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#OTD 10 May 1770 Louis-Nicolas Davout was born. He became Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon. His talent & disciplinarianism earned him the nickname "The Iron Marshal". He is ranked along with Marshals André Masséna and Jean Lannes as one of Napoleon's finest commanders.
24 de abr. de 2024 · The Battle of Teugen-Hausen was fought between the French III Corps led by Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout and the Austrian III Armeekorps commanded by Prince Friedrich Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-Hechingen.
Hace 1 día · Davout had lost 10,000 men marching to Minsk, which he reached on the 8th and would not attack Bagration without Jerome joining him. He ordered Polish cavalry to search for the thousands of looting soldiers who stayed behind.
Hace 4 días · On 12 February, General Davout discovered the enemy positions and immediately made his military arrangements. He formed his cavalry in two lines, and, in this order of battle, he swooped down on the Mamluks.
29 de abr. de 2024 · At 9 a.m., a larger force, 20,000 strong, under Marshal Nicolas Soult stormed up the slopes of the Pratzen Plateau and launched themselves into the fray. The troops under Gen. Louis de Saint-Hilaire succeeded in taking the heights at the points of their bayonets but only after heavy fighting.
24 de abr. de 2024 · Supplemental: Marshals of the Empire--Louis-Nicolas Davout. Perhaps the most capable of all of Napoleon's commanders, the "Iron Marshal" Davout built a legacy of his own as one of the finest military minds in French history.
Hace 1 día · 10 mai 1770 : Naissance de Louis Nicolas Davout, maréchal d’Empire, prince d’Eckmuhl et duc d’Auerstaedt († 1 er juin 1823).. Issu d’une famille de petite noblesse, Davout fait ses premières armes dans l’armée de l’Ancien Régime avant d’embrasser les idées révolutionnaires et de devenir dès 1791 chef de bataillon des volontaires de l’Yonne.
