PRINCE EUGENE AND THE WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION II

The seizure of Cremona Villeroi fell back on Cremona, where events took a picturesque turn. After five months of careful consolidation following his victory at Chiari, Eugene again took the offensive. His army was still well provisioned and disciplined. He had executed forty-eight soldiers for looting houses around Mantua and, continuing his excellent relationship with […]

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PRINCE EUGENE AND THE WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION III

Portrait of Prince Eugene of Savoy by Jan Kupecký. Shown here in late middle age. Austria, Grenadier zu Pferde (Horse Grenadiers) 1730 by Rudolf von Ottenfeld Eugene’s military reforms and Austrian white Eugene was keen to incorporate lessons learnt from his campaigning next to Marlborough. In his role as President of the Imperial War Council, […]

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