Marshal Bessières leads a famous cavalry charge at the Battle of Wagram in 1809, fought against the Austrian army of Archduke Charles. #epichistorytv #napoleonicwars #shorts How Canadians Feel ...
Leading the French cavalry, Joan rides into a hail of arrows from the English longbowmen at Patay, shortly after liberating Orléans. Painting by Frank Craig, 1907. Musée d’Orsay, Paris Editor ...
Napoleon would have to break Wellington’s center at once. The French cavalry charged on the order of Marshal Michel Ney, known as "the bravest of the brave." Convinced that the British line was ...