The Battle of Austerlitz

Last organized resistance came from a few thousand russians under general dmitri docturo who managed to create a small defensive line on the last patch of solid ground before the swamps. He held off the french for a few minutes to buy time for the men escaping behind him. Then just after four in the afternoon he gave the last order of the battle, probably the order any officer of this era dreaded the most. Every man for himself. His unit disintegrated as the troops scattered to find their own way through the swamps before the french could close in to the north. The remains of the coalition army were now totally disorganized, scattered over a huge area. Napoleon's work was