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  Poke's Fifteen Decisive Battles
A FEW miles distant from the little town of St. Mene hould, in the northeast of France, are the village and hill of Valmy, and near the crest of that hill a simple monument points out the burial-place of the heart of a general of the French republic and a marshal of the French empire.
To that battle the democratic spirit which in 1848, as well as in 1792, proclaimed the Republic in Paris, owed its preservation, and it is thence that the imperishable activity of its principles may be dated.
It is a fact peculiarly illustrative of the importance of the battle of Valmy, that " during the summer of 1792 the gentlemen of Brittany entered into an extensive association for the purpose of rescuing the country from the oppressive yoke which had been imposed by the Parisian demagogues.
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 BATTLE CRY ... BATTLE OF THE ARDENNES BULGE :: AudioEnglish.net Dictionary Entries
BATTLE OF BOYNE (1 sense as a noun)
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (1 sense as a noun)
BATTLE OF JENA (1 sense as a noun)
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 Atlas to Alison's History of Europe
Battle of Hohenlinden, 3 December 1800: sheet 1.
Battle of Pultusk, 26 December 1806; environs of Pultusk and Golymin.
Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815: sheet 2, crisis of the battle.
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 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.
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 Battle of Hohenlinden (1800) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Hohenlinden near Munich was fought on December 3, 1800, during the French Revolutionary Wars.
In terms of the number of troops involved it was the largest in the French Revolutionary Wars and quite possibly European history until the Battle of Wagram in 1809.
The subsequent Treaty of Amiens between France and Britain began the longest break in the wars of the Napoleonic period.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Hohenlinden   (288 words)

  
 French Military Victories
224 B.C. Battle of Telamon - 224 B.C. The out-numbered Gauls led by Concolitanus and Aneorestus are defeated by Atiliua Regulus and Aemilius Papus of the Roman Republic.
The battle results are inconclusive as Napoleon of France combating the powers of Russia and Prussia led by Bennigsen.
Surrender and retreat by the French garrison to a force of Anglo-Portuguese is one of the bloodiest sieges of the Napoleonic Wars.
www.militaryfactory.com /battles/french_military_victories.asp   (2902 words)

  
 HowStuffWorks "European Battles and Revolutions"
Hastings, Battle of, or Battle of Senlac, October 14, 1066, the decisive battle of the Norman conquest of England.
Hohenlinden, Battle of, December 3, 1800, a battle of the French Revolutionary Wars and one of the first battles of the Napoleonic Wars.
Boyne, Battle of the, July, 1690, a battle between the Protestant forces of William III, king of England, and the Catholic forces of the deposed James II.
history.howstuffworks.com /european-history/european-battles-revolutions.htm   (514 words)

  
 CHAPTER V. - FROM MARENGO TO THE RUPTURE OF THE PEACE OF AMIENS.
Whole brigades threw down their arms and fled; and ere the day closed a mass of fugitives, cavalry and infantry, thronging over the marshes of the Bormida, was all that remained of the victorious Austrian centre.
On the termination of the armistice the Austrians advanced and made some devious marches in pursuance of the Archduke's enterprise, until a general confusion, attributed to the weather, caused them to abandon their manoeuvres and move straight against the enemy.
The truce was followed by negotiation, and the negotiation by an armistice for fourteen weeks, a term which Nelson considered sufficient to enable him to visit and to overthrow the navies of Sweden and Russia.
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 War and Battle - Valmy Part 9
His observation to his comrades, and the camp of the allies at the end of the battle, deserves quotation also.
Napoleon conquers Prussia at the battle of Jena.
The allies invade France on the eastern, and Lord Wellington invades it on the southern, frontier.
war-and-battle.com /Valmy_9.html   (464 words)

  
 Battle - Definition of Battle by Webster Dictionary
A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
The cavalry, by way of distinction, was called the battle, and on it alone depended the fate of every action.
To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
www.webster-dictionary.net /definition/Battle   (218 words)

  
 Memoirs of Napoleon — Volume 05 eBook
The impatience and indignation of the First Consul had been highly excited by the evasions of Austria and the plots of England, for he knew all the intrigues that were carrying on for the restoration of the Bourbons.
His joy may be therefore conceived when the battle of Hohenlinden balanced the scale of fortune in his favour.
—­[On the eve of the battle of Hohenlinden Moreau was at supper with his aides de camp and several general officers, when a despatch was delivered to him.
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 Hohenlinden : Battle of Hohenlinden : Napoleonic Wars : Bonaparte : Grouchy : Moreau : Ney : John
Hohenlinden : Battle of Hohenlinden : Napoleonic Wars : Bonaparte : Grouchy : Moreau : Ney : John
As France's General Jean Moreau was advancing towards Munich with 100,000 troops, Archduke John was hoping to use his 130,000 men to outflank him and cut off his supply lines.
With the French seeming to be trying to do the same, John changed his plan and instead drove straight down the main road to Munich near Hohenlinden.
www.napoleonguide.com /battle_hohenlinden.htm   (127 words)

