This weeks big Napoleonic question is unshamedly asked in ignorance: Who, in your opinion, was Austria's greatest commander?
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This weeks big Napoleonic question is unshamedly asked in ignorance: Who, in your opinion, was Austria's greatest commander?
Discussion of their skills, and pointers for further reading welcome!
Archduke Charles, is there really any other choice ?
Geraint Thatcher >"...is there really any other choice ?"<
Basically, no. That's it. A more interesting question might be Austria's Worst Commander.
Weytrother, he did the Battle plans for both Hohenlinden and then Austerlitz. Says it all
@Geraint Thatcher Not "der unglückliche Mack"?
The Archduke Ferdinand ran from Ulm so as not to get captured. Chasteler sneaked out of the Tyrol when the situation deteriorated to the point where he might have been captured and perhaps executed by the French.
Mack, who chose to stay and fight at Ulm, was the scapegoat for the disaster.
Like Napie, fleeing from Russia to avoid being captured by the overwhelming Russian Armee. Even leaving his own grande Armee in dire state of disintergration.
It's just because of Napoleons dislike of Chasteler some people have a wrong impression of the man.
@Alfred Brans
Most likely propaganda, Erzherzog Johann escaping from a catastrophic capitulation at Ulm, being accused of running, instead of saving his command.
Mack hailed as a tough fighter, wait a minute, fighting at Ulm, I would rather say capitulating at Ulm (what a difference to the stiff resistance Dupont put up at Baylen).
@Alfred Brans Napoleon didn't 'flee' from Russia. He was also head of state and his senior officers 'urged' him to return to France in order to raise a new army to fight the allies.
Napoleon refused to leave the army before crossing the Berezina, where his leadership and command were instrumental in getting the army out of Russia and defeating two Russian armies that tried to stop him.