Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 331 033 The Bavarians really ran away

The actions of the Austrian army seemed to be very secretive. In peacetime, a certain scale of garrisons would be maintained in Linz. However, when the action began, it lost its surprise.

The main deployment of the Bavarian army was around Munich. When the Austrians just came out of the barracks, the Bavarian side had already received the news.

This is not surprising. After all, they all speak German, send spies to each other, or have exchanges with each other. This is not surprising.

The pressure came to the Bavarian Elector, and he quickly summoned the commanders of the Bavarian army.

The Bavarian army is good in that it is still very close to the capital Munich, and all the generals came quickly.

At the gate of the palace, General Druid, the commander-in-chief of the Bavarian Corps, and General Reid, the deputy commander, were already waiting for the summons of the candidate prince himself.

The palace heard the news that the Austrians were coming, and they were not too panicked.

Before this, the Elector had met with Prince Schwarzenberg, and Austria hoped to win over Bavaria to join the coalition.

However, just like always hesitating on the battlefield, it was also half a beat slower in Munich. When the Austrians arrived, Bavaria had already joined the French side on August 24.

Therefore, the Bavarian army was also prepared in advance, but it depends on how fast the Austrians move.

"Your Highness the Elector, our six brigades are ready, how do you arrange it?"

"Our strength is too far behind, two generals, we should retreat. It is not appropriate to confront the Austrians at this time, and we need to wait for our allies to arrive here."

Elector Maximilian Joseph was right to think so. In the period when Bavaria was still relatively strong, it was obviously not an opponent to deal with the Habsburgs, who were far stronger than themselves.

Now there is only retreat. The Austrians are also close to their rear in Bavaria. They will not be recruited on the spot like the French. They may have to rely on transportation from the rear, and the local losses will not be very huge.

Not every war goes against human nature like the Thirty Years' War and brings great disasters to the world.

However, the arrival of Bavaria's ally, the French, is still a troublesome matter.

After all, when the French come, it is hard to say what the face value of the things they will issue when they collect on the spot.

In addition, Napoleon represents the interests of France, and these effects only need to be followed by some benefits.

It's just that at the beginning of the war, both sides can still retain some dignity.

"Your Highness, then what should be arranged?"

"General Druid, please take charge of commanding the corps and let our army retreat safely to the Main River."

At this time, running away is not shameful.

General Druid and General Reid looked at each other, and then nodded to the Elector.

As for the court attendants or government officials, many people are also ready to evacuate Munich.

Most people will still stay here. After all, when the Austrians are about to attack, the primary target is Munich and Augsburg. Then, it was Ulm and Ingstadt.

The Bavarians ran really fast, and the Austrians' slow actions did delay time.

Soloviev got another excellent seat for watching the battle. He was the first to appear on the battlefield as a messenger when the Russian army participated in the anti-French alliance twice.

It was just that Archduke Ferdinand and General Mark were too slow this time. If it were Soloviev's own idea, the Austrian light cavalry might have appeared in the north of Munich.

For him, the whole Bavaria was more familiar to him because of the logo. After all, there was a football club in Munich that was not doing its job properly, and the prototype team logo had this pattern in the middle.

As for other aspects, they were relatively blank for him. After all, he spent most of his time studying the French. He didn't study the armies of these German princes much, and he might not be as familiar with Louisa's second sister and her daughters.

Speaking of which, Caroline of Baden was Princess Sissi's grandmother. Moreover, her problem of having children was the same as that of her third sister. All the children she raised were girls. However, because she married the Elector as a second wife, Maximilian's first wife had two sons who were about to grow up, which did not affect the Elector's succession.

Moreover, it was particularly easy for her to have twins. Although her two sons were stillborn and died young, she gave birth to two pairs of twin daughters in succession.

Now, she was busy directing the court attendants, housekeepers and servants to arrange the Elector's palace properly and prepare for evacuation.

As for the children in the palace, Caroline had to take care of her four daughters while arranging for her husband and his three children from his previous wife.

As for the Elector's son Ludwig, he was going to the army with the Elector now.

The Bavarian royal family and army were still running very fast. In the last few days of August, after agreeing to join the French side, such actions could be said to be very rapid.

It can be said that this was forged by the French, Prussians and Austrians in the more than 20 years since the War of the Bavarian Succession.

At the same time, Soloviev was an observer in the army of Count John von Kreinau heading towards Munich.

The Austrian army marched slowly, the orders were delayed, and there was a group of junior officers who were at a loss, as well as those soldiers who were good at following orders.

It seems that Archduke Karl's military reform did not seem to have made any progress after Mark took over.

This army is now moving very slowly after setting out from Linz.

Soloviev, who was in the Austrian army, was a little anxious.

"General, I think we should let our light cavalry regiment send a detachment to observe the movements of the Bavarians."

General von Kreinau could only shake his head helplessly. He was also a member of the coalition commanded by Suvorov in the past. During the Battle of the Trebia River, he was in Melas's army.

But in this situation, facing this young colonel who had performed well in the outpost battle, he could only answer like this.

"You have to adapt to us here, young man. After all, it's not your Prince Suvorov who is commanding the army. You have to adapt to the characteristics of our Austrian soldiers."

He said this to cover up his own shame.

"Well, I'm just an observer after all. I have to report to our commander-in-chief when I go back. Later, I have to meet our emperor."

Of course, he couldn't talk nonsense in front of Alexander, so he could only let the straightforward Grand Duke Constantine and Prince Bagration advise him.

