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Napoleonic Wars: Battle of the Nile

BATTLE OF ASPERN-ESSLING Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Aspern-Essling At the twin villages of Aspern and Essling in the spring of 1809, Napoleon was prepared for battle with Austrian Archduke Charles. He was halfway across the Danube... and then came the flood tide!				BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Austerlitz Facing a formidable coalition, the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte I devised a plan to defeat his counterparts from Austria and Russia in one swift campaign.

BATTLE OF QUATRE BRAS Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Quatre Bras Outnumbered, Napoleon aimed to drive a wedge between the British and Prussian armies, then defeat them in detail. But brilliant plans are easier made than executed.				BATTLE OF THE PYRAMIDS Napoleonic Wars: Battle of the Pyramids The enemy that confronted the French at Embabeh, Egypt, more than 200 years ago was as merciless as the desert they had just crossed--but the Mamelukes did not have a commander like Napoleon Bonaparte.

BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar When French Vice Adm. Pierre de Villeneuve emerged from Cadiz with his 33 mammoth warships, Britain's Royal Navy awaited him with only 27, often smaller, ships of the line. But the British also had Lord Horatio Nelson.				ADMIRAL HORATIO NELSON Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar -- Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson Did His Duty Horatio Nelson's two-column charge into the Franco-Spanish line was risky, but it won him the battle -- at the cost of his life.

ITALIAN CAMPAIGN General Napoleon Bonaparte's Italian Campaign In his first campaign outside of France, General Napoleon Bonaparte turned the outnumbered, ragtag Army of Italy into a force that beat all Austrian comers.				WOMEN AT WATERLOO Napoleonic Wars: Women at Waterloo As was the case throughout the Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo saw its share of female participants -- and casualties.

MILITARY TECHNOLOGY Sir Thomas Cochrane: The British Naval Officer Who Proposed Saturation Bombing & Chemical Warfare During the Napoleonic Wars During the Napoleonic Wars, a British naval officer believed that desperate times called for desperate measures -- so he proposed the use of saturation bombing and chemical warfare.				NADEZHDA DUROVA Nadezhda Durova: Russian Cavalry Maiden in the Napoleonic Wars Nadezhda Durova served gallantly in the Russian cavalry--then embarked on a literary career.

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