Battle of Luzzara 1702 | A Match From Hell | Remastered

After twin victories at Carpi and Chiari, Prince Eugene continues his campaign with limited resources and manpower. After being repulsed from Cremona, he finds himself facing a new French commander. The best he has yet to face.
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References/Sources:
Falkner, James Prince Eugene of Savoy: A Genius For War Against Louis XIV and the Ottoman Empire 2022 Pen and Sword Military
Fiorentin, Fabio Luzarra 1702: The Battle of Midsummer January 2023
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Paoletti, Ciro Italy, Piedmont and the War of Spanish Succession 1701-1712 13 January 2021, Helion and Company
Battle of Luzarra 1702 Kronoskaf.com
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[@ImperialGit]

Knowing next to nothing about this war, these battle reports are really tense and engaging, making me wonder what is going to happen and who is going to win; well done! :D

[@Kryll76]

Another exceptional video made by one of the best channels about military history. Proud to be here since the start of the original WSS series.

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Thanks, Kryll!

[@elmascapo6588]

​@@FieldMarshalYTby the title of your video, i thought it was going to be gay porn I don't know if to be disapointed or not

[@FieldMarshalYT]

@@elmascapo6588 Well, you might find Vendome's wiki page a little reassuring.

[@SootuKoll]

This is the level of detail I've been looking for in military history. What an excellent channel!

[@sandrabrowne2350]

Long live the Irish Brigades exiles but not forgotten by Irish people today !

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Love the Wild Geese

[@sandrabrowne2350]

More analysis on Irish in French army after Williamite wars and many believe left majority of Irish people defenceless against oppression defined by Penal Laws leading to centuries of unrest and the unresolved Northern Ireland question avoided by most British politicians!

[@csl7972]

The Prince of Conti (1664-1709), nephew of Condé was a talented officer who could have been very useful for France in a higher command in this war. He had already proven himself during the previous war under Marshal Luxembourg, but Louis XIV had a massive grudge against him whch prevented higher advancement while imcompetents like Villeroy were given command based on childhood friendship despite repeated embarrassments. Always been curious to see how he would have performed, but anyways, good job!

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Certainly. Though I dont know much about him.

[@Emil.Fontanot]

There was also the Prince of Conti in the War Austrian Succession who showed promise as a capable commander but ended his career early because he was jealous of Maurice de Saxe.

[@ShahjahanMasood]

After the excellent first episode. I am ready to binge a new series over a topic I know little about.

[@battlesn8749]

I congratulate you on the release of the new video!

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Thanks Battles N!

[@paranoidandroid6095]

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[@kastraskammer5710]

Great Videos. I always find it most interesting how lesser known commanders like commercy and visconti conduct themselves

[@anissamissa1008]

excellent video, also interesting to see how many Habsburg commanders and troops were from Lorraine, Franche Comte and other French speaking regions of the Empire. Eventhough national identity was a blurry concept, I always wondered how they felt fighting against French armies speaking the same language as them. Dunno if you had any interesting source about this to recommend :)

[@chasechristophermurraydola9314]

I can’t wait to see the fighting in Germany since I know nothing about the war of Spanish succession in Germany.

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Next WSS remaster will be on the Battle of Friedlingen, unfortunately it will be about 3 videos out from now.

[@scienceenjoyer2574]

This man deserves more views and subscribers

[@FieldMarshalYT]

you tell em

[@KhansDen]

Good narration, good maps, and especially good use of MUSIC. Something that many history channels neglect unfortunately. Adds so much to the atmosphere. Keep it up!

[@MrFudge-nu5yd]

I feel that this war is heavily underrated and should be studied and spoken about more. Thanks a lot for making a detailed series on this conflict ❤.

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

This was the war that brought down LouisXIV France. It feels like a smaller scale of what happened exactly 100 years later 1800-1815: France expands its borders to unacceptable limits, everyone jumps in to push it back. I think The reign of LouisXIV saw the old forms of warfare; gunners and polearms Landsknechts replaced by all Musket bayonet infantry.

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

The Era is really when men's fashion gets a bit fruity. Its crazy how ultraviolent the 1600's was when the leadership noble officers and royalty is all wearing froo froo fancy lad hair and clothes.

