz On War 4-12 Sun Tzu The Art of War and Strategy Site by Sonshi.com.
		What may be the special object of a battle, how it is connected with the whole system of a War, whither the career of victory may lead according to the nature of circumstances, where its culminating-point lies--all these are things which we shall not enter upon until hereafter.
		Whatever further encounter now takes place with the enemy is a new battle not a continuation of the old, and although it may be far from promising absolute success, still it is a fresh combat, and not merely a gathering up of the debris by the victor.
		Nothing has such a depressing influence on the soldier, as the sound of the enemy's cannon afresh at the moment when, after a forced march he seeks some rest; if this excitement is continued from day to day for some time, it may lead to a complete rout.
	www.sonshi.com /clausewitz4-12.html (2662 words)

	Napoleon Series Battles & Campaigns
		During the battle of Friedland, General Senarmont improvised a new artillery tactic to crush the Russian forces to his front.
		On 7th February 1807, the Russian Army was retreating from the town of Landsberg to Preussisch-Eylau where the Commander-in-Chief, General Bennigsen, decided to fight a decisive battle with Napoleon...
		The role the Spanish blatted in the battle of Talavera.
	www.napoleon-series.org /military/c_battles.html (2514 words)

	The German War of Liberation &The Battle of the Nations
		Here, on the 20th, they were attacked, and after a two days’ battle dislodged by Napoleon; but the weakness of the French cavalry conditioned both the form of the attack, which was less effective than usual, and the results of the victory, which were extremely meager.
		All hope of saving the battle had now to be given up, but the French covered their retreat obstinately and by daybreak next morning one half of the army was already filing out along the road to Erfurt which had so fortunately been left for them.
		Blucher followed by parallel and inferior roads on their northern flank, but Schwarzenberg knowing that the Bavarians also had forsaken the emperor and were marching under Wrede, 50,000 strong, to intercept his retreat, followed in a most leisurely fashion.
	www.2020site.org /napoleoniccampaigns/germanwar.html (2766 words)

	Napoleon's Gardes D'Honneur - by Ronald Pawly
		Recruited from the leading social classes, uniformed and equipped at their own expense, and accompanied by servants to take care of such unpleasant chores as stable duty, these men were promised commissions as officers after a years service in the ranks.
		Though spectacularly unready for combat upon their arrival with the army, the Guards of Honour would gain skill and confidence while serving alongside the 253lite cavalry of the Imperial Guard in the campaigns of Saxony and France, 1813-14, and distinguished themselves in battle at Hanau and Rheims.
		The story of their organisation, uniforms and service is researched from rare archives and memoirs, and illustrated with portraits, surviving uniform items, and meticulous colour plates.
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	Program Notes
		It was performed the following year at a charity concert to benefit soldiers wounded while fighting Napoleon at the battle of Hanau, though it was not written with this event, nor any other, in mind.
		Forgotten for the moment are the composer’s well‑known battles with fate, deafness, and loneliness.
		Gone, or at least submerged, is the heroic ideal that had become a central concern of the Romantic movement by the early 19th century.
	www.slso.org /notes/11-11-2005.htm (2463 words)

	Welcome to Caliver Books
		ASPERN: AN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE FOUGHT NEAR ASPERN, ON THE MARCHFELD, ON THE 21ST AND 22ND OF MAY, 1809, BETWEEN THE ARCHDUKE CHARLES OF AUSTRIA...& NAPOLEON: A very rare early history, facsimile of 1809 edn., 36pp.
		BATTLE OF HANAU (30 OCTOBER, 1813): Becke, A 18p mint pbk reprint
		BATTLE STUDIES IN THE PENINSULA, May 1808- Jan 1809: Partridge & Oliver.
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		Terrible retreat from the Beresina with -30°R, hunger, tired soldiers and continuous pursuit.
		Regiment is a part of the crew of fortress Thorn at the Vistula river
		Battle at Saarbrücken, Regiment on march to Paris reaches Brienon, goes downstream Yonne river and from this area in brigade groups returns to Bavaria
	www.bnv-bamberg.de /home/ba3434/E_NapEpoche.htm (288 words)

	NAPOLEON
		The French are defeated at the battle of Acre.
		At the Battle off Cape Trafalgar, the British under Lord Nelson destroy the French fleet.
		This was followed by the defeat of other subordinates at the Battle on the Katzbach and the Battle of Kulm.
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