Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

October 14th and no one posts a " Happy ????/????????? Day " ?

The Treaty of Schonbrunn was signed on this date in 1809....

So close, subtract three years.

Fine. Happy utter and complete destruction of the Prussian army day!

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Marechal Jeff Bardon
Duc de Castiglione et Prince de Wagram
Commandant de la Garde Imperiale

Winner! Well kind of. Just like a frog to forget the name of where they fought.

Happy Jena/Auerstadt Day?

What's so freakin' happy about that?

Besides, it was not on this date that the Prussian army was destroyed, it was in the relentless pursuit that followed.

YES! Thank you Mark.

BTW, someone mass email the Prussians and make sure they haven't done anything drastic in their sorrow.

As a precaution, I had all of the cutlery removed from Scott Ludwig's house last night. I am sure that he thinks he has been robbed, but it will be returned tomorrow. Better safe than sorry.

Good man, and that's why we voted you President.

It's also the 946th anniversary of Battle of Hastings, when the rosbif eaters were schooled by the cream of French chivalry.

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Generalfeldmarschall Scott Kronprinz "Vorwärts" Ludwig von Preußen
Kommandeur des Königlich-Preußischen Armee-Korps
Chief of Staff (CoS) of the Allied Coalition
Allied Coalition Webmaster & Club Website Support

Hmm, I seem to recall very heroic accounts of the Battle of Lutzen, where it is said L'Empereur most bravely rallied the troops and led them back to the firing line.

Of course, being an emperor as compared to a general, one might wonder at the wisdom of that.

Nor, did he ever believe he was giving birth to an elephant during the course of fighting.

Regards,

My dear Colonel please allow me to correct you - it was 100 elephants.
And thanks Al for the joyous reminder of the rout of the Prussians. I must say I do actually respect the elephant man though. He was a real fire eater, probably Napoleon's greatest opponent. (Wellington was over rated IMHO)

Now a nice little pic for everyone's visual edification



By god this man did war honour

Oh also I nearly forgot my favourite period image



I wonder what became of these poor inflated fellows

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Marechal Knox

Prince d'Austerlitz et Comte d'Argentan
Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur

"What is history but a fable agreed upon"

Monsieur General Sire ;the pictures you post were nice but seven years younger then the battle !

If Ney had followed orders at Lutzen or even Bautzen - there never would have been a Leipzig and the Spring of 1813 would have been a repeat of 1806 / 1807 for the Prussians and Russians (IMHO) without the Elyau experience. Austria would have never then dared to enter the war on the side of the Prussians and Russians - Unfortunately Ney demonstrated why he should have never been given independent command - but kept close to the Emperor so he could act with direct instruction once the Battle had commenced - Where was Davout when Napoleon needed him ?

I guess the reality was that Napoleon's regime was on the rocks after the 1812 debacle so he wanted no doubt in anyone's mind who was responsible for the anticipated upcoming victories over the allies ( him and him alone) . thus he went to war with the Marschal's least suited to be independent commanders ( Macdonald, Ney and Oudinot) All fine soldiers but none ever meant to have independent command where they were expected to operate without the guideance of Napoleon, ( Again - IMHO). Ney proved this again at Dennowitz and Macdonald at Katzbach and Oudinot at Grossbeeren

Thus I beleive it was Ney who cost the Emperor his crown - not the Prussian Army