In less than six weeks, the French reached the Danube, catching the Austrian army of General Karl Mack by surprise. While his enemy wavered, Napoleon struck the decisive blow. ELTING: He comes ...

Napoleon would have to crush the massive Austrian army to bring him to the negotiations table. From marshy Lobau Island west of Vienna, Napoleon's army launched an attack against the Austrians on ...

Six weeks after his bloody repulse at the Battle of Aspern-Essling, Napoleon led his reinforced army back across the Danube. The resulting clash with Archduke Charles's Austrian army was the ...

Napoleon faced the combined might of the Sixth Coalition (Russia, Austria, Prussia, Sweden) near Leipzig, in what would prove to be the decisive battle of his career. Outnumbered, virtually encircled, ...

Like a lightning bolt falling from the heavens, Napoleon Bonaparte's Army of the ... Milan and then turn south and west to fight the Austrian army at Piacenza, Casteggio and then Marengo, the ...