Pen and Sword Books: 1809 Thunder on the Danube

1809 Thunder on the Danube - Volume III (5 reviews)

Napoleon's Defeat of the Habsburgs: The Final Clashes of Wagram and Znalm

Jack H Gill
Found in: Napoleonic Books
All Frontline Books
Series: Thunder on the Danube
Hardback 480 pages
ISBN: 9781848325470

Published: 29 March 2010

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With this third volume John Gill brings to a close his magisterial study of the war between Napoleonic France and Habsburg Austria. The account begins with both armies recuperating on the banks of the Danube. As they rest, important action was taking place elsewhere: Eugene won a crucial victory over Johann on the anniversary of Marengo, Prince Poniatowski’s Poles outflanked another Austrian archduke along the Vistula, and Marmont drove an Austrian force out of Dalmatia to join Napoleon at Vienna. These campaigns set the stage for the titanic Battle of Wagram.

Second only in scale to the slaughter at Leipzig in 1813, Wagram saw more than 320,000 men and 900 guns locked in two days of fury that ended with an Austrian retreat. The defeat, however, was not complete: Napoleon had to force another engagement before Charles would accept a ceasefire. The battle at Znaim, its true importance often not acknowledged, brought an extended armistice that ended with a peace treaty signed in Vienna.

Gill uses an impressive array of sources in an engaging narrative covering both the politics of emperors and the privations and hardship common soldiers suffered in battle. Enriched with unique illustrations, forty maps,
and extraordinary order-of-battle detail, this work concludes an unrivalled English-language study of Napoleon’s last victory.
‘Christmas Selection 2010, Napoleon.org website’

Gill's account is remarkable for the extravagant, intensely-researched operational detail that reveals each sid's strategic and tactical moves up to and then onto the battlefields. For the devoted military student, the amount of detail is... [read full review]

Frank J Garosi, The Journal of Military History

A magnificent book that will satisfy the most avid enthusiasts of Napoleonic-era military history.

Foundation Napoléon website

The third volume of the author's 20-year project on the topic lives up to the standards of the first two. The topic and the way it is presented is a military history buff's dream.... This... [read full review]

Military Illustrated magazine

This title is the perfect ending to a perfect trilogy of books covering the 1809 war between France and Austria. As with the previously two volumes, the third volume contains excellent battle accounts covering the... [read full review]

J. Walsh

This is a very impressive piece of work, and is unlikely to be surpassed for many years. Key amongst Gill's achievements are his impressive use of a wide range of sources from every combatant... [read full review]

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