FLIGHT OF THE EAGLE

JUNE 1808 FRENCH TURN
The Armee du Rhine pours though the mountain passes abandoned by the retreating Austrians and debouch onto the Bohemian plain. Napoleon arrives to command the assault on Prague, which falls quickly. Lannes takes command of the French forces in Poland and leads 100,000 men to Cracow, threatening Vienna from the rear.

Battles
Date	Name	Attacker	Defender	Description	Victor	Casualties
June 1808	Prague	Napoleon 210,000	30,000	Napoleon commands an army of 210,000 in the assault on Prague. Defending the city are 30,000 landwehr with no effective leadership. The French quickly breach the walls and the Austrian concripts panic. Half of the garrison perishes in the battle and the remainder march into captivity.	France	5,000 French 30,000 Austrian

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JUNE 1808 ALLIED TURN
English transports laden with troops embark from England and Oporoto. Three weeks later the fleet arrives off the Danish coast near Copenhagen. An ultimatum delivered to the Danes is rejected and 25,000 British troops under Beresford. The city falls after a costly assault but not before the English manage to capture the Danish fleet before the vessels can be destroyed.

The Armee von Donau retires to Vienna where it deploys to defend the capital. Charles leads the Armee von Moravia to attack the French columns under Lannes advancing into Austria from Poland. A bitter struggle results in a marginal French victory.

The Russians sweep into Poland and eastern Austria, taking Warsaw and extinguishing the Polish state.

Battles
Date	Name	Attacker	Defender	Description	Victor	Casualties
June 1808	Copenhagen	Beresford 25,000	15,000 Danish	Beresford with 25,000 men disembark on the coast of Zealand following the rejection of an ultimatum to the Danish government to join the Allied cause. Hopes for a quick capitulation are dashed when the 15,000 man garrison of Copenhagen withdraw behind the city's walls and prepare for a siege. Beresford elects to assault the city. Two attacks are repulsed with heavy losses. The third assault carries the day for the British over the much reduced garrison. With the help of sympathetic Danish naval officers who do not wish to see their fleet scuttled, the British are able to seize the Danish vessels riding at anchor in the harbor.	England	15,000 English 15,000 Danish
June 1808	Perg	Charles 110,000	Lannes 105,000	Archduke Charles with 110,000 men attacks Lannes' 105,000 Frenchman advancing into Austria from Poland. Charles wastes no time in attacking the advancing French columns. Lannes centers his defense on the village of Perg. Charles hammers at the French positions for two days with both sides sustaining horrendous casualties. The Austrians almost break through the French left when an Austrian sharpshooter fells Eugene as he rides along the line exhorting his troops. The French waver but Lannes personally leads a counterattack to stabilize the situation. Sheer exhaustion takes its toll on Charles' troops and with Napoleon in Prague, he is obliged to break off the combat. Austrian cavalry superiority ensures the Austrian withdrawal is unhindered.	France	50,000 Austrian 45,000 French
June 1808	Warsaw	Kutusov 40,000	10,000	The Polish capital braces for the inevitable as Cossack patrols sweep past the outskirts of the city. None other than Kutusov himself appears to assault the city. The city's walls are in disrepair and the defense crumbles quickly under the Russian assault. The Polish state disappears once more from the map of Europe.	Russia	5,000 Russians 10,000 French

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