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'Acte III Scene VI - 50 mille Autrichiens...Oh le beau coup de filet', 1805, (1921). Roughly translated as '50 thousand Austrians, what a lovely haul!', French cavalry officers celebrate the capture of enemy soldiers, who they have taken prisoner in ten days - 'faits prisonniers en dix jours'. The Battle of Ulm, 16-19 October 1805, allowed Napoleon I to trap an entire Austrian army under the command of Karl Freiherr Mack von Leiberich, and to force its surrender near Ulm in Germany. Engraving published by Martinet [Paris, 1805]. From "Napoleon", by Raymond Guyot, [H. Floury, Paris, 1921]