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Episode 84: The Battle of the Three Emperors

The Age of Napoleon Podcast

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Napoleon's Greatest Battle of All Time

Napoleon despatched one of his closest aides, general jean rope, with several squadrons of light cavalry from his own imperial guard to investigate this body of horsemen. By all accounts, what ensued was complete pandemonium. Once rop and his men rode into the fray, there were french cavalry, french infantry, russian cavalry and russians fighting through fog and thick gunpowder smoke. After a legendary struggle, the r Russian horsemen broke off and began to ride back to their lines. Few of them made it. But our grenadiers came off conquerors and returned to their position behind the emperor.

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