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In the Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805), part of the Napoleonic Wars against the Third Coalition, a French army of approximately 68,000 troops under Napoleon's command decisively defeated a joint Russo-Austrian army of over 89,000 troops, commanded by Russian General Kutuzov and Austrian General von Weyrother.
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| Peter, in his Austrian cavalry outfit. (128kb) | Resting comfortably with a drawn sword. (137kb) | A side view (with a French Hussar in the
background.) (156kb)
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| After the Saturday morning parade, all
the re-enactors head toward the buses to go out to the battlefield. (154kb)
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| A French rider, getting ready in the stables. (144kb) | Two Polish cavalry members (on the left)
and another unidentified cavalryman. (124kb)
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| The 6 of us from England. (170kb) | Prinz Eugene's 5th Austrian Dragoons. (182kb) | We named the horses (l to r): Itchy,
Scratchy, Skeletor, Jesus, Kick Bitch, and One-Eye! (185kb)
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| Mark "Benny" Bentham-Hill, our trumpeter. (179kb)
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Benny, with his sabre. (185kb) | Benny, looking casual. (222kb) |
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| Stacey Evans, sitting casual with his
sabre. (283kb)
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Stacey, ready to go. (230kb) | A close up of Stacey. (253kb) |
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| Steve Pickering (223kb) | Steve and his horse, One-Eye. (191kb) | Peter, casual with his sabre. (199kb) |
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| Peter, ready to go. (234kb) | One of two Hungarians who were supposed
to ride with us. (172kb)
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The other Hungarian. (186kb) |
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| Alan Larsen and Mark Selwood. (140kb)
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Mark Selwood, mounted up. (198kb) | Mark Selwood, ready to go. (196kb) |
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| Alan Larsen, on his noble farmer's nag. (172kb)
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| Four Russian cavalry. (76kb) | The Russian cavalry, straight on. (75kb) | Some infantry taking a break for lunch. (114kb)
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| A member of the French cavalry bringing
her horse back for lunch. (196kb)
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Another shot. (96kb) | An unidentified cavalryman. (96kb) |
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| A Hungarian. (165kb) | Another Hungarian. (142kb)
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A Polish cavalryman. (114kb) |
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| Another Polish cavalryman. (179kb)
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Unidentified cavalryman. (148kb) | A French curassier. (172kb) |
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| Two unidentified infantrymen. (151kb) | French artillery. (133kb)
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The mock village of Austerlitz.(138kb) |
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| French infantry in the village. (93kb) | Riders going back for lunch. (125kb)
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Another group of French artillery. (151kb) |
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| Some Frenchman. (183kb) | The commander of the French Artillerie. (111kb)
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A group of French infantry, in the village afte the battle. (112kb) |
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| Some infantrymen pose. (115kb) | Peter in the village after the battle. (176kb)
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| The vorpal bunny got all excited and wanted to go kill some of the French. (78kb) | I had to draw my sabre to keep him under control. (60kb) | The vorpal bunny still went outside and
jumped on some French infantry. The picture of the aftermath
is too gorey to show. (224kb)
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| On Sunday morning, most of the re-enactors went to a service at the monument. Afterwards it was a good time to grab my camera and get lots of pictures of various uniforms. |
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