  
 Book 16, Chapter 23
He was present at the battle of Hohenlinden, and was one of the chief actors in that great tragedy.
For miles the white ground was sprinkled with dead bodies, and when the battle left the forest, and the pine-trees again stood calm and silent in the wintry night, piercing cries and groans issued out of the gloom in every direction—sufferer answering sufferer as he lay and writhed on the cold snow.
He commanded the cavalry on the extreme left, at the battle of Borodino, and after Caulincourt had fallen at the head of his cuirassiers, whose charge nothing could withstand, he hurled his own cavalry in overwhelming power on the enemy, till at length, struck by a ball, he was borne wounded from the field.
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 CHAPTER IV - 1800-1801
Mm armistice concluded after the battle of Marengo, which had been first broken and then resumed, continued to be observed for some time between the armies of the Rhine and Italy and the Imperial armies.
His joy may be therefore conceived when the battle of Hohenlinden balanced the scale of fortune in his favour.
Bonaparte entertained no dislike of Moreau, because he did not fear him; and after the battle of Hohenlinden he spoke of him in the highest terms, and frankly acknowledged the services he had rendered on that important occasion; but he could not endure his wife's family, who, he said, were a set of intriguers.
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 1800 Battle of Marengo - CoinPeople.com
According to the flip I bought this for $48 and probably thought I was being ripped off! All that I had until this morning was an old scan of this medal.
Austria lost the Battle of Marengo and therefore lost the war.
This medal is usually cataloged as "Battle of Marengo" but in fact recorded the restoration of the Cisalpine Republic, one of many tiny republics set up by Napoleon in his first pass through northern Italy in the late 1790s.
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 Exhibition "1806 - A Crown for Bavaria - 200th anniversary of the Bavarian kindom" | Exhibition   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Against his own convictions the elector continued the alliance with Austria, even though Bavaria was in danger of being swallowed up by its larger neighbour.
However, after the Battle of Hohenlinden (3.12.1800), which resulted in a catastrophic defeat at the hands of France, Bavaria finally severed its ties with Austria.
Battle of Hohenlinden (section), coloured aquatint after Johann Lorenz
www.bayernskrone.de /englisch/exhibit/exhib02.htm   (144 words)

  
 French military victories
The struggle is often called "The battle that made modern France" because the victory undid the Anglo-German alliance and allowed France to develop independently.
The battle marks the symbolic end of Spanish power in Europe and the resurgence of the French after decades of strife in the Religious Wars during the late sixteenth century.
Battle of Austerlitz (1805): French forces under Napoleon severely rout a Russo-Austrian army of equivalent strength.
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 Michel Ney, Duc d'Elchingen, Prince de Moskowa, Marshal (1804)
In 1800, under Moreau's command, he again made a name for himself at the battle of Hohenlinden, on December 3.
During the battle of Borodino (September 7, 1812), his redoubt attack was decisive.
He fought at the battle of Waterloo in June 1815, at the side of his former master.
www.napoleon-series.org /research/biographies/marshals/c_ney.html   (1067 words)

  
 Battles : Battles of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars : French Revolution : Napoleonic Wars :
Battles : Battles of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars : French Revolution : Napoleonic Wars :
The following are descriptions of battles fought during the Napoleonic and Revolutionary Wars.
There are details on the commanders, troop numbers and what happened during the course of the various battles.
www.napoleonguide.com /battle.htm   (72 words)

  
 Related WordNet synsets for SUMO concept Battle
a decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805); the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian and Austrian armies of Czar Alexander I and Emperor Francis II
a battle in 1513; the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV of Scotland was killed
a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between General Custer's cavalry and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command
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 Treaty of Lunéville
The Treaty of Lunéville was signed on February 9, 1801 between the French Republic and the Austrian Empire[?] by Louis, Count Cobentzel, and Joseph Bonaparte.
The Austrian army had been defeated by Napoleon at the Battle of Marengo on June 14, 1800 and then by Moreau[?] at the Battle of Hohenlinden on December 3.
Forced to sue for peace they signed another in a series of treaties.
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 1795-1815 Napoleon Detecting Finds Hohenlinden
Button was found on the field of the mayor of Hohenlinden, Mr.
At the time of the battle this place must have been a true death zone.
During the battle this forest must have been a virtual area of death.
www.adventurehistory.com /selectedfinds/catalogue/17951815napoleon   (532 words)

