December 3, 1800 · Bavaria, Germany Theater
December 3, 1800
While Napoleon fought at Marengo, General Moreau was methodically destroying the Austrian army in Germany. At Hohenlinden, fought in a snowstorm through dense Bavarian forest, Moreau executed a complex four-column encirclement that trapped Archduke John's Austrian army as it advanced along forest roads. The Austrian columns, separated by forest and snow, arrived at the battlefield piecemeal and were defeated in detail. Moreau captured 12,000 prisoners, 87 cannon, and 400 wagons in a single day. The road to Vienna was open; Austria signed the Treaty of Lunéville within two months.
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