64.5 French Revolutionary Wars - Napoleon's Conquest of Italy
A History of Europe, Key Battles
Carl Rylett
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🗓️ 21 January 2022
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Summary
The French invade Belgium in 1794 and the Netherlands in 1795. The coalition against them starts to fall apart as individual members came to terms. Russia, Prussia and Austria are distracted by their partitioning of Poland, which is wiped off the map.
Next the French invade Austria and Italy, the Italian campaign led by a promising young commander Napoleon Bonaparte.
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| 1:09.5 | Hello and welcome to a history of Europe Ki Battles podcast, the French Revolutionary Wars |
| 1:15.9 | Part 5 of 6. The first four parts describe the background to the wars and the first couple of years. |
| 1:29.3 | When military campaigning began again in the spring of 1794, |
| 1:34.3 | it was Belgium that was the main battleground. |
| 1:37.3 | The main French army under Jean-Baptiste Jodin |
| 1:41.3 | besieged the town of Chardois, |
| 1:43.3 | whose garrison laid down their arms after only the |
| 1:46.5 | briefest resistance. They were not aware that a relief force was nearby, a combined Dutch-Austrian |
| 1:53.6 | army under the command of the Prince of Saxo-Koburg. There followed the Battle of Flores, one of the biggest clashes of the whole war, |
| 2:04.5 | with some 80,000 soldiers on the French side and 60,000 on the Allied side. One interesting |
| 2:12.0 | innovation by the French was the use of an observation balloon with the aim of keeping Jordan up to date about Austrian movements. |
| 2:20.3 | It was difficult to operate however and withdrawn afterwards from service. The Prince of Saxo-Koeburg split his army into five columns and attacked the French. His troops, although outnumbered, fought well and managed to break through both French wings. The French Centre, however, held and counter-attacked. Perhaps the Austrians could have won a great victory if they had kept driving on, |
| 3:08.2 | but Saxo-Koberg lost his nerve and fell back to the small town of Waterloo, |
| 3:13.6 | that 21 years later was to give its name to an even bigger battle. |
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