TIL that at the Battle of Aspern-Essling in 1809, one of the French Generals was decapitated, while he was talking to a friend. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by VengefulMight t3_11zw3fe on March 23, 2023 at 8:22 PM in todayilearned 11 comments 61
Mammoth-Mud-9609 t1_jdfndtt wrote on March 24, 2023 at 1:17 AM Battle of Aspern-Essling was one of the bloodiest battles of the Napoleonic era, in part due to the huge amount of Austrian artillery on the battlefield firing an enormous number of rounds. Permalink 1
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