tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post2127123667569507133..comments2024-03-26T10:09:09.149-07:00Comments on Obscure Battles: Hohenlinden 1800Jeff Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09188876209461291938noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-66109600120450982042020-10-27T11:23:52.035-07:002020-10-27T11:23:52.035-07:00Amazing detail Jeff. Very well done. Love the maps...Amazing detail Jeff. Very well done. Love the maps. Also, would it be possible to see some Crimean war battles?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-48888215948271953082020-10-14T21:36:13.976-07:002020-10-14T21:36:13.976-07:00I love hearing things like this. Thank you, Eddie....I love hearing things like this. Thank you, Eddie.Jeff Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09188876209461291938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-15635481722482707882020-10-12T11:07:01.356-07:002020-10-12T11:07:01.356-07:00This was not a battle with which I was familiar. L...This was not a battle with which I was familiar. Looks like Napoleon's propaganda worked on me! It is a very interesting read and sparks a few ideas for a fun game. :-) <br />Thank you for you hard work.Eddie Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00524052673420780378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-77752137424816672652020-10-09T15:43:04.051-07:002020-10-09T15:43:04.051-07:00Perhaps "slaves" is too strong a word. L...Perhaps "slaves" is too strong a word. Let's just say they had fewer rights than their enemies, the French soldiers, at the time. This was, besides a war for geographic acquisition on the part of the Habsburgs, an ideological war. The Austrian soldiers were compelled to fight on behalf of an ideology to sustain the rule by a privileged few with the object of reinstating an absolute monarchy in France.<br /><br />I guess the analogy would be that the vast majority of Confederate soldiers in the Civil War did not own slaves, but were fighting for the right of a wealthy few to do so. The cynical Confederate quip was "Rich man's war, poor man's fight."<br /><br />I know that you would point out the irony that, after 1800, the ideology of the Napoleonic Wars at least from the point of view of France, was to sustain yet another absolute monarch. <br /><br />But that invokes that old Who lyric from Won't Get Fooled Again, "Meet the new boss./Same as the old boss."Jeff Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09188876209461291938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-22676809035629561732020-10-08T12:23:05.170-07:002020-10-08T12:23:05.170-07:00One thing I disagree with is your description of t...One thing I disagree with is your description of the Austrian Soldiers as slaves, Maria Theresa's reforms in the 1750's meant that the Austrian ranker was better treated and had more rights than, for example the British Soldier of the time, the simple fact of the matter was the Austrian Staff were still fighting a Linear form of warfare ( they were very fond of converging columns during the SYW and rarely got them to synchronise with each other), arguably their staff system was incapable of performing the plans it developed but continued to attempt them all the same.<br />Anyway, minor gripe, excellent read again Jeff, thanks for all your work.<br />John Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04967673029498628738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-8029812750518963922020-10-08T00:21:04.800-07:002020-10-08T00:21:04.800-07:00Thank you, John. It is so gratifying to hear that ...Thank you, John. It is so gratifying to hear that my work is appreciated, even though I do it to amuse myself.Jeff Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09188876209461291938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-4767589559563063692020-10-07T14:52:24.254-07:002020-10-07T14:52:24.254-07:00Superb !Superb !Jubilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15008211040948569509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-11509055952587721112020-10-07T11:00:27.317-07:002020-10-07T11:00:27.317-07:00I have been following this site for a couple of ye...I have been following this site for a couple of years. It has been a bit frustrating waiting so long for new battles, but it has totally been worth it. Simply superb analysis and maps. This site is a hidden gem for any historian!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-8173155479398499092020-10-07T09:56:55.906-07:002020-10-07T09:56:55.906-07:00Superb again Jeff, excellent read.Superb again Jeff, excellent read.John Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04967673029498628738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-34975583596929885132020-10-07T07:38:36.790-07:002020-10-07T07:38:36.790-07:00Thank you for another of your detailed and most re...Thank you for another of your detailed and most readable summaries with the added 'gloss' of your colourful orders of battle, plus a selection of flags from Letrun's excellent book.<br />Regards, JamesJames Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17897755636246185173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-18290903814455360702020-10-06T23:43:02.426-07:002020-10-06T23:43:02.426-07:00hello, I've read your interesting articles abo...hello, I've read your interesting articles about european military history for long time. In Korea, there are a few books and thesis about these periods, so doesn't know about detail. That's why your writing is very helpful for me. Is it ok if i translate your articles into Korean and post on my blog. of course i'll indicate its source with your blog address.<br /><br />sorry for my poor English. whitehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084029675306238875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-85267966932072085472020-09-30T13:55:28.638-07:002020-09-30T13:55:28.638-07:00Oh, I don't know. Never heard of him. And also...Oh, I don't know. Never heard of him. And also, yeah, I don't read German.Jeff Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09188876209461291938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-56222331903348897482020-09-30T01:10:06.426-07:002020-09-30T01:10:06.426-07:00Very nice to see one of the most important battles...Very nice to see one of the most important battles of the period on your blog. Why you didn't used Günter Schneider's excellent book? It's focused on Hohenlinden only and he researched in the French archives and visited the place.<br />More about the historian at our Blog: https://wackershofenannodomini.blogspot.com/2020/03/historiker-von-nebenan-mit-gunter.htmlAmtmann B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02939313112868431455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-62710892230156067022020-09-27T08:35:27.479-07:002020-09-27T08:35:27.479-07:00Ooo. Good catch. I knew that. Typo. I do rely on m...Ooo. Good catch. I knew that. Typo. I do rely on my readers to do my proofreading, too. So thanks.<br /><br />And thanks for the compliments.Jeff Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09188876209461291938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-46012693373552395762020-09-26T13:13:43.153-07:002020-09-26T13:13:43.153-07:00Another exceptional read, with amazing maps! It is...Another exceptional read, with amazing maps! It is so difficult to get the balance text/map right, but here is all very well done. Thanks!<br />Just a rectification: Moreau was killed at Dresden, not Danzig.Blancardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02386013009915341544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-52229113992476091122020-09-25T23:36:26.880-07:002020-09-25T23:36:26.880-07:00Thanks.Thanks.Jeff Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09188876209461291938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-5097528396589827372020-09-25T23:35:00.518-07:002020-09-25T23:35:00.518-07:00You might say it's an optical illusion, sort o...You might say it's an optical illusion, sort of. People have been conditioned to see light coming from the upper left in conventional graphics, which is a Western cultural thing. But I set my light source for the northern hemisphere at the latitude and time of day/year (unless I'm doing a southern hemisphere battle, like Gqokli Hill or Isandlwana) in which the light source (Our Mr. Sun) comes from the south. Once you start seeing it in a natural way, it will snap in your brain's occipital lobe, resolving any spatial confusion.Jeff Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09188876209461291938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-43447910158030009692020-09-25T17:45:52.307-07:002020-09-25T17:45:52.307-07:00SuperbSuperbdavid brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18026254047596709101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1403809316122064334.post-69992566446058241342020-09-25T17:37:39.389-07:002020-09-25T17:37:39.389-07:00Thanks Jeff for yet another very entertaining vign...Thanks Jeff for yet another very entertaining vignette of Napoleonic warfare. The parallels with Chickamauga are compelling. <br /><br />For some reason I can't wrap my head around the hillshade you are using on this map. I am seeing streams running over ridges, is it inverted? Or just an optical illusion?BletchleyGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12145222773978473856noreply@blogger.com