It was the Battle of Austerlitz. Did Napoleon really fire cannonballs onto frozen ponds? Watch this video to find out! Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free exclusive podcasts and ...

"A battle was fought today," Francis wrote his wife, "which did not turn out very well." Austerlitz had raised Napoleon’s star to new heights. He had won his greatest victory, the victory of ...

Except for the Battle of Borodino, which Napoleon had fought in Russia in ... War of the Third Coalition with his finest victory, at Austerlitz in 1805. The next year the Prussians also declared ...

But as 1806 drew to a close, Napoleon was still at war. Austria and Prussia had both surrendered, but the Russians — bloodied after Austerlitz ... to do after the battle of Friedland ...

Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the greatest ... He made a fool of Czar Alexander I at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805. He encircled an entire Austrian army and forced them to capitulate at the ...

What Napoleon might actually have said, when he was told that the Russians were abandoning a prime strategic position at the Battle of Austerlitz, was: “When the enemy is making a mistake, we must ...