#Napoleon surrender

[disabled-sapphic]

Cannot stop thinking about how Shakira knew she was being cheated on because her husband's affair partner was eating all her strawberry jam, like was the affair partner Paddington Bear's evil cousin Elizabeth Line Bear

[illustratus]

The Surrender of Ulm, 20 October 1805 by René Théodore Berthon

Napoleon takes the surrender of General Karl Mack von Leiberich and the Austrians at Ulm on 20 October

[art-allegory]

Allegory of the Surrender of Ulm, 20th October 1805

Artist: Antoine François Callet (French, 1741–1823)

Description

Allegorie de la Reddition d'Ulm; General Karl Mack (1752-1828) surrendering to Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821); capitulation of Austrian army to French.

[psalm40speakstome]

Took me more time then it should have to realize that when someone said failure was a persons “Waterloo” they meant the battle and not the ABBA song…and the ABBA song is the only reason I knew why it was relevant to say.

[sharkspez]

Tumblr Biography: Napoleon 🇫🇷

🚫 Exiled to the 🏝️ remote island of Saint Helena 🪽, Napoleon's fate seemed sealed. Yet, his story was far from over...

[ratt-fried-this-pasta]

since my friend is one of the leads in my school’s Mamma Mia musical I specifically requested for him to scream NAPOLEON in Waterloo just so I can hear it from the pit orchestra >:)

[mapsontheweb]

How to offend Europeans in one sentence.

France has been involved in many wars throughout its long history and has had both winning and losing conflicts. However, it cannot generally be said that they surrender all the time. The history of France is full of different periods and leaders, and the results have been variable. Some of their famous victories include helping in the American Revolutionary War, but they also had losing wars, such as after the Napoleonic Wars. France's wartime history is complex and multifactorial, and no single generalization can be made about surrenders or victories. Each war took place under specific circumstances and had different outcomes.

by complicated.meme

[om0000]

wander is DEF fucked emotionally i jyst didnt feel like fitting 2 paragraphs into 1 image also. comeduc effect ig BUT YEAH I SIGN UNDER EVERY WORD

this is starryeyed to me

[miffy-junot]

Hii !!! I have a little question... i'm shy help

Does Junot had any sort of interactions / friendships with the Marshals??

Hi! I'm always happy to answer any questions <3

As Junot was relatively important in the army he knew most of the marshals, but some he was closer with than others.

Lannes - close friends with Junot! On the voyage to Egypt they kept joking around together during Napoleon's lectures.

Marmont - very old friends with Junot. They met at school in Chatillon-sur-Seine and initially Marmont was Junot's best friend, but that place was later taken by Napoleon. They remained close friends throughout the 1790s but their friendship seems to have dulled in the 1800s. Either way they still liked each other, and Marmont speaks positively of Junot in his memoirs.

Berthier - defended Junot after Smolensk, and exchanged correspondence with Laure on the subject after Junot's death. I don't think he was actually friends with Junot, but he was one of the few marshals that supported him.

Kellermann - collaborated with Junot on the terms of surrender at the Convention of Cintra.

Bessieres - not exactly friends with Junot, but was respected by him because of an incident in 1811 (Laure and baby Alfred were in Salamanca; Bessieres offered to personally take them to France where they would be safe; Laure refused to leave without her husband; Junot was very thankful to Bessieres for being so kind)

Davout - I genuinely cannot remember my source for this, but I seem to remember that Junot and Davout were on cordial terms although not proper friends

Ney + Soult - didn't like Junot because of his military failures in the peninsular wars

Massena - enemies with Junot because of an awkward misunderstanding (Junot and Laure accommodated in the same palace as Massena and his mistress; according to etiquette Junot should have found another place to stay but he wasn't aware of that; Junot introduced Laure to Massena's mistress which was a grave faux pas because he wasn't meant to acknowledge the existence of the mistress; Massena hates Junot and Junot is confused (he often struggled with etiquette))

Murat - friends to enemies. At first they were friends, but after Junot's affair with Caroline they quickly turned into enemies. They almost had a duel but Junot changed his mind and decided it wasn't worth it. Junot claimed that Murat had blamed him for Smolensk, and wrote to Laure that "the man of a thousand plumes" was trying to ruin him. It's messy.