  
 Atlas to Alison's History of Europe
These detailed maps can be used to get a true visual understanding of the events surrounding each of the battles and the strategic positionings of troops and other resources during the campaigns profiled.
Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815: sheet 1st, morning of the battle.
Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815: sheet 2nd, crisis of the battle.
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 The Battle of Hohenlinden, a Napoleonic wargame with 25mm miniatures
The Battle of Hohenlinden, a Napoleonic wargame with 25mm miniatures
The Battle of Hohenlinden - 3 December 1800
The battle resumes, now that the generals have been fed. Heavy fighting on the French right.
www.warsweb.com /WGM/07.06.16-Hohenlinden/07.06.16-Hohenlinden.html   (786 words)

  
 Battle of Hohenlinden
As the artillery was very active during the battle, it was represented as batteries if it meant that horse and foot would be combined otherwise.
The Grenadiers are not given shock because of their performance during the battle and the 'hogpog' nature of the army.
This is not only because of the reported conditions, the battles fought there, but that it was combed by Mittbach inhabitants for fire wood.
homepages.paradise.net.nz /mcnelly/vb/scenarios/hohenlinden_1800.htm   (2454 words)

  
 Untitled Page
Hohenlinden is often eclipsed by the Marengo as Napoleon was not present but it effectively ends the Revolutionary era as it is the last major battle before Napoleon is crowned Emperor in 1804.
Hohenlinden 1800: The Forgotten Battle: The Battle of Hohenlinden by Guenter Schneider, Germany.
The Battle of Hohenlinden: A Napoleonic RefightIntroduction and Historical Background by Jim Arnold and Ralph Reinertsen Courier #83
www.creasey.ca /scenarios/Napoleonic/GrandeArmee/hohenlinden.html   (416 words)

  
 Napoleon Series Battle Lists: War of the 2nd Coalition
Was better known as the battle of Bergen (officially, there were 2 villages, Bergen and Bergen-aan-Zee, the battle mostly being fought and decided in the centre of the village of Bergen proper)
The result of the battle was that the British and Russians could occupy Alkmaar 2 days later, but Alkmaar itself was never fought in or over.
At 4.00 pm the battle seemed to be won by the Austrians.
www.napoleon-series.org /military/listings/c_2ndcoalition.html   (389 words)

  
 The Second Coalition Map Page
The subsequent four-day battle was a ferocious one - with the Austrians eager to continue their run of victories and the French doggedly determined to halt their progress.
Author: [HWK]Bud, Zurich; Austrian Campaigns (September 26 1799) Three months after the first battle of Zurich, a reinforced Marshal Massena's found himself in another unenviable position of having to fend off vastly greater numbers of Russians under the legendary Field Marshal Suvarov.
A battle key to the survival of Revolutionary France, and one which cemented Napoleon’s power within it, this engagement could easily have been Napoleon’s Waterloo, 15 years early.
mastersofthefield.com /ew_mod_second_coalition_page.htm   (373 words)

  
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He also made contributions to The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia and was editor of The New Monthly Magazine (1820-30) to which he contributed many poems including The Last Man. He is now chiefly remembered for his 'war-songs' of which 'The Battle of Hohenlinden', 'The Battle of the Baltic' and 'Ye Mariners of England' are his most famous.
Thomas Campbell was born the son of a Glasgow merchant and was educated at Glasgow University.
He travelled widely on the Continent during the years (1800-1) and visited Hohenlinden, Hamburg, which was to inspire him in the writing of the famous poem 'The Battle of Hohenlinden'.
www.cs.utah.edu /~goller/books/CAMPBELL/BIOG.TXT   (325 words)

  
 Saint-Cyr
Gouvion St-Cyr, whose military skills are undeniable: he never lost a battle is famous among Napoleon's marshals for his self-confidence and his independent character.
After the battle, he succeeds in effecting a junction with the rest of the army.
Posted to the Army of Germany under Moreau, he seizes Freiburg and takes part in the battle of Hohenlinden on December 3, 1800.
uts.cc.utexas.edu /~jrubarth/gslis/lis385t.16/Napoleon/St-cyr.html   (685 words)

  
 NapoleonBooks.com
Marengo and Hohenlinden: Napoleon's Rise to Power relates the momentous events that began in the late autumn of 1799.
Written in the same accessible style as the author's Crisis on the Danube and Napoleon Conquers Austria, Marengo and Hohenlinden is an account of European military and political events from 1799 to 1801, spanning Napoleon Bonaparte's coup of Brumaire to his assumption of dictatorship.
Twenty maps, artwork, battlefield photos, and detailed orders of battle are included in this quality book, printed to last a lifetime and more by using heavy, acid-free paper, strong binding, and a stiff cover.
www.napoleonbooks.com /marengo.html   (399 words)

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