Attack! Attack!

Chapter 756: Attack! Attack!

Outside Mavrenne Town, several thousand French Army soldiers formed several lines of battle, glaring menacingly at the town.

Seven or eight cannon had been ceaselessly pouring shells into the Austrian Army within the town since dawn.

Count Radetzky was driven to distraction by the cannon fire, yet he still personally inspected the defenses.

As Prince Coburg's vanguard corps, not only had he failed to take Wavre, but nearly half his troops had been wiped out by the French Army that had suddenly appeared.

This small town was the only foothold north of Wavre. If he lost it as well, the prince would most likely send him before a Military Tribunal.

Fortunately, he still had nearly six thousand soldiers under his command. After more than half a day of reconnaissance, he had confirmed that the French Army attacking him numbered only a little over six thousand as well.

Though those French soldiers had fought with exceptional ferocity yesterday, he believed that if he threw everything into the defense, he should be able to hold out until Prince Coburg's main force arrived tomorrow.

After giving the soldiers a stirring speech, Count Radetzky returned to headquarters, panting for breath, and instructed the messenger officer:

"Send another man to report the situation here to His Highness the Prince."

Since yesterday afternoon, this was already the third time he had sent someone to Prince Coburg for reinforcements.

South of Brussels.

Uccle Town.

The main force of Prince Coburg's Austrian Southern Netherlands Army Group was slowly marching south.

Wavre was nearly twenty kilometers away. If nothing unexpected happened, they would arrive there by noon tomorrow.

Riding on horseback, Prince Coburg frowned as he said to his Chief of Staff, Karl von Leberich, beside him:

"How could the French possibly have appeared at