And here is a brief summary of Junot's relationships with generals who weren't marshals:

friends: Duroc, Rapp, Thiebault, Lallemand (Junot's aide-de-camp and later a general in his own right)

enemies: Beauharnais, Foy

I hope this answered your question!

[skitskatdacat63]

"Arrogant, ruthless, and by all reports (including his own) utterly charming."

(I don't know why I drew this but please take Revolutionary War British officer George, I think it suits him, okay!!!)

+ George Russell the type of guy to t-pose in front of rebels

+ the usual

Okay first of all, process, as always:

I drew this in one day hahaha....Actually really fun! I haven't finished anything in almost a month, and haven't painted for even longer, so I'm kinda dying at the fact that 18th century George Russell got me motivated 😭 Sometimes when painting, I realize I have free will and can actually just start painting over the lineart, and that's the best moment of every drawing process 🙏

Also I'm very proud of his face!!! I've said before, but art progression is such a weird thing. You'll keep repeating to your self "I'm no good at [insert art thing.]" And then randomly realized you can in fact do it. That's me with drawing real people's faces 😭 I'm just so shocked I got his face pretty good in one try!!!

Okay about the pose and quote. God its so fun to misappropriate quotes for my own evil deeds. Both of these are from this one officer from the Revolution: Banastre Tarleton. Idk, I randomly saw his painting in a history video, and it's stuck in my mind ever since. And then yesterday, bcs I spent a lot of time looking at George, I'm like "hey you know what he kinda reminds me of-" and thus we have this.

I just found that quote about him from some historian to be funny, so I put it as a caption, as I would with Napoleon. This won't be an AU by any means but. I think if George was in the Revolution, he'd be the most stereotypical, evil British villain in American media type guy ever. And Tarleton is kinda that guy tbh, to the point where him and others like Arnold Benedict are the poster boys of evil Revolution guys. He even has a mocking nickname! "Bloody Tarleton/Ban", very "Osama bin Russell," no? 😭

Some notable moments from Tarleton's campaign that I think fit George: Apparently killed a bunch of American soldiers after they surrendered, making sure everyone was dead(😭😭), threatened to burn an American general's house down to make him surrender and then took him hostage, went toe to toe with George Washington himself and Washington even taunted him and Tarleton got a shot in, has a helmet named after him(very slayful.)

[bunniesandbeheadings]

What if during Waterloo, napoleon just clasped his wrists together and started to go, “"Ka-me-ha-me…”

[jewellery-box]

Evening Dress, ca.1865, designed by dressmaker Madame Vignon of Paris. Silk.

The Cohasset Historical Society.

Maria Barnes Hooper, wearer

Maria Barnes was born in 1827 in Hingham, Mass., to parents Ensign Barnes Jr. and Deborah Lincoln. The Lincoln family has notable members of American History, including Major General Benjamin Lincoln, who served under George Washington in the Revolutionary War and received British commander Lord Charles Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown, and Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States.

Maria married John Sewell Hooper, a stationary merchant, in Hingham in 1852. The Hoopers applied for a passport in 1865 that shows the couple and their young son traveling to France. Family legend states that Maria purchased this dress for $100 (about $1,800 today) from Madame Vignon, a renowned Parisian dressmaker. Vignon also created the wedding dress and trousseau for the French Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III.

[whencyclopedia]

Battle of Arcole

The Battle of Arcole (15-17 November 1796), or Arcola, was a three-day battle fought between Napoleon Bonaparte's French Army of Italy and an Austrian army under József Alvinczi. Part of Napoleon's Italian Campaign, the battle foiled Austria's third attempt to relieve the siege of Mantua and helped lead to France's success in the broader War of the First Coalition (1792-1797).

The battle, which involved a daring attempt by General Bonaparte to outflank the Austrian army, was mostly centered around the bridge at Arcole, about 25 kilometers (16 mi) southeast of Verona. It was a hard-fought clash that included such dramatic moments as Bonaparte personally leading a charge across the bridge, and it ultimately ended in a French victory.

The Key to Italy

In October 1796, the siege of Mantua entered its fourth month. Situated in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, Mantua was one of four crucial fortresses collectively known as the Quadrilateral, that guarded the Alpine passes and the entrances to the Po River and Lake Garda (the other three fortresses being Peschiera, Legnago, and Verona). As such, Mantua held the key to Austria's control of northern Italy, making it vital that the French Republic capture it.