[@anapoda3081]

Remember that almost all of napoleon's wars were defensive ones. He actually started very few conflicts.

[@rhysnichols8608]

‘Unacceptable limits’ depends on who you ask…Britain has a fetish with ‘balance of power on the continent’ just to keep rivals down

[@augustbliss]

thought I missed this. I can hardly wait!!

[@augustbliss]

I had the volume up loud for effect listening on my drive while on vacation when this premiered. This was awesome!

[@FieldMarshalYT]

That's one way to tune in

[@WyomingTraveler]

Enjoying this series very much

[@fedecano7362]

hey another one I didnt watch before great! There has been a steady improvement in the level of videos you are putting ut. The editing, narration and animation seem to be better in each one and its nice to see your skills growing. Congratulations, will definetly keep watching your content! Hope you get to 10k subs in no time and then 100k, I think you deserve it. I know this make take a long time to put together, probably on the "10s of hour range" for each episode, but if you keep uploading videos I think the subs will come, there's plenty of people around looking for good history channels like this!

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[@ethanpf449]

Great video as usual

[@BuergerPT]

Great! Thanks for this series. Very educational.

[@Ksotilas]

Thanks for the video! I really enjoyed it.

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Thanks Baldwin!

[@vinz4066]

Great Video .

[@vaibhavchaudhary8128]

France always stood and fight and despite getting defeated many times they don't give up

[@roykay4709]

Just beginning the series. Great start.

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Thanks! The episodes from friedlingen to ramillies are much rougher than this, they're quite old. I've been "remaking" some of the older episodes lately.

[@notthefbi7932]

Been waiting 😄

[@FieldMarshalYT]

I know, it takes time to make a video good.

[@notthefbi7932]

@@FieldMarshalYT I've enjoyed the progress of all of your videos,glad I've found your channel 👍

[@user-ff2nk1po8g]

Can you please make a video about the battle of Vigo bay ? I love your content

[@oliviervece6121]

very good video but please indicate your sources as there are big differences between the bourbons sources and the allied sources.Thanks in advance.

[@FieldMarshalYT]

They are listed in the description.

[@Comrade_Connie]

Good video! I wish I could download this video because I'm using Data but it's fine

[@chasechristophermurraydola9314]

If you don’t mind me asking but when you finish the war of Spanish succession can you do videos on the war of the Quadruple Alliance and the war was fought in Iberia, Sicily, Scotland, Spanish Florida the Bahamas and the open ocean including the Mediterranean ocean and the war was fought between the Quadruple Alliance which consisted of Great Britain, France, Austria, Savoy and the Dutch republic and facing them would be the Spanish and the war would see savoy get Sardinia and also see Austria gets control of Sicily.

[@FieldMarshalYT]

I've considered, but at the moment I have no plans.

[@chasechristophermurraydola9314]

@@FieldMarshalYT oh okay.

[@samdumaquis2033]

Interesting

[@fabiofiorentin987]

Very good job Indeed, but the correct name is "Luzzara" not "Luzarra" . And, btw, in the references, my surname is "Fiorentin", not "Florentin". Would you please take notice? Thanks a lot in advance!

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Fixed! Enjoyed the book a ton, btw!

[@fabiofiorentin987]

@@FieldMarshalYT grazie mille! Thanks a lot!

[@vaibhavchaudhary8128]

If we see France had gained dominance not only in land but also in seas but luck is always against them Great battles such battle of bantra bay bleechy hood are almost forgotten In seven years war many consider France looser and only looser but that's not the case France lost only because of lack of naval superiority How can a country pay attention on both a powerful navy and have a strong army of hundreds of thousand of man and can pay attentions to all its colonies , British only had to maintain a strong navy and that's it Despite that french colonies fight bravely and gave great beating to the British but without supplies they can't win French had many talented generals and ministers for India They could have colonized India but luck was not with them If duplex has remained in India he would have successful in colonizing India Many believe British conquered India by there tactics but actually Most of their tactics were of french not British Ideas of pupit states etc were of french and British just learned them and used them in India France never considers British it's greatest enemy Many European countries fought and weakened France and just cleared the way for British to become a global power

[@edumatoso214]

Very nice content... u just need to work in your diction and sound equipment... some words are a bit garbled and in general the sound is of poor quality, u have a good sounding voice tho, if a biut tired at times !

