6.7 ANALYZE: Napoleonic Tactics and Austerlitz

Multiple Choice

Having its own, infantry (foot soldiers, cavalry (mounted soldiers), artillery (cannons), command staff, and support units (medics, supply wagons, engineers allowed Napoleonic corps to operate how?

• On their own for approximately 24hrs

• Only as part of the whole army

Open Ended

Explain why you think that corps were able to operate on their own effectively in other words, what are advantages of being a combined arms formations (units with all the different types of soldiers)?

Open Ended

What is the advantage gained by being able to march along different routes?

Open Ended

Summarize in a sentence or two in your own words how/why this generic Napoleonic tactic works?

Hotspot

1. Where is the trap? Where does Napoleon WANT the allies to attack? Mark the section of the map where he APPEARS weak. What made this a trap? Mark the troops that the Allies didn't know were approaching from Vienna.

Remember:

RED= RUSSIANS & AUSTRIANS

BLUE= FRENCH

Open Ended

Summarize the roles that deception, speed, and surprise had in Napoleon's battle tactics.