"Battle of Wagram" Quotes from Famous Books
... though it seemed, was certainly quite possible. In the year 1809 Napoleon had finished his fifth war with Austria by the terrific battle of Wagram, which brought the empire of the Hapsburgs to the very dust. The conqueror's rude hand had stripped from Francis province after province. He had even let fall hints that the Hapsburgs might be dethroned and that Austria might disappear from the map ...![](http://www.freetranslator.org/rquot.gif) — Famous Affinities of History, Vol 1-4, Complete - The Romance of Devotion • Lyndon Orr |