On 18 September, part of an Austrian division under Feldmarschall-Leutnant Petrasch swept from Karlsruhe, south to Kehl and stormed the Rhine bridgehead there; he succeeded in holding it, with high losses (about 2,000 of his 5,000 men were killed, wounded or missing).
Lafontaine had had a mission plan since 20 00 on 13 May to defeat the Germans and retake the Meuse bridgeheads, but he waited for an order to proceed.
In order to realize his dreams, he would need a bridgehead in the Balkans from where he could march to Constantinople.
In the end, Paetus retired to Cappadocia and Corbulo to Syria, where he received envoys from Vologases, who demanded that he evacuate his bridgehead over the Euphrates.
Moreover, China's latest promise, plus the offer from Egypt to provide another 750 troops, has undercut Mr Bashir's assertion that any peacekeeping force would be a bridgehead for a hostile Western invasion.He has yet to accept the proposed full 20,000-man force, but other pressures are mounting.
And he's planning a second listing, in Hong Kong, which he says is a useful bridgehead for China mergers and acquisitions.
His successful stint running Star, News Corp's satellite broadcasting bridgehead into Asia, convinced many in the industry that he is his father's son.
Accompanied by a galaxy of his generals, he even walked on to the Rhine bridgehead at Kehl, opposite Strasbourg, which was German before the World War but is now French.
Having won a bridgehead and a clear path for reinforcements from Italy, he advanced on the city of Dyrrhachium, the capital and chief port of Illyria.
He also designed the Buda Tunnel at the Buda bridgehead.
