Comments by "bart thomassen thomassen" (@thomassenbart) on "Prince Schwarzenberg: The General who Defeated Napoleon" video.

  1. Aspern Essling was no real victory for the Austrians; more like a stalemate, which decided nothing and only led to ultimate defeat at Wagram. Napoleon was not defeated in the Egyptian Campaign and it was no disaster. Napoleon left Egypt completely under French control and the forces he left there, were only ousted in 1801 and then repatriated to France by the British fleet. During the Campaign Napoleon won all battles save at Acre, for lack of sufficient cannon. There were no disasters. The Russian war of 1812, though disasterous was not decisive. The 1813 struggle was however. Napoleon could have and nearly did, defeat all comers in this campaign. His costliest decision was to pause for two months of negotiation after having won two powerful victories. Had he continued, without pause, he likely would have been able to impose his will on Prussia and Russia and deter Austria from joining his enemies.
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  2. Napoleon had feet of clay? Hardly.
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