About 53,000 French troops including Soult, Lannes and Murat's forces were assigned to take possession of Austerlitz and the Olmutz road, occupying the enemy's attention.
Soon enough, however, they are ordered to retake Matterhorn, which has since been occupied by the enemy.
The following extracts from a diary, of the authenticity of which we have obtained sufficient assurance, illustrate one aspect of the process of "clearing" tracts of the country occupied by the enemy.
The Russians and Austrians were defeated at Austerlitz, in Moravia, on December 2, 1805, and the emperor Francis II was forced to sign the peace treaty, since his territory was occupied by the enemy.
He immediately crossed to the bank of the river opposite to that which was occupied by the enemy, taking with him his four guns, with which he marched down to assist Lord Charles Beresford.
General fire in the direction thought to be occupied by the enemy is a wartime tactic, but is extremely dangerous when practiced in our cities.
He sent orders to Ewell to "carry the hill occupied by the enemy, if he found it practicable, but to avoid a general engagement until the arrival of the other divisions of the army".
"Even though we were treated as second class citizens (and worse) we served, fought, bled and died to free countries occupied by the enemy powers and to ensure this country remained free.
Forecasting the weather days in advance with such precision was difficult enough in peacetime, but more so in wartime, when many of the areas from which the weather patterns developed were occupied by the enemy and data from them was consequently denied to the forecasters.
On one side, the post overlooks the Kowkcheh River valley, which sweeps across land still occupied by the enemies of the Taliban.