The siege was being carried out by the 41,400 men of the French Army of Italy, commanded by the 27-year-old General Napoleon Bonaparte. Since the siege had begun in June, Bonaparte had already fended off two Austrian attempts to relieve it. The first had come in late July when a 50,000-man Austrian army led by Field Marshal Dagobert von Wurmser advanced down Lake Garda. Wurmser had divided his army into two corps, each one marching down an opposite side of the lake; Bonaparte, therefore, was able to defeat each corps before they had a chance to link up, beating the first at the Battle of Lonato (3 August) and the other at the Battle of Castiglione (5 August).

Wurmser retreated north to Tyrol to regroup and launched a second attempt to relieve the siege at the end of August. This, too, ended in failure when Wurmser was again defeated by Bonaparte at the First Battle of Bassano (8 September). Rather than cutting his losses and retreating after this defeat, Wurmser elected instead to press on to Mantua. The French pursued, and after a hard-fought battle outside the city on 15 September, Wurmser was forced behind Mantua's walls alongside 14,000 of his men. The French then resumed their siege of Mantua, with Wurmser's army now trapped inside.

Far from alleviating the suffering of the 16,000-man Mantua garrison, Wurmser's presence had only made things worse. Mantua's resources, which were already depleted, now buckled under the strain of 14,000 additional mouths to feed, as the overcrowded garrison accelerated the spread of disease. Within six weeks of Wurmser's defeat, 4,000 Austrians had died of wounds, disease, or malnutrition, and a further 7,000 were hospitalized. By 10 October, there was only 38 days' worth of food left, forcing Wurmser to launch increasingly desperate sorties to forage for supplies; one such sortie cost 1,000 Austrian casualties. On 16 October, Bonaparte called on Wurmser to surrender, telling him that "the brave should be facing danger, not swamp plague" (Roberts, 118). Wurmser refused.

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[auguste-marmonts-only-fan]

Hello! I think I read in a few biographies that Marmont later met the Duke of Reichstadt, aka, Napoleon’s legitimate son? Can you tell me about that meeting from Marmont’s perspective? Thanks a bunch!!!

Hi!

Thank you alot for asking me

Marmont was his tutor in French and just literature in general ( I'm like 90% it was those subjects, but if I'm wrong, I'll make a correction)

At first Napoleon II. didn't like him (I'm mean he DID surrender Paris....betray his dad....and all that stuff)

But over time they even made a bond. Now it isn't 100% for certain....that bond might have grown because of the fact that Marmont was giving him stories about his dad. Of course he wasn't allowed to do that, you have to remember this is Marmont-he does not care.

Marmont was his tutor for around 3 or so months, and when his tutoring was over the Duke lifted him a portrait of himself as a parting gift (Marmont cherished this portrait, and its in amazing condition....it's keept at his home)

Here is said portrait:

Even after they somewhat bonded because of their ties to Napoleon, I wouldn't say that Napoleon II really "loved" or even "liked" him.

More of a. ... "I guess I can tolerate you?"

I think this quote that @promises-of-paradise sent to the discord server from Napoleon II biography is a good example of what Napoleon II thought of him (the book is "the king of Rome" by Octave Aubry)

Marmont thought he was a smart boy, he did all of his work and was passionate

I hope that I answered your question well ☺️💕💕

[illustratus]

Napoleon accepts the surrender of an Austrian army under General Mack on 20 October 1805 (detail)

by René Théodore Berthon

[slotumn]

Some fun tidbits about possible real-life inspirations/motifs for Almyran characters, on given names and class names

Claude

His Almyran name is Khalid; and while that's a pretty popular name with a meaning (undying/immortal) that fits with his character + his country's theme (Persian Immortals, amesha spentas in Zoroastrianism translating to "bounteous immortals," etc), one very famous figure from Middle Eastern history with that name was Khalid ibn al-Walid, a general in early Islamic expansion.

Khalid ibn al-Walid, and early Islam in general, is famous for starting out as underdogs from a region that was beset with constant internal feuds, before unifying and dunking on + conquering two more powerful nations (Byzantines and Sassanids) after they were tired out fighting each other in a long stalemate of a war... sounds kinda familiar huh.

