
Episode 82: The Fortunes of War
The Age of Napoleon Podcast
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A Brief History of the Battle of the Danube
Mock spent an entire day shuffling his units around, placing regiments under new generals. Many historians assume this was a breakout attempt, but mach's orders to marshal rich are very vague and mention nothing about a breakout. Mack wrote with some grandiosity about destroying part of napoleon's army, but provided precious little guidance as to what rich was actually supposed to do. At dawn on the fourteenth, marshal ney was at napoleon's headquarters getting personal instructions from the emperor. On his way out of bonaparte's tent, he ran into his new nemesis, marshal mira, and quipped, quote, come with me and form your plans in the
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