#the battle of austerlitz

[empirearchives]

Claudia Cardinale as Pauline Bonaparte, 1960

[captainknell]

I saw this picture today on FB. I'm guessing it's Austerlitz from the fog? I like it

[illustratus]

The Battle of Austerlitz, 2nd December 1805 by François Gérard

[mapsontheweb]

Battle of Austerlitz, 1805.

by LegendesCarto

[sachermorte]

you would slay in ouji fashion honestly

I don't disagree with you, Anon, but the issue is that the ouji fashion I really like all looks like THIS

it's big black coats and shiny boots and silver buttons and red accents

it's all very well and good if we stay early in the 19th century but sometimes I really like a cleaner line and big blocky shapes, and, well. it's very easy to fly too close to the sun on that one. you remember when that woman told me I'd make a great fascist based on the way I dress? I don't need to be feeding those allegations, no matter how hot I'd look

[josefavomjaaga]

Le lion est malade…

In late November 1805, a short time before the battle of Austerlitz and after the Grande Armée had already marched into Moravia, Soult for some time suffered from ophtalmia that would still bother him on the day of the battle (he was wearing some sort of visor made from green taffetas in front of his eyes). But for his aides, their master’s ailment during their stay in the comfortable chateau at Austerlitz was not without advantages. As Petiet tells it:

Ever since Marshal Soult's ride across the plains of Pohrlitz and Unterwisterlitz, he had been complaining of ophthalmia, which progressively worsened and became so bad at Austerlitz that he had leeches applied to his temples and no longer left his room. The aide-de-camp on duty was to read to him all the dispatches and Lameth said to us with a laugh: "The lion is ill; that will give us some rest."

Just don't overdo the compassion, Lameth!

[spineless-lobster]

Linear warfare except when they run at each other they meet in the middle and start passionately kissing each other on the mouth with tongue

[vikkicomics]

I had so much fun writing the Feldmaschall mothering his Oberst that I will be writing a prequal that’s at least 50% von Ravenmak and Vincent Odinkirk stuck together. :3 This is from Ottoway Vol 2, von Ravenmark was invented to explain how Otto’s older brother is considered and Officer and a gentleman, while Otto is a lower-middle class Private. He also shows that Vincent has a very different relationship to authority than Edwin. Ottoway is Otto-centric so von Ravenmark and Vincent’s relationship could only be explored to the degree that it effects Vincent’s attitude towards Otto within that work.

Ottoway vol 2 is now about 50% drawn up, my goal is to have it ready for release by next remembrance day. 

[portuguesedisaster]

Just came back from watching Napoleon and ugh.

[inkliinng]

I fell behind for the last four days or so and left Nikolay violently infatuated with his Tsar. Looking forward to catching up with them at the Battle of Austerlitz!

[empirearchives]

I’m crying, this author was UNHINGED 😂😂

[illustratus]

Cavalry of the Russian Imperial Guard Captures a French Eagle at the Battle of Austerlitz

by Bogdan Willewalde

[bookloversofbath]

Napoleon the Great :: Andrew Roberts

[wezg]

Review: War and Peace - by Leo Tolstoy

‘War and Peace’ needs no introduction. It holds its place in the minds of contemporary society as a literary classic. One cannot pick up a newspaper article on great books without a passing mention of Leo Tolstoy’s masterpiece. Like other classical works such as the Bible, I think that their obvious fame means and their influence on society and heir survival into modern times means that at the…

[josefavomjaaga]

Okay, same question as always from the blind fish, i.e. me - who is who?

Murat and Bessières are clear. Guy to the right of Murat should be Soult. On the rearing horse probably Bernadotte? Who is Bessières whispering to? And who's the one on the left watching them? Theguy in the fancy uniform with his back to us? (Junot? But not a marshal.) And the one with the moustache, who can be seen over the fancy guy's left shoulder?

Also, where's Berthier?

L'Empereur donnant ses ordres aux maréchaux de l'empire, le matin de la bataille d'Austerlitz by Carle Vernet (1808)

[ripstefano]

“Poor Blucher went mad for some time. He had shown off before some of our ladies, and got a fall from his horse and a blow on his head. This gave him all sorts of strange fancies. When I went to take leave of him, he positively told me he was pregnant! And what do you think he said he was pregnant of? – An elephant! And who do you think he said had produced it? – A French soldier!…”

- Recounted by Wellington to Stanhope, unknowingly exemplifying the dangers of directly translating your language to English without any context.

There’s a bit of a comedic story involving a Prussian diplomat during the War of the Third Coalition, Prussia being one of the main boss enemies during the early revolution was dragging its feet to declare war this time. Finally about to do it, the diplomat arrives just in time to hear the result of the battle of Austerlitz, and instead congratulates the French.

Queen Louise being one of Napoleon’s biggest haters on the continent is another funny little quirk about the Prussians.

As for their uniforms? The reference book really only covered the later army, but you can get a feel of the military practicality present. Overcoats, blankets, blues and grays, the Russo-German legion was dripped out a bit. The cavalry wasn’t too bad either.

From Blucher’s Army, 1813-15.