VengefulMight OP t1_jdeky8l wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that at the Battle of Aspern-Essling in 1809, one of the French Generals was decapitated, while he was talking to a friend. by VengefulMight
It was the first defeat Napoleon had suffered since the Battle of Acre (and he’d lost then because he had fought Britain on their strongest point battles in countries where they had colonial leverage and could deploy their navy, which was the best in the world) ten years prior.
The French got a wake up call that day.
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