I created a Steam Group called NTW Croatia. Its for all players from Croatia to gather around it to play together and to discuss about Croatian lands and units in the Napoleonic period. Its also open to all that wish to discuss such topics.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ntw-croatia
I live in Split, Dalmatia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_%28city%29 and Napoleon had a quite an impact on the history of Split. First he abolished the Venetian Republic that rulled Split since 1420 and then Split was anexed to France from 1806-1813 in the form of Illyrian provinces since 1809. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illyrian_Provinces .
Also the French brought the new ideas with them. They opened schools, build roads, abolished the colonat system and made the first newspapers in Croatian in Dalmatia. But they also recruited lot of men in the army.
The main pedestrian street in Split is named The street of general Marmont http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmont and there is French - Croatian society in the middle of it acting to spread French culture in Croatia.
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During Napoleon's Italian campaign, there were Croat troops in Austrian service who distinguished themselves for their fighting spirit (as against the generally poor quality of Austrian infantry), especially at Fort du Bard and the Arcole bridge. They are reffered to as White Croats in my source. Can you tell me more about them?
Originally Posted by Sir Nicholas Altman
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I too am looking to know more about them. Usually Croatian troops are in Austrian army are Granzers. An expirenced all life long troops from the frontier (as Croatia as a whole was the frontier region towards Turkey for Austria). Hee are the links of couple of interesting articles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franjo_Jela%C4%8Di%C4%87
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Philipp_Vukassovich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Dalmatia
Dalmatia entered the Napoléonic period as a province of the Venetian Republic, and ended up as a province of the Austrian Empire, which was created from the Habsburg Monarchy. During the period, it was part of three state entities. These are:
- Habsburg Monarchy (October 17, 1797 - December 26, 1805) which became the Austrian Empire in 1804,
- Kingdom of Italy (December 26, 1805 - October 14, 1809),
- French Empire (October 14, 1809 - 1814). In 1814 it again came under the control of the Austrian Empire.
377 years of Venetian rule over Dalmatia were brought to a close on April 18, 1797, when General Napoléon Bonaparte conquered and dissolved the decaying Venetian Republic. On (26 Vendémiaire, Year VI of the Republican Calendar) the Treaty of Campo Formio was signed between the Austrians and the French Republic, ending the War of the First Coalition. By this treaty, Napoléon forced the Habsburgs to surrender the Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium) to France in exchange for Dalmatia, Istria and the Venetian mainland. Dalmatia, thus became part of Austria (the Habsburg Monarchy) for the first time, while the Republic of Ragusa retained its independence, and greatly profited by its neutrality during the early Napoléonic Wars.
However, during the War of the Third Coalition, the Austrians were defeated at Ulm and Austerlitz, forcing them to sign the Treaty of Pressburg (December 26, 1805) by which Dalmatia, Istria, and all Austrian lands in Italy were handed over to France. Napoléon added these territories to the Kingdom of Italy, which was recently transformed from the Italian Republic. In 1806, the Republic of Ragusa finally succumbed to French troops under General Marmont (later to become the governor of the Illyrian Provinces), the same year a Montenegrin force supported by the Russians tried to contest the French by seizing Boka Kotorska. The local pro-Coalition forces then pushed the French to Dubrovnik (Ragusa). The Russians induced the Montenegrins to advance further and they proceeded to take control of the islands of Korčula and Brač, but made no further progress, and withdrew in 1807 under the Treaty of Tilsit. The Republic of Ragusa was officially annexed to the Napoléonic Kingdom of Italy in 1808.
In 1809, Austria was defeated once more at the Battle of Wagram, and was forced to sign the Treaty of Schönbrunn (October 14, 1809) by which it ceded additional territory to France. Napoléon subsequently removed Istria and Dalmatia (including Dubrovnik) from the Kingdom of Italy and added them to the newly formed Illyrian Provinces, directly within the French Empire. Marshal Nicolas Soult was awarded the title Duke of Dalmatia (Duc de Dalmatie). (At the time, South Slavs, such as Croats, Slovenes, and Serbs, were mistakenly considered "Illyrians", so in modern terms the name of the administrative unit would mean "South Slavic Provinces".)
Napoleon's rule in Dalmatia was marked with war and high taxation, which caused several rebellions. On the other hand, French rule greatly contributed to Croatian national awakening (the first newspaper in Croatian was published then in Zadar, the Kraglski Dalmatin-Il Regio Dalmata), the legal system and infrastructure were finally modernized to a degree in Dalmatia, and the educational system flourished. French rule brought a lot of improvements in infrastructure; many roads were built or reconstructed. Napoleon himself blamed Marshal Auguste Marmont, the governor of Dalmatia, that too much money was spent. However, in 1813, the Habsburgs once again declared war on France and by 1814 restored control over Dalmatia, forming a temporary Kingdom of Illyria. In 1822, in accordance with the Congress of Vienna, this entity was eliminated and Dalmatia was placed within the Austrian Empire. -
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Lets not forget that the Croats also serverd in the French army.
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Hopefully CA will make these regiments available when France gains control of the region. If not, well I suppose it can always be modded. Originally Posted by Sir Nicholas Altman
