austerlitz (december 2, 1805)
THE SECOND HALF
| MURAT AND BERNARDOTTE ADVANCE | |||||||||
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| From left to right: (1) Muray advance with Bernardotte (I Corps) at his left ; (2) The Old Guard and the Oudinot's Grenadiers advance behind the I Corps ; (3) The situation as seen from the Russian lines. | |||||||||
| THE SOULT'S ATTACK | |||||||||
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St Hilaire and Vandamme atack the Austrian
units of the IV Column: From left to right: (1) Indecisive combat; (2) and (3) two Austrian routs; (4) final situation: only the Russian units remain. |
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| DAVOUT RESISTS AT TELNITZ | |||||||||
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Davout resists the Russian attacks at Telnitz: From left to right: (1) the Croats repulse the French dragoons; (2)and (3) the Russians are routed after two combat rounds; (4) the French still resits at Telnitz |
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| DAVOUT AND SOULT ADVANCE | |||||||||
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| (1) A Russian unit is dispersed; (2) and (3) Legrand attacks and routs all Russian units in his way; (4) French general advance in the Telnitz-Sokolnitz area: Davout at right and Legrad at left. | |||||||||
| SITUATION AT CENTER | |||||||||
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| From left to right: (1) The Soult's attack continues; (2) St. Hilaire is stopped by the Austrians; (2) A view of the French center-left. The Austrians resist at left: (3) Vandamme outflanks the Russians of the IV Allied column while the Old Guard and Rivaud (Bernardotte's I Corps) advance against the Russian Guard and the Allied Cavalry (V Column); (5) A view of the Old Guard | |||||||||
| THE GODS IN TROUBLE (A surprising interlude) | |||||||||
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| From left to right: (1) The Old Guard Grenadiers 'a cheval' attack and rout a Russian dragoon unit; (2) but failing recall they become disordered and attack and elliminate a Russian wagon/pack train unit; (3) Austrian kuirassiers seize the opportunity by taking the Grenadiers disordered and disperse them. Farewell to the Gods | |||||||||
| THE BROTHER-IN-LAW FAILS. THE RUSSIAN GUARD RESISTS | |||||||||
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| From left to right: (1) All cavalry units must bounce: a drawn; (2) and (3) the Russian Guard resist the french advance. The Great Dike Constantine is the last hope of resistance | |||||||||
| THE ALLIED COLUMNS I-IV ARE CRUSHED | |||||||||
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| From left to right: (1) the Croats are dispersed with the aid of French cavalry; (2) Legrand disperses the Russians; (3) and (4) St Cyr precise two combat rounds to disperse the Austrians (IV Column); (5) Vandamme routs the Russians (IV Column). | |||||||||
| BUT THE GREAT DUKE STOPS THE FRENCH | |||||||||
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| From left to right: (1) and (2) the Russian Guards rout the French line infantry (Rivaud from Bernadotte's I Corps) after two combat rounds; (3) The Guard light cavalry rejects the French light cavalry (both units must bounce) | |||||||||
| THE FINAL SITUATION | |||||||||
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From left to right: (1) French lefy with the Russian Guard waiting;
(2) French Center-right with the Allied fully routed; (3) the OOB
with coloured pin marking the dispersed (blanck) and routed /violet)
units. French: 3 dispersed and 3 routed units Allied: 14 dispersed and 3 routed. The time is 1,30 p.m. and the French victory is TOTAL |
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| TOTAL FRENCH VICTORY | |||||||||