Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Essling” in chapter 5 of Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy.:
...st the army of Jourdan, in 1796, near Neuweied upon the Rhine, where they came near compromising the army of the Sambre and Mense.
The Arch-Duke Charles did as much in 1809 at the famous passage at Essling .
He broke the bridge of the Danube, and brought Napoleon to the brink of ruin.
There are few means of placing a bridge secure from such attacks, unless we have time to prepare stockades of pile...
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| † | Essling (Wien, Austria) | 36 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
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