A key strategy in this battle saw the winning side successfully attack Old Vineyards and implement the "Lion's Leap" maneuver against Pratecky Hill, while many of the losing side's casualties were incurred after fleeing troops made a poorly-chosen dash across the Satschan ponds and drowned. The victorious commander lost only one battalion, at the hands of Grand Duke Constantine's Imperial Guard, and ordered Davout's men into a breakneck march to reach the Southern border of the battlefield. That
A key strategy in this battle saw the winning side successfully attack Old Vineyards and implement the "Lion's Leap" maneuver against Pratecky Hill, while many of the losing side's casualties were incurred after fleeing troops made a poorly-chosen dash across the Satschan ponds and drowned. The victorious commander lost only one battalion, at the hands of Grand Duke Constantine's Imperial Guard, and ordered Davout's men into a breakneck march to reach the Southern border of the battlefield. That commander chose the troops under Bernadotte as the elite reserve force, characteristically committing them at the moment of crisis in a charge on the Pratzen Heights. This battle forced the surrender of Venice to the Italian puppet state in the Treaty of Pressburg, and saw the defeat of troops led by Francis II and Alexander I. For 10 points, name this "Battle of the Three Emperors" which saw Napoleon smash the Third Coalition.
A key strategy in this battle saw the winning side successfully attack Old Vineyards and implement the "Lion's Leap" maneuver against Pratecky Hill, while many of the losing side's casualties were incurred after fleeing troops made a poorly-chosen dash across the Satschan ponds and drowned.
Battle of Austerlitz