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Yeah, my videos from Villaviciosa to Barcelona were recorded in a hotel room I had to stay in for the year. I couldn’t put up foam to soften the echoes. My most recent video should show some improvement in that area.

[@tillercaesar-kq4ou]

What’s your favorite mod for empire total war?

[@FieldMarshalYT]

For multiplayer, Empire II: Generals. For campaign I’d say Imperial Destroyer.

[@vaibhavchaudhary8128]

Hey guys don't you think this battle is the one in which greatest general of France (Vendome) and greatest general of Austria(Eugene) fought

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Yep, wouldn't be the last time they fought either.

[@doritofeesh]

I'd say that, of the generation which fought in the War of the Spanish Succession, the Duc de Villars was a greater commander than the Duc de Vendome.

[@vaibhavchaudhary8128]

Doritofeesh don't say that's vendome was not a good commander than villars I think they both are equally good commanders Villars saved France Vendome saved spain

[@FieldMarshalYT]

@@doritofeesh I agree. Though I think Vendome is underrated.

[@doritofeesh]

@@vaibhavchaudhary8128 Both were excellent commanders, this is true. Though, the reality is that Vendome was stalemated by Eugene in Italy despite possessing the central position against the Allies here and outnumbering them. Whereas, when Villars was in command in 1712, despite being outnumbered, relying on many inexperienced soldiers, and with the logistical network still recovering, he outmaneuvered Eugene at Denain and cut his lines of communication, compelling him to give up that campaigning season. The Rhine Campaign of 1713 then has Villars, with superior numbers (much like Vendome had back in Italy), throwing Eugene back and reversing most of the Allied gains. Vendome has Spain, that is indeed fact, and Starhemberg proved himself a capable commander with the victories at Almenara and Saragossa. However, is it comparable to defeating Eugene or holding off the Duke of Marlborough for as long as Villars did with his own limited resources? I think not. Not since the Marechal Turenne had France seen such a master of maneuvers, and not until Napoleon will she see another of such grand caliber.

[@ygdmdx]

when will have the next video

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Probably about 3-4 weeks from now

[@oliviervece6121]

The figures given for the battle of cremone are from austrian sources. The french sources state 2500 killed, wounded or prisoners for the austrian army. 1000 deads and woundeds for the french plus 230 prisoners. There is a big difference. It is seen as a victory in france. Further inquiries have to be made.

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Those are figures from Perini, a historian known for his bias to the French.

[@oliviervece6121]

Bodart, Gaston (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905) says the same thing. Which sources are yours please?

[@Wilhelm-100TheTechnoAdmiral]

So you're telling me that all these oons are in drag?

[@vaibhavchaudhary8128]

In napoleonic wars france had many generals better than wellington But the case was that they had no luck while wellington had ample of lucks Take example of massena he was a great general but by the time he was sent to portugal He had became old and also got very sick and was actually not in aposition to command army but despite that he did his best In the battle between massena and wellington massena 's plan was very goood but he had no luck Massena could have easily won if berthier hadnt disobeyed his orders but that wasnt the case Here we can see the cruelty of history that only decides a general by jsut seeeing who won😊

[@michaelrobinson2687]

