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Erfurt, 16 October 1806, the bloodless surrender, by the Prince of Orange to Murat's cavalry of a fortified city in eastern Germany. The Prussians suffered 12,000 captured and lost 65 guns and numerous colors but most captives were freed 3 days later by a Squadron of Prussian hussars.
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I love how this thread has evolved to impart such great information. Just to add to this one, though the 24th will always be most known for its AZW battles, it also had a distinguished Napoleonic career including the critical holding of a collapsing line at Talavera that cost the 2/24th nearly half of its numbers, driving the French from the village at Fuentes de Onoro, a valliant charge through the breach at the failed seige of Burgos and gaining further battle honors at the Pyrennes, Nivelle and Orthes.
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Uckerath, 19 June 1796 then. Recorded as a draw between the French and Austrians, the French suffered nearly 4 times the Austrian casualties.
It is good to check the last post against the prior one, which I failed to do on the "uc". It was nonetheless a fun diversion. Since the posts after were based on a false premise, they should be available to use again.
It is good to check the last post against the prior one, which I failed to do on the "uc". It was nonetheless a fun diversion. Since the posts after were based on a false premise, they should be available to use again.