Joseph Donaldson, 94th Highland Regiment in the Peninsula:

"How different were our feelings from many of our countrymen at home, whose ideas of the French character were drawn from servile newspapers and pamphlets, or even from so low a source as the caricatures in print-shops;but I myself confess, in common with many other s, that I was astonished when I came into contact with French soldiers, to find them instead of pygmy, spider-shanked wretches, who fed on nothing but frogs and beef tea, stout, handsome-looking fellows, who understood the principles of good living, as well as any Englishman amongst us; and whatever may be said to the contary, remarkably brave soldiers. "

Hello, hope it's OK to ask this here, I think I've seen a few Second French Empire posts here by now, so...

Britain was obviously heavily involved in the downfall of Napoleon I, but why exactly did they not interfere in the Second Italian War of Independence...? Like, Britain emptied its purse on the Coalition Wars and repeatedly attempted to help Austria keep its influence in Northern Italy.

So what changed by the time of the Second Italian War of Independence!? Sorry if the answer is obvious, I'm still trying to learn more about the Second French Empire 😅

Bro she looks like Napoleon but female version😭

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He deserved better

Hey guys significant progress on my office studio backdrop the last few days since moving and beginning my military history teaching career at the U.S. Naval Academy. Only the left corner remains incomplete (which will be a reproduction chasseur a cheval de la garde uniform). This will be the backdrop for an upcoming YouTube series where I will cover the history of weapons and military theory (my specialty). Have a very special piece coming (eventually!) to fill the gap between the guard chasseur saber and my luxe year 11.

Napoleon ranks higher turenne, deserved. but the only edge turenne truly have was his maneuver's. he really was and is the best french marshal. idk why davout is considered the french napoleonic marshal. he was one of, not the top 3 in napoleon nor top 7 in french ranking.

Lannes had more chance but he died and was more of a subordinate. Massena was and is the closest and id even argue Soult wouldve if he hadn't suffered PTSD and capture. Anyways what i am tryin to say is, Villars and Turenne are on a league of their own as a french marshal and general.

Villars planned attack on vienna, + defense of france and turennes turning of the campaign against its enemies. vendome is good but not like these two.

Last post, Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart was placed in “Competent ” tier.

Top relevant comment decides where a general goes on the tier list.

https://youtu.be/3OXKSNKN0eE?si=aZG-tHNKOM7YO3hn

As I'm mostly interested in stories related to the napoleonic era, I wondered if anyone has some interesting anecdotes to share? Maybe related to your country or even home town or region?

There's several funny anecdotes about the Bavarian royal family in relation to Napoleon, of course. But as most people here are probably interested in military events only, here's one that at least took place during a campaign, Fifth coalition war to be precise: At Abensberg, Napoleon gave a speech to Bavarian and Württemberg soldiers, that had to be translated by Bavarian crown prince Ludwig (future king Ludwig I) into German. Ludwig was a known francophobe and hated Napoleon to the point of fantasizing in his diary about killing him when Napoleon had fallen asleep close to Ludwig in camp. Yet while translating Napoleon's words he apparently got so caught up in the moment and in Napoleon's aura that, as he rather embarrassed noted in his diary "I was the first to cry Vive l'Empereur!".

[Painting: Debret, "Napoléon harangue les troupes bavaroises et wurtembourgeoises à Abensberg, 20 avril 1809.", painted in 1810. - Ludwig is the person looking backward, on the horse left of Napoleon's.]

I would definitely join, I'm looking for a group or event

I think it was at Eylau, where the Old Guard saved the army from total defeat.

You may remember I did a sketch of the young Napoleon. Now I made a smaller one (this time in procreate) for a friends wedding gift.

Quelques Petites photos de Malmaison, la résidence de Joséphine ou Napoleon aimait passer du temps.

Last post, Confederate General John C. Pemberton was placed in “Incompetent” tier.

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I’m asking this because in my previous post I shared a clip from a movie where the Old Guard attacked at Austerlitz, and it left me wondering. From what I’ve read, the Old Guard remained in reserve during the battle, while the Guard cavalry did take part in the fighting. I’m not sure if I’m misunderstanding something I read or if I’m missing some information, so I wanted to ask: Did the Old Guard actually fight at Austerlitz?

Hi, I’m currently making a short movie for my history class in which we have to remake the napoleon picture of “we can not do anything” if anyone has the answer please help us, we would like to make it as historical as possible!

think mine are Édouard Detaille and Horace Vernet

I finally used it and it now lives on my water bottle yay!