The Franco-Austrian War of 1809 was Napoleon s last victorious war. He would win many battles in his future campaigns, but never again would one of Europe s great powers lie broken at his feet. In this respect 1809 represents a high point of the First Empire yet at the same time Napoleon s armies were declining in quality and he was beginning to display the corrosive flaws that contributed to his downfall five years later.
In this volume Gill tackles the political background to the war and the opening battles of Abensberg, Eggmuhl and Regensberg. He explores the motivations that...
The Franco-Austrian War of 1809 was Napoleon s last victorious war. He would win many battles in his future campaigns, but never again would one of Eu...
