Cannae, Band 1

advance guard annihilation Archduke army headquarters artillery assembled August Austrian battalions batteries battle Bavarian Bazaine Bazeilles Beaumont Benedek Brigade Cannae cavalry Cavalry Division columns combat commander crossed Danube Davout decision defeated deployed detachments direction east Elbe enemy entire executed fighting fire flank attack forces French army front German Gitschin Givonne Gravelotte Guard Corps Guard Division guns Hanoverians heights hostile infantry IV Corps Koniggratz latter Le Chesne left bank left flank left wing MacMahon mass Metz Meuse Mezieres Moltke Moltke's Moselle Nachod Napoleon numbers occupied Olmutz position Prussian pursuit reached rear rearguard Regensburg Regiment remained Remilly repulsed reserve retreat Rezonville right flank right wing road Roncourt Saxon Second Army sent side Silesia situation Skalitz stood strong superior Third Army threatened tion Trautenau troops Trotina turning movement victory Vienna VIII Corps Vionville wood X Corps XII Corps