Wellington defeated Massena through viable strategy. Defence in Depth, the exact same strategy the Russians used to defeat Napoleon himself in 1812. In addition he successfully drove Marshal Soult out of Porto and outmanoeuvred Marshals Marmont and Jourdan at Salamanca and Vittoria respectively before defeating Soult again at Toulouse (Including Massena's failed attempt to drive the Anglo-Portuguese forces from Lisbon, that's 4 Marshals fought, 4 Marshals beaten and one of those was beaten twice. Was he just lucky every time?). Step 1: Lure him in while destroying or limiting the enemy's access to supplies. (Massena's advance from Almeida to Lisbon/Napoleon's advance to Moscow). Step 2: Hold him at a strong defensive line where you can inflict heavy casualties (Busacco and Torres Vedras/Borodino and Maloyaroslavets (Yes, it's the first time I've spelled that correctly). Step 3: Break the enemy's line of supply and communication (Portuguese and Spanish Guerillas attacking messengers and wagon convoys/Russian counter attacks from the North and South which converged on the Berezina), eventually forcing the enemy to retreat to friendly territory or face starvation. However, I am curious, which order did Berthier disobey? While Napoleon and his Marshals were skilled Field Commanders, I think you're understating Wellington's abilities honed over almost as many years of military experience as Napoleon himself. Both started their military careers at around the same time, Napoleon at Toulon in 1793 and Wellington in Flanders in 1795. Then while Napoleon was serving in Egypt resulting in the Battle of the Pyramids, Wellington was serving in India including the Battle of Assaye. Furthermore, it is worth noting that it was difficult to defeat either Wellington or Napoleon (Wellington rarely, if ever, lost a battle in the Peninsular War while Napoleon lost 6 or 7 out of 60 battles, an admirable success rate for each of them). Each had their areas of expertise, Napoleon's was in fast manoeuvres and attacks while Wellington's was largely in effective defences and logistics. If you want to gain ground quickly, study Napoleon. If you wish to gain ground through a slow and steady campaign, study Wellington. Napoleon was brilliant but he had one major flaw: He, like Charles XII of Sweden a century before him, didn't know when to stop and consolidate his gains.

[@vaibhavchaudhary8128]

You are 40 percent correct but 60 percent wrong and also just like others who believe Wellington as a great genius Although he is a very good general but also in majority battles he had won due to luck I am sorry about not mentioning the battle It was battle of fuentos de onoro where if berthier had followed massena's orders correctly and send reinforcements Then wellington's chapter could have been finished right then and there Massena had a brilliant plan despite the fact that he was very old and sick at that time Talking about Jourdan and marmont First thing Wellington did outmaneuver marmont and gave him a bitter defeat but But talking about Jourdan I didn't see any great tactic of Wellington He just ordered a massive frontal assault Even if Napoleon would have been there then also they would have lost because First the army was outnumbered 3 to 2 Second a large part of the army was inexperienced and demoralised Third Wellington had a very good intelligence and also a very good well trained and supplied army There was no chance french could have won About what you said about Napoleon was correct but in terms of their comparison You are one of those who compare generals by their records of win or lost not by strategically looking at them Majority cases Napoleon loose in battles was because of heavily outnumbered armies In the battle of Leipzig and waterlooo Napoleon had no chance of winning In Leipzig napoloeon was heavily outnumbered and outgunned In Waterloo Napoleon had no luck Had prussians not arrived then Napoleon was sure of winning But no luck Napoleon can't deploy his imperial guard in time because of fear of encirclement Nor he was able to attack early due to wet and muddy field Nor he was able to take tactical command of the army as he was busy and concerned about the prussians Prussians had already arrived in the field and Napoleon was not able to take proper command and decision of attackings against Wellington Talking about soult has was a lot time better commander than Wellington Wellington though was able to drive soult out of Portugal had many advantages First his army was very strong and well supplies whereas soults army was inexperienced and full of conscripts and short of officers Soults army was demoralised During the battle of pyrennes Soults plan was very good but his army was not good His army was inexperienced Many were Hungary and weren't able to fight very well Despite all this soult was able to halt wellington's advance in toulose plus despite having a smaller and demoralised army He didn't let Wellingtons army to advance very fast Just think about allied army was to go from Leipzig to Paris whereas Wellington was to advance from Victoria to toulose only due to the continuous fighting withdraws made by soult Even Wellington agreed that soult was a brave and excellent commander His tactics and strategies were awesome But he just like others had no luck

[@vaibhavchaudhary8128]

Wellingtons advance was very very slow compared to the main allied army of Russia and Austria Soult made a note that Wellington had to fight hard for every step in France In conclusion soult was able to successfully make a very good stand in southern france

[@michaelrobinson2687]

