FLIGHT OF THE EAGLE

JULY 1808 FRENCH TURN
From Prague, Napoleon marches with 220,000 men to the outskirts of Vienna. The Austrians fight a short engagement before withdrawing and declaring the capital an open city. The Emperor sleeps in the Schonbrunn Palace for the second time in almost three years. Meanwhile, Massena and Lannes overwhelm isolated Austrian garrisons at Loeben and Olmutz.

Battles
Date	Name	Attacker	Defender	Description	Victor	Casualties
July 1808	Vienna	Napoleon 220,000	Ferdinand 150,000	Napoleon arrives with 220,000 men on the outskirts of Vienna. Archduke Ferdinand commands the 150,000 man Armee von Donau. Rumors that the army will not stand to defend the capital causes panic to spread and civilians rush to escape the city. Aware that over half his army consists of non-French allied troops and that Charles' Armee von Moravia is a mere 80 miles away, Napoleon elects to commit his Guard to seize an early victory. The effort proves unnecessary. After a short but intense French bombardment which causes many casualties in the poorly deployed Austrian ranks, Ferdinand slips away to the south. Effective French cavalry pursuit cuts down many stragglers but Napoleon is denied a decisive battle.	France	negligible French 15,000 Austrian
July 1808	Loeben	Massena 30,000	20,000	Massena attacks 20,000 landwehr with 30,000 Italians. The landwehr do not retreat into the city but instead deploy into a ragged battle line. Massena takes advantage of the his troops' greater discpline and mobility to envelop both flanks of the the Austrian conscripts. The Austrians quickly break and flee into the mountains.	France	5,000 French 10,000 Austrian

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JULY 1808 ALLIED TURN
Once again, the leopards come ashore. Sir John Moore's expeditionary force appears at Bremen and storms into Hamburg, seizing vast stores of supplies and goods. Beresford lands in Jutland to rally Danish troops. By the end of the month, 30,000 British and Danish troops are in northern Germany.

The Austrians concentrate at Budapest to defend what remains of the Hapsburg domains. Meanwhile, the Russians march hard through the Carpathains to come to the Austrians' aid.

Battles
Date	Name	Attacker	Defender	Description	Victor	Casualties
July 1808	Hamburg	Moore 15,000	5,000	Moore embarks in Copenhagen and lands near Bremen with 15,000 British and Danish troops. A short march over the Elbe brings them to Hamburg. The 5,000 man garrison shuts itself up behind the city walls. Moore assaults the city and secures it after a brief fight. The former Hanseatic capital yields great quantities of stores and provisions.	England	5,000 English 5,000 French