The Discourse Lover

New episode! After his victory at Wagram, Napoleon pursued the Austrians. Peace was in the air, but the war would end on an almost unbelievably dramatic note in the middle of a Bohemian thunderstorm. www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect...

In the summer of 1809, Napoleon crossed the Danube again to confront Archduke Charles and the Habsburg field army and avenge his defeat at Aspern-Essling. www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect...

Austria, 1809: Napoleon was stunned after the first defeat of his career at Aspern-Essling and the death of his best friend and closest confidant, Marshal Lannes. But all across the continent, the war raged on...
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New episode! In April, 1809, the Austrians finally launched their long-awaited invasion of the Napoleonic Empire. The French were taken by surprise, but Napoleon had a plan to turn the tables. www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect...

Finding and following back all my buds from the other site seems like a monumental task. Some of you aren't even using the same names or avatars, why would you make this harder for me

On this day in 1796, Napoleon led the Army of Italy to victory over the Austrians at the Battle of Castiglione. Despite being outnumbered by the enemy, with the fortress of Mantua unconquered in his rear, Bonaparte was able to pounce on an isolated Austrian column.

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If I was a New England WASP, I would be soooo dour and thrifty. Everyone in the village would be jealous of me.

'Portsmouth Dockyard' by James Tissot was seen as shockingly indecent in Victorian Britain. Critics called it "willfully vulgar" and "more French than English" (the worst insult a Victorian British person could give)

Having a hard time remembering who I followed on the competing social media website, I am probably SNUBBING people

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