@@vaibhavchaudhary8128 Soult was skilled, as were most of the French Marshals since that was how they got promoted to Marshal in the first place. However, one factor behind Wellington's slow advance was that Britain and Portugal had one army to work with in the Peninsular and Wellington knew it. He had to use a more cautious approach than Blucher or Schwarzenberg due to having to factor in a need to keep casualties on his own side as low as possible because the large land powers (France, Austria or Russia) could replace losses easier than the maritime powers (e.g. Britain and Portugal). The upshot was that Austrian or Russian Generals had more freedom to make mistakes as they were better able to recover from defeats in battle (e.g. General Mack at Ulm in 1805 lost 60,000 men but that didn't knock Austria out of the war, it took Austerlitz in addition to Ulm to do that, while Russia suffered around 40,000 casualties at Borodino in 1812 and were still able to keep going. Similar losses would have utterly destroyed Wellington's ability to fight if they occurred to him.). Britain's largest army in the Peninsular War was ≈ 70 - 100,000 men strong whereas France raised an army of around 200,000 men for the 1813 German Campaign alone despite the huge losses in Russia the year before.

[@michaelrobinson2687]

​@@vaibhavchaudhary8128 With Jourdan, you may want to look at the campaign leading up to Vittoria rather than just the battle itself. By continually outflanking him, Wellington forced him from the Douro River to Vittoria, a distance of 186 miles (300km) without needing to engage in a pitched battle, only engaging when Jourdan's army stopped because they caught up with their own supply wagons on the way back to France and then had to either fight and buy time for their supplies to escape (which they failed to do) or lose their entire supply train. I believe there is a part in The Art of War which says “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”. For large parts of the 1813 Campaign Wellington achieved precisely that. Even in the battle itself, it was more than just the frontal assault you claim it was. One main attack pinned the French from the front/East, yes, but General Graham attacked the French right flank/the North, specifically at Durana to cut the road from Vittoria towards Bayonne which forced the eventual French retreat to go down one road towards Pamplona and resulted in the capture of almost all of Jourdan's cannons and large amounts of supplies and officer's wives. It was a victory that, while decisive, only failed to be complete due to the fact that the captured French baggage including over 5,000,000 francs was a more tempting target than retreating soldiers. Then, at Waterloo, the arrival of the Prussians was not just luck. It had been agreed on between Wellington and Blucher. It was their plan from the start. Both moved to support each other during the Hundred Days Campaign, Wellington failed to reach Blucher at Ligny due to being engaged in battle at Quatre Bras by Marshal Ney on the 16th June then Blucher arrived to support Wellington at Waterloo as planned. If there had been no promise of reinforcements, Wellington would have continued retreating rather than stopping and making a stand on Mt. St. Jean (See: www.waterlooassociation.org.uk/2018/06/04/prussian-advance/). He knew that Prussian reinforcements were incoming since 10:00 on the 18th June, 2 hours before the French attack began. The same "wet and muddy field" that delayed the French attack also delayed the arrival of Prussian reinforcements so luck wise it evened out. I'll accept your point about a demoralised army though and agree that morale and the quality of soldiers are large factors in the success or failure of an army (Learning about the Great Northern War taught me that). And after looking into it, you may be right about the Battle of Fuentes de Onoro. But every good general has a little luck on their side. Even the French were lucky during the War of the 4th Coalition (See Battle of Auerstedt). However, I'd say that Wellington is slightly better than Soult as while Soult managed to do well given the circumstances, he was defeated by Wellington twice while failing to gain any victories against him. The Pyrenees Campaign can be attributed to army quality, being forced out of Portugal in 1809 less so since Soult had sensibly gained a tactical advantage, by taking most of the boats to his side of the River Douro before the Battle of Oporto, and still lost despite the fact that to attack him Wellington's army first had to cross a river. During that crossing, Soult was the one far too slow to act and the result was that the British troops gained a solid bridgehead before being counter attacked. But both are outclassed by Napoleon. His ability to repeatably defeat coalitions outnumbering his own troops by 2 to 1, his ability to hold off most of Europe for 10 years, the 1813 Battle of Dresden (winning while outnumbered) and the fact that it took vastly superior numbers, an outbreak of disease in his army during the summer of 1812 and a Russian winter to defeat him arguably makes him the best of all time. To be fair though, what's surprising me most here is that we're in a conversation about the Napoleonic Wars in a comment section on a video about the War of the Spanish Succession fought a hundred years earlier.

[@mattoni553]

Please work on your pronunciation. Or pronounce names the englsih way. It would make your videos more enjoyable. But in general its a good documentation!