The Austrian army's action plan is indeed problematic.

If they can quickly carry out reconnaissance activities and understand the movements of the Bavarian army instead of relying on political wooing, the effect may be better.

Archduke Ferdinand is the commander-in-chief, and General Mark is the chief military officer. In fact, the command authority of the two people is still conflicting.

The orders issued by General Mark sometimes conflict with those of Archduke Ferdinand.

It's still good now, at least General von Krainau received the same orders from them.

This cannot be shown to Soloviev either, as the Russian allies must always have more confidence in the Austrian army.

But the performance of the Austrian army really cannot support this confidence.

And they are still hoping to win over the various German princes, especially the three of Baden, Württemberg and Bavaria.

But Baden surrendered cleanly and neatly, after all, Louisa's grandfather, the old elector, was a shrewd man, and his home was at the doorstep of the French.

Although he has not yet agreed to any party's enlistment, he has also heard the news that the French are preparing to move their camp from Boulogne-sur-Mer. In this way, he has also made up his mind, as the eldest brother who led the surrender, to sign an alliance with the French.

As for Bavaria, in order to facilitate the escape of their own army, after the father and son of the elector arrived at the barracks, they began to spread rumors, claiming that the French army had appeared in Baden.

This made Mark pay great attention to it. Without any effective intelligence, he ordered von Kleinau to march west to Munich, which was not surprising.

If the fast-running French got into Ulm, his strategic center, then the Danube Corps would need to set up a battle formation around Munich.

But Solovyov felt that if they set up a battle formation between Munich and Augsburg and destroyed Bavaria, it might be more beneficial to the coalition forces.

If the French were really let in, the Austrian army would not have been defeated so badly.

You know, in the north of Bavaria, there are several intersections that are very suitable for troop movements. Once the French army gets in, the food route will be gone.

Then, there are dumplings.

Let’s not talk about this. The Austrians are moving slowly now. When they arrive in Munich and the mayor of the city hands them the keys, although they will not receive an empty city this time, it has no practical significance.

As for the news that the French came before, it was also a FAKE NEWS. The Austrians just controlled Munich.

However, the nearly 30,000 Bavarian troops were completely wiped out. They were far away from the Austrian army along the road from Munich to Ingstadt from the north.

That was it. After crossing the Inn River, the Austrian army got nothing except a city, and did not even stop a single Bavarian soldier.

From this point of view, Solovyov was still a little disappointed. The Austrian army just let 30,000 enemies run away. Even if they caught their tails and ate up a brigade of his troops, they could be regarded as destroying part of the enemy's manpower.

Then, Archduke Ferdinand and Mark remained in place, still preparing to win over Baden and Württemberg.

The Elector of Bavaria was now determined to confront the Austrians. If Napoleon knew about it, he would be more satisfied. He could be regarded as gaining a staunch ally during the Napoleonic Wars, the kind with a relatively long validity period.

At the same time, although the Bavarian army was not large in size, the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief of this army were both talented generals. They trained their soldiers very well and acted very quickly. They were rare helpers that the French army encountered after entering Germany to fight.

Solovyov entered Munich in von Kleinau's army, and soon Archduke Ferdinand and Mark also arrived.

As the chief military supply officer, Mark had the power to report to Emperor Franz secretly, and Franz also gave him command.

But the outrageous thing is that no matter how poor his military ability is, he is better than Archduke Ferdinand, but the command power in the army is not clear, and the orders between the commander-in-chief and the quartermaster general are not clear.

This point is likely to be difficult to change in the future.

Solovyov felt that he had seen enough, and it was not easy to say it out.

After all, many of the problems of the Austrian army require a long time to adjust, and they cannot be solved by him speaking now.

Moreover, he saw another outrageous scene.

Archduke Ferdinand and Mark received letters from Archduke Karl and Archduke John. Archduke Karl reminded them that the army advancing to Italy could leave two brigades to strengthen the Danube Army, and they could come from Archduke John's defense zone.

In the letter from Archduke John, who always dug holes for his third brother, he said that he was squatting in the mountains, which also showed that the French would not take any action from the mountains. He said that he could open a channel to strengthen the Danube Army from Salzburg.

However, for Mark, the two archdukes' kind reminders were all ignored by him.

After all, there was nothing going on here at the moment. Even at the previous military meeting, Archduke Karl himself did not object to the French army's possible actions in Italy.

In addition, Schwarzenberg supported his idea that the main force of the French army should still come from Italy.

However, times have changed. Napoleon has now mobilized the Grand Army, advancing rapidly from Boulogne-sur-Mer. The drumbeats representing the rapid march have not stopped along the way. He marched non-stop to Strasbourg and joined some of the French troops who had arrived there in advance.

In this era, the French moved faster. Their rapid mobilization surprised even the three generations of the Elector of Baden.

They had just signed a peace treaty with the French, and the vanguard of the French army behind them had already arrived in Strasbourg.

The speed was so fast that they were friendly forces, otherwise the people of Karlsruhe would have been killed by the French by now.

Napoleon also knew that the old Elector was very good at marrying off his granddaughters, but three of the five who had already married were in the opposite camp, and one was married to Brunswick. Given the situation of Prussia and Brunswick, they would most likely become rivals in the future.

But Baden voted really smoothly, and he couldn't find any faults. He had to give this ally some benefits and persuade him with kind words.

There was even a plan to marry Eugene's cousin Stephanie, who was also Napoleon's current adopted daughter, to Karl, the Elector's grandson.