But the Austrian General there, Mack ... but never again would the French challenge the might of the British navy. Napoleon no longer had a fleet he could count on, and now, in December 1805 ...

Napoleon advanced alone to meet them: "Soldiers," he cried, "if there is one among you who wants to kill his general ... By the end of May, the British and Prussians had two armies in Belgium.

An excellent look at Napoleon and at European warfare in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Napoleon as a General will likely be dismissed by Bonapartophiles.

As captain, he chased the British out in a daring mission that won him the spotlight, and a promotion – to brigadier general. Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon the Great, tells the podcast his ...