Inspired by the rebellious Spaniards' success against Napoleon, Austria launched a campaign ... "I [have lost] the most distinguished general in my army, my companion in arms for sixteen years ...

In 1809, with Napoleon and his best troops bogged down in Spain, Austria decided to try to get revenge for her humiliation at Austerlitz three years before. Archduke Charles led an invasion of ...

The French and British were at war once again ... "I did not intend to fight any but the English," Napoleon told the defeated Austrian General, "until your master came along and provoked me.

his attempted encirclement of General Bennigsen's Russian army near the East Prussian town of Eylau led, instead, to one of the most notorious battles of the Napoleonic Wars, fought in terrible ...