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Episode 84: The Battle of the Three Emperors

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The Battle of Blasevitz

Marshal lawn ordered one of his divisions forward to assault the allied position. The coalition cavalry arged to counter them, and for a moment, it looked like the horsemen would envelop the advancing french. Then at the last second, a small group of french cavalry arrived on the scene. They dismounted, formed a firing line and drilled volleys into the approaching enemy cavalry with their short carbine muskets. It must have been quite a scene. Tulking about nearly ten thousand men on horseback crashing into one another and then fighting it out with sabres. But Mira still had cards left to play. He call forward two regiments of curisiers from his reserves.

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