FLIGHT OF THE EAGLE

AUGUST 1808 FRENCH TURN
Pouring over his maps in Vienna, Napoleon is confronted with two armies within striking distance of the French position; the Austrians near Budapest and the Russians approaching from Poland. Determined to exploit his central position, Napoleon decides to deliver a blow against the Russians before they can link up with their Austrian allies. Napoleon marches from Vienna and engages Bagration as the Russians descend into the Hungarian plains. Russian resistance is fierce but eventually overcome and Bagration's army broken.

Battles
Date	Name	Attacker	Defender	Description	Victor	Casualties
August 1808	Hainfield	Napoleon 215,000	Bagration 85,000	Napoleon, three Marshals, a Polish prince and 215,000 men march north from Vienna to attack Bagration and his 85,000 Russians advancing from Warsaw. The Russians deploy near the village of Hainfield. With the Austrians in his rear and seeking a quick victory, Napoleon launches a frontal assault with the Guard in the lead. The Russians not only hold but manage a limited counterattack despite being heavily outnumbered. In response, Napoleon assembles a grand battery that works great destruction on the Russian center. Renewed assaults fail in the face of a fierce Russian defense led by Bagration himself. However, the numbers begin to tell. Sensing the Russians are at the end of their strength, Napoleon commits Murat and 80 squadrons of cavalry. The charge is successful and the Russians break. Buxhowden is wounded leading a rear guard action as the retreat dissolves into a rout.	France	25,000 French 60,000 Austrian
August 1808	Villach	Lannes 45,000	10,000	The 10,000 exhausted Austrian landwehr forced out of Loeben into the mountains are attacked by 45,000 Italian and French troops under Lannes and Ney. The leaderless conscripts try to block the French advance at a few passes but are simply outnumbered and outclassed.	France	negligible French 5,000 Austrian

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AUGUST 1808 ALLIED TURN
Reeling from the defeat at Hainfield, the Russians retreat to Warsaw where reinforcements and stores replenish the army.

Alone, the Austrians dig in at Budapest to defend their capitol.

The English remain active on the North Sea coast. A large expeditionary force under Moore disembarks at Calais.