Austerlitz map and deployment.

[Jacquinot]

Hello to everybody!
Im modernize Alfiere Austerlitz satellite map and creat historical deployment use wikipedia source, what do you think about it guys? Post your comments, maybe need to change something?

[Alfiere]

Great work,Jacquinot.

[Darsh]

Good job! 

[Alfiere]

I remember well this my first map with satellite reliefs.
Born for curiosity for this post of Aj with very interesting experiment:
http://www.histwar.org/forum/index.php/topic,4776.0.html

[Jacquinot]

What about deployment guys, do you think it correct?

[Alfiere]

At first glance seems ok.

[Jacquinot]

I dont know much about position of Sults cavalry and Songis artilery and Oudinot grenadires, anybody know something?

[Alfiere]

Now is better for to control.

Read from my book about Oudinot granadiers.
"In dead zone,to south of the main road,were prepared the 10 battalions of Imperial  Guard  and Oudinot granadiers.Behind them was the sector reserved at first Bernadotte corp that had not yet arrived on the field "

For now i do not found nothing about Songis.
For Soult seems correct the position but speak only of IV corp , very elongated from behind and right to Murat until Sokolnitz.

[Jacquinot]

Now is better for to control.

Read from my book about Oudinot granadiers.
"In dead zone,to south of the main road,were prepared the 10 battalions of Imperial  Guard  and Oudinot granadiers.Behind them was the sector reserved at first Bernadotte corp that had not yet arrived on the field "

For now i do not found nothing about Songis.
For Soult seems correct the position.

I dont know where this dead sector, maybe behaind Slapanitze?

[Alfiere]

In the pic of my book at .8-1 km ahead of Bellowitz and a bit on the right.

Bellowitz .............................................Lannes
                  ....................Oudinot.                        

[Jacquinot]

In the pic of my book at .8-1 km ahead of Bellowitz and a bit on the right.

I need move Lannes more forward and Bagration more back i think.

[Jacquinot]

In the pic of my book at .8-1 km ahead of Bellowitz and a bit on the right.

Bellowitz .............................................Lannes
                  ....................Oudinot.                        

Old guard stand behaind Oudinots grenadiers?

[Alfiere]

Seems very closed,i do not know if behind,is not explained.

[Jacquinot]

Seems very closed,i do not know if behind,is not explained.

I think Napoleon should be send Oudinot 1st and old guard in second line.

[Petrus58]

Scott Bowden in his book Napoleon and Austerlitz (p.384) has a detailed map of the northern portion of the battlefield.  It seems to show the starting positions of both sides. He has the guard just to the east of Bellowitz, and Oudinot's grenadiers just south of the guard. The 1st corp is in front of both, with its right flank in Lapanz.

re Songis. Although Bowden doesn't actually say if Songis was in direct command, the Grand Parc d'Artillerie was (according to Bowden) positioned on the Santon, just to the rear of Lannes' corp. It is listed as 18 pieces - all captured Austrian 3prds.