Tvarozna, Czech Republic.
Le Figaro
On December 1, 1805, wisps of straw set the darkness enveloping the French camp ablaze.
The Russians, mocking and reckless, thought that the French were burning their luggage before fleeing.
"It's the most beautiful night of my life,"
Napoleon was moved on the eve of his victory at Austerlitz.
Not far from the site of the battle, 217 years later, the French victory will be replayed at Tvarožná in the Czech Republic.
The same inhabited eyes will follow Napoleon who, from the top of his horse, will review the troops who offered him the triumph of December 2 against the Austrians and the Russians.
Among these "soldiers" in period costume, several dozen are French.
Some go there for the first time, but most have already wandered in the footsteps of the grognards.
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I want to pay tribute to our ancestors who wrote history on the soles of their shoes throughout Europe.
Nothing political, only a tribute to all those anonymous people who died...
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