"If I wanted to [stop] the enemy," Napoleon said, "it is there that I should post myself; but that would lead only to an ordinary battle ... It was December 2, 1805, the first anniversary of ...

As 1805 began, Napoleon was planning to cross the ... At the battlefield near Ulm, 27,000 men surrendered on October 19. Mack had lost almost his entire army. "I did not intend to fight any ...