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Reminiscences of a naval officer, during the late war. With sketches and anecdotes of distinguished commanders
Abraham Crawford (1788–1869), 1851
Named on the page for Battle of Austerlitz.
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Passages that name the battle; the whole book is at Internet Archive.
2 December 1805
Battle of Austerlitz
A NAVAL OFFICER. 211
Our hopes of mihtary fame, however, were fated soon to be extinguished. The officer who had been despatched to head-quarters brought back word that the army was preparing to fall back upon Bremen and Cuxhaven, and Commodore Owen was requested to have the transports ready for the reception of the troops. It had been ascertained that immediately after the battle of Austerlitz, Marshal Augereau, whose corps of the Grand Army had remained in observation on the frontiers of Bavaria and Suabia, received orders to move down into Hanover, and drive the British to their ships. These directions were more easily effected than, perhaps, Napoleon or the Marshal had calculated upon ; for before the latter could have made many marches, the English army was already in the act of embarking.
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