author
Karl von Stutterheim
1774–1811
A soldier and military writer of the Napoleonic era, he is remembered for a vivid account of the Battle of Austerlitz from the Austrian side. His work offers listeners a close-up view of war, strategy, and the tensions shaping Europe in the early 1800s.
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A Detailed Account of the Battle of Austerlitz
by Karl von Stutterheim
About the author
Born into a Saxon noble family, Karl von Stutterheim pursued a military career and served in the Saxon army before spending most of his later service in the Austrian army. He rose to senior rank during the wars against Napoleonic France and took part in major campaigns of the period.
He is best known as the author of A Detailed Account of the Battle of Austerlitz, first published in the early nineteenth century. The book presents an Austrian perspective on one of the most famous battles of the Napoleonic Wars, combining the outlook of a professional soldier with the urgency of someone writing close to the events themselves.
Records about him are not entirely consistent on every biographical detail, but reliable library and biographical sources agree that he died in 1811. Today, his name survives chiefly through his military writing, which remains valuable to readers interested in firsthand-era interpretations of the campaigns that reshaped Europe.