Napoleon's position at Zuran during Battle of Austerlitz

Zuran is on the road from Brno to Olomouc and Napoleon chose it as his position to watch and control the battle of Austerlitz due to the vantage point it offered. Today the visitor to the fomer battlefield has a scale model and gets a good impression of the overall size and scope of that fateful day in December 1805.

[@jaads7910]

Never realised how big of field it was, much bigger than Waterloo,

[@VanlifewithAlan]

It is absolutely enormous as far as battlefields go!

[@Fenixx117]

Waterloo was one of the most concentrated and therefore bloody battle of the period. It was a head to head slugfest. Most battles involved much more maneuvering and marching

[@dyutimandas9772]

Waterloo was 2.5 miles down its length
Austerlitz was 7 miles

[@pissedagainlikeiwas]

looks like a great camping location for me

[@zepp90al]

Great stuff 👏

[@spartakas659]

Waterloo is tiny in comparison. Thanks for this video beats google earth. 👏👍

[@VanlifewithAlan]

So nice of you to say so. To me I find this battle absolutely fascinating!

[@spartakas659]

@@VanlifewithAlan to think that “Davout force marched 70 miles in two days to arrive on napoleons right flank is amazing. It was all about timing. Great victory.👍

[@JuanJoaquin-qb6vg]

where is the lake?

[@elcaporal739]

that’s pretty awesome

[@paulsaunders6536]

Just wargaming this. Very interesting.

[@VanlifewithAlan]

I wargame too - although now just with the telephone!

[@semperez9367]

Is there a lake where napoleon trapped the russians ?

[@VanlifewithAlan]

Yes, there is but I have not got film of it. I understand that the lake is much smaller now than it was then.