1809, thunder on the Danube. Volume 1, Abensberg : Napoleon's defeat of the Habsburgs / John H. Gill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gill, John H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Austria.

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.

History--Miscellanea.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (529 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Frontline Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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, Eggmühl and Regensberg. He explores the motivations that prompted Austr

Contents:

""List of Maps, Charts, and Tables""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""Sources and Conventions""; ""1 War Is Unavoidable""; ""2 What Do They Intend?""; ""3 Austria Would Not Be So Foolish""; ""4 It Is War""; ""5 Eight Days in April, I: The War Opens and the Tide Turns""; ""6 Eight Days in April, II: Four More Victories""; ""Intermezzo""; ""Table of Comparative Military Ranks""; ""Appendices""; ""Introductory Note""; ""1 The Austrian Army, April 1809""; ""2 Orders of Battle for the April Campaign in Bavaria""

""3 Orders of Battle for the Battle of Abensberg and the Pursuit toLandshut (20â€?1 April)""""4 Orders of Battle for the Battle of EggmuÌ?hl (22 April)""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliographic Note""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781844157136

184415713X

9781783830718

1783830719

9781783466054

1783466057

OCLC:

890981984