13 Vendémiaire (5 October, 1795): A Republican detachment under newly-promoted General Bonaparte confronts a large force of Royalist insurgents in the vicinity of l’Église de Saint-Roch, where a two-hour battle leaves some 300 insurgents dead, many cut down by artillery firing grape-shot.
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The Egyptian Campaign (1798-99): Despite its ultimate failure to secure French control of Egypt, the campaign enhances General Bonaparte’s reputation as a visionary leader, and his all-but-miraculous return to France during a critical moment leads to the coup d’etat of 19 Brumaire.
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Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805): Bearing the title Emperor of the French, Napoleon leads the newly-formed Grande Armee against the combined forces of Austria and Russia in what many consider his greatest military exploit.
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Attack of the Scots Greys: Following the repulse of entire French infantry corps (Derlon’s), a brigade of English cavalry under William Ponsonby disperses the retreating enemy and continues across the battlefield to the vicinity of a large collection of French artillery. A counter-charge chases them off amid much slaughter.
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Attack of the French cavalry: Interpreting an Allied shift as a general retreat, Marshal Ney orders the cavalry forward en masse. In response, the Allies form squares and successfully withstand a massive assault on their position on Mont-St.-Jean.
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