Barbarossa is obv from Hayreddin Barbarossa, an Ottoman corsair (basically pirate) and later admiral who established Ottoman dominance in the Mediterranean and was a great military strategist.

Nader

Another popular name but, that name combined with the title "Undefeated" brings Nader Shah to mind. (Nader Shah gets called Napoleon of Persia, but considering the Napoleon did his stuff after Nader Shah, I think the chronologically accurate term would be that Napoleon was the Nader Shah of France lol)

Nader Shah was two things: a really great general and a really terrible ruler. He was very good at fighting and winning battles but he fucking sucked at actually ruling over the territories he conquered. His son, Reza Qoli, didn't like him and criticized him for being a bad ruler, so Nader Shah had Reza Qoli's eyeballs pulled out after suspecting him of being behind an assassination attempt. Anyway Nader Shah was later successfully assassinated after pissing off too many people and the Afsharid dynasty he founded fell apart straight in his grandson's generation.

Our Nader is a lot nicer as a person and sticks just to the general part lol. Also the only offspring he is explicitly mentioned to have is a daughter in Balthus-Claude paired ending.

Shahid

His name means witness in generic, but in wider Islamic usage (and in other religions that came into frequent contact with Islam) it also means martyr. Our Shahid is... not exactly the kind of upstanding guy that widely revered martyrs are, but from his perspective, his choice to die standing instead of surrendering was probably an act of martyrdom.

What's interesting though, is that his name in Japanese is シャハード; shahado, with ha as middle syllable, not hi. Shahad is also a name and a variant of Shahid, but there's also figure in Persian mythology with a similar name who has a similar character/position as our Shahid: Shaghad.

Shaghad was the half-brother of Rostam, and was jealous of Rostam for his renown, so he plotted to kill Rostam by dropping him into a pit of spears and poison. But before he died, Rostam shot Shaghad with an arrow from the pit and killed him, too. Our Shahid gets both the falling to his death and the noscope by his half-brother rip

His class, Gurgan, appears to be from Gorgan, a city in Iran by the Caspian Sea. The etymology of Gurgan/Gorgan itself comes from gorg, Persian for wolf. Pathetic wolfboy Shahid real??

Gorgan also had had the Great Wall of Gorgan nearby, to defend the Sassanid Empire from from northern nomadic invasions. Much to ponder, re: Fódlan-Almyra relations, the real-life inspirations of Almyra, Claude's goal, and what Shahid tried to do...

Just wild speculation on my part, but I also wonder if Gurgan was meant to be Gurkhan but they mixed up a letter along the way or something? It's a Mongolian title meaning "universal ruler," equivalent to khagan, equivalent to king of kings. Certainly fits Shahid's personality/ego and the cultural inspirations.

Cyril

It's Greek name meaning lordly/masterful, and a character from a place based roughly on the Middle East having this name is actually not out of place, considering the places along the Mediterranean have always interacted with and influenced one another.

Of course the in-universe lore is that Fódlan has been isolationist for the past 1000 years, but at the same time, Cyril is from a village close to the border, and it's noted in Hopes that western Almyra and eastern Fódlan share a language. Whether Cyril is a "Fódlani" name or an "Almyran" name in-universe, it still fits.

It's also a very Church-y name. There were lots of popes and patriarchs named Cyril, many being popes or patriarchs of Alexandria/Jerusalem/Constantinople. Our Cyril does have an ending (with Petra) where he becomes a priest, maybe that's a shoutout to this?

Among the Cyrils, maybe one of the most famous is Cyril the Philosopher, who is the namesake behind the Cyrilic alphabet and an evangelizer to Slavs alongside his brother Methodius. Again, interesting considering our Cyril starts out iliterate. (Methodius is also the namesake for Metodey but uhhh I don't think that means too much wrt our Cyril)

(Also I'm not saying all of the above + Leicester-Almyra relationship means that Leicester is the parallel of Balkans/Eastern Europe in the 3H world. But I'm saying Leicester is the parallel of Balkans/Eastern Europe in the 3H world.)

So yeah who knows how much of this was intentional but it certainly is fun to rotate in your head if you are a deranged person like me