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Battle of Issus
In the autumn of 333 BC, during Alexander's Crusade, the Macedonian army (3-40,000 men) and the persian emperor Darius III (12-130,000 men) engaged in a battle at Issos (present-day north of Iskenderen, Turkey) near the ancient city of Chilicia (Asia Minor).
After capturing almost all of Chilicia, the Macedonian army marched along the coast toward northern Syria towards Phoenicia.
The Persians advanced through the Oman Pass to its rear and occupied Issus, thus cutting off its lines of communication.
This was unexpected by Alexander, and after discovering the news, Alexander, the king of Macedon, decided to crush Darius's army, and to this end he folded his army towards Issus.
The two armies met near the Pinar River (the area of Issus).
Darius' army was lined up to 4 km in two horizontal formations.
The Macedonian phalanx first repelled the Persian left flank, and then, in coordination with the Thessalian cavalry, encircled and annihilated the Greek mercenaries in the center of darius' army's battle formation.
The Persians fled.
Alexander, king of Macedon, began to pursue the enemy, but too late, thus sparing the Persians total annihilation.
Battle of Canney
It took place in 216 BC and was the main battle of the Second Punic War.
Previously, the Carthaginian army commander Hannibal invaded Italy and repeatedly defeated the Roman army.
In order to cut off Rome's food supply and further demoralize it, Hannibal marched to the Roman granary of Canny in southern Italy.
On August 2, the Carthaginian army met the Roman army and the great war broke out.
Hannibal strategized and succeeded in defeating the army led by the Roman consuls Paulus and Fallow with fewer victories.
Although this battle did not lead to the complete defeat of Rome by Carthage, Hannibal's tactical use was so skillful that it is still regarded as one of the greatest battles in military history to this day.
Eventually, about sixty to seventy thousand Roman soldiers were killed or captured, and one of the two commanders, Consul Paulus, was killed along with eighty members of the Senate.
Rome was in a great state of panic, and this day was designated by Rome as a national day of mourning, because every family had died in this battle, and the city of Rome was directly threatened by Hannibal.
Battle of Alesia
The Battle of Alesia took place in 52 BC
The Battle of Alesia took place in September 52 BC in The Gaul region of Alesia.
On one side of the battle was the Legion of the Roman Republic under the command of Caesar, whose assistants were the cavalry commanders Mark Antony, Titus Labinus and Gaius Terpanius, and on the other side was a coalition of Gaulish tribes led by Vicintoli of Avilni.
The battle was the last large-scale battle between Gaul and Rome, and it marked the decisive point for Rome to win the Gallic War.
Battle of Austerlitz
The Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors.
It was a famous battle in the Napoleonic Wars.
The 73,000-strong French army, under napoleon's command, won a decisive victory over 86,000 Russian-Austrian forces in the village of Austerlitz (in present-day Czech territory).
The Third Coalition collapsed, and the Austrian Emperor was forced to revoke the title of Holy Roman Emperor.
This battle was caused by the presence of Emperor Austro-Franz II, Tsar Alexander I, and Emperor Napoleon of the First Empire of France, which were all present at the battlefield, also known as the "Battle of the Three Emperors".
In Europe in 1804, the clouds of war were thick.
Since the Treaty of Amiens in 1802, Britain and France have been in constant conflict in the West Indies, the Mediterranean, and the Balkans; relations between Russia and France have deteriorated.
On 21 March 1804, the Duke of Anjou of the Bourbon royal family was executed by the French government for treason, leading to the eventual outbreak of British and Russian discontent with France.
In April 1805, British Prime Minister William Pitt signed the St. Petersburg Agreement with Tsar Alexander I of Russia, and Britain and Russia formed a new anti-French alliance.
The Austrian Empire, which had suffered heavy losses in the Second War of the French Alliance, initially took a wait-and-see approach.
But in March 1805, Napoleon Bonaparte, already crowned Emperor of France, further crowned himself King of Italy.
The move infuriated Emperor Franz II of Austria.
In July 1805, Austria also joined the Coalition, and the Third Coalition was formed.
The main direction of attack of the Anti-French League was Bavaria.
At the end of August 1805, General Mark and General Kutuzov led the Austrian and Russian armies to attack Ulm in Bavaria.
Napoleon quickly dispatched his forces to encircle the Austrians at Ulm and force General Mark to surrender on 20 October before Kutuzov arrived for reinforcements.
Kutuzov heard the news and retreated in a hurry, and Prince Murat commanded the French army to take advantage of the victory and pursue, and the soldiers occupied the Austrian capital Vienna without bloodshed.
At this point, the French army achieved a series of victories with brilliant results.
But the whole situation of the war is still very serious for France.
The day after the great victory in Ulm, the Royal Navy defeated the combined French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar, ensuring British maritime supremacy and causing panic in Paris.
Kutuzov escaped the pursuit and, after rendezvousing with the reinforcements of General Bacchus Horton and the direct subordinate forces of the Russian Emperor Austro, the strength exceeded that of the French army and could counterattack at any time.
The French were far from the rear at this time, and logistics were tight.
The intelligence services also brought even worse news: Prussia was also about to join the Anti-French Alliance, and once Prussia entered the war, the French army would be attacked on its backs.
Napoleon needed to quickly annihilate the Russian-Austrian army and establish victory in one fell swoop.