Captain of the 57th Line Infantry Regiment - Barry. Vandam Infantry Division. Under Austerlitz

It never occurred to anyone that an enemy would appear on the heights where an hour ago the Russian troops had been spending the night here. Meanwhile, on this side of Goldbach there was not only a mass of enemy troops hidden by fog, but here, surrounded by marshals, was Napoleon himself, standing at a height near the village of Shlapanits. When he saw that the Russian columns had already cleared the heights in front and descended into the hollows to Goldbach, he ordered the troops of his center to start moving. The Sult Corps was ordered to advance to the Pracene heights: the S. Hilaire divisions were to the right of the Pracenian bell tower, and the Wandam divisions were to the left of the last.
Despite the unexpectedness of the 4th columns vanguard meeting with the enemy ready for battle, Kutuzov managed, however, to build part of the 4th columns troops into battle formation behind the village of Pracen, with the Russian battalions of Miloradovich becoming to the right, and the Austrians of Kolovrat to the left; in addition, it was sent for reinforcements to the Prince of Liechtenstein.
However, all attempts by Miloradovich, who repeatedly led his regiments to attack, even with the support of four horse regiments sent by Liechtenstein, could not stop Vandam, who, despite the desperate attacks of the Russians fighting in front of the Emperor, was gradually leaning forward. Seeing the failure of the battle and the extreme frustration of the troops, Emperor Alexander ordered a retreat to Austerlitz.
Here is Captain Barry of the 57th Line Infantry Regiment, Colonel Jean-Pierre Re, 2 Infantry Division of Dominic Vandam.