It is an operational level game with some tactical overtones. The primary strategy of Napoleon was to identify the enemy. During the approach to Austerlitz Napoleon demonstrated his tactical genius, sending five corps of his army in a great sweep around the flank of an advanced Austrian force of 27,000 troops under General Karl Mack. In 1812 after the bloodbath at Borodino the 57e was awarded with a badge of Legion of Honor affixed to their Eagle. Quoted in Christopher Duffy, Austerlitz 1805 (London, 1977), 116, and Scott Bowden, Napoleon and Austerlitz (Chicago, 1997), 346. (12) Brent Nosworthy, Battle Tactics of Napoleon and His Enemies (London, 1995), 137-138 (13) Thiébault, III, 468.

In 1809 at Aspern-Essling the line infantrymen fought like lions.

In 1805 at Austerlitz the following line regiments captured Allies colors: 14e, 18e, 33e, 43e, 48e, 55e, 75e, and 108e.

(14) From Aleksandr Ivanovich Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky's Relation de la campagne de 1805 (Paris, 1847), 184. It is mostly regimental level, 400 yards per hex and the 18 game turns represent 30 minutes each. Battlefield Strategies and Tactics. Historians have gushed over it since it happened really, but Napoleon at Austerlitz honestly was a tactical masterpiece - even he knew it at the time (the Arc de Triomphe was commissioned right after Austerlitz). For what I look for in a Napoleonic game as far as scale, Napoleon at Austerlitz 2nd edition is the game that I prefer of those that I have owned.

The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805/11 Frimaire An XIV FRC), also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars.In what is widely regarded as the greatest victory achieved by Napoleon, the Grande Armée of France defeated a larger Russian and Austrian army led by Emperor Alexander I and Holy Roman Emperor …

What were some of the facts about the Napoleon victory at Austerlitz? The 84e Ligne was another top drawer outfit. The French forces marched through Franconia and northern Bavaria, encircling the enemy, and forcing a capitulation without fighting a major battle. At Austerlitz in 1805, Napoleon chose a deployment that would tempt the opposing Austro-Russian force to attack him on his right. It was fought on 2 December, 1805, between Ausrtia and Russia against France. Napoleon illustrated these tactics when he successfully won the battle of Ulm-Austerlitz in1805.