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Austerlitz - Napoleon's Greatest Victory

By: GMT Games

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: Great Battles of the Napoleonic Wars

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Product Info

Title
Austerlitz - Napoleon's Greatest Victory
Publisher
Category
Sub-category
Author
David Fox
Publish Year
2000
Dimensions
9.25x12x2"
NKG Part #
1036096846
MFG. Part #
GMT0007
Type
Boxed Game
Age Range
12 Years and Up
# Players
2 Players
Game Length
240 Minutes

Description

"Before tomorrow evening, that army will be mine."

So claimed Napoleon Bonaparte to his staff on the night of December 1, 1805, as he watched the Austro-Russian Allied army settle into its positions near Austerlitz for the battle that was certain to come the next morning. It was not an idle boast. Napoleon's Grande Armee mustered 75,000 men, well-led, superbly trained, and completely confident of victory. And the next day, they would win the most decisive victory of Napoleon's career.

The Battle of Austerlitz was Napoleon's tactical masterpiece. Facing an Allied army 72,000 men strong, he blocked a massive Allied flanking movement aimed at his right wing, launched an attack that smashed the Allied center, and then scattered the remnants so thoroughly that by the night of December 2nd the Allied Third Coalition was in ruins. The battle contained many moments of high drama: the French right wing holding on despite 3-to-1 odds, desperately waiting for help from Davout's corps rushing to the battlefield after an epic forced march; a massive cavalry melee fought on the northern half of the field between the opposing cavalry reserves; the clash of the French and Russian Imperial Guards on the Pratzen Heights that decided the course of the battle.

Please note that early printings of this game have slightly distorted printing on countersheet #4. This was corrected in later printings.