III Armored Corps

And so we are literally in a much, much more dangerous situation.

As an example, relocating the III Corps headquarters, which is our only III Corps heavy capability in Europe that manages armored divisions, to what, North America? Are we concerned that Mexico is going to invade us with tanks? This is all because, of course, President Trump is upset with NATO and he's pulling things out of there.

And unfortunately, the acting secretary, excuse me, the acting chief of staff of the army is just doing exactly what this secretary of defense wants him to do.

It's very, very dangerous.

Um, so we've seen, and we've also seen three...

Sorry, now I'm getting kind of boring and technical, but III Corps, which was originally assigned to EUCOM, now is going to what is called Western Hemisphere Command.

And for listeners, that is a command element that basically controls the armored divisions for the U.S. Army, which would be really useful in a place like the continent of Europe and not so useful in, I don't know, South America.

Cam, let me understand what you're saying.

Like the Austrians in 1805, the Prussians went on the offensive without waiting for their Russian allies to arrive and began concentrating in Saxony in southeast Germany.

Napoleon decided to march on Saxony in a square order of battle, with V and VII Corps on the left, the I and III Corps and the Imperial Guard in the centre, with Marshal Jean Soult’s IV Corps leading Ney’s VI Corps on the right.

Each corps was one day’s march away from its nearest neighbour, ensuring that any corps that confronted the enemy could fight a holding battle with the knowledge that they would receive help within a day from the other corps.

After the first clashes on the 9th of October, by the 13th Ney received orders from Napoleon to concentrate on Jena, where Napoleon expected to find the main Prussian army of 60,000 men under the Duke of Brunswick, but which was in fact a smaller Prussian army under Prince Hohenlohe.

After desperate fighting, Lannes and Soult advanced on either side and renewed the attack.

It was only at the end of the day when the Prussians were in full retreat that the rest of Ney’s corps arrived on the field.

Late in the day, Napoleon received a report from Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout of III Corps announcing that his single corps had defeated an enemy force of some 60,000 men at Auerstedt to the north of Jena.

It was only then that Napoleon realised that Davout had been fighting Brunswick’s main army.

On the 28th, the 6th Corps, under Sedgwick, and the 1st Corps, under Reynolds, were moved down near the river, three or four miles below Fredericksburg, and bivouacked there in a pouring rain.

As it was possible that the two corps might be attacked when they reached the other side, the 3rd Corps, under Sickles, was posted in the rear as a reserve.

The next day, two bridges were laid down at Franklin's old crossing for the 6th Corps, and two more a mile below for the 1st Corps.

Men in rifle pits on the other side impeded the placing of the pontoons for a while, but detachments sent over in boats stormed their entrenchments and drove them out.

with Hancock's division of the same corps holding an outpost still further to the east.

Next came the 12th Corps under Slocum, facing south, and then, at some distance to the west, in echelon to the rear along the Plank Road, Howard's corps was posted.

The 3rd Corps under Sickles was kept in reserve back of the mansion.

The next morning two brigades and two batteries of Birney's division were interposed between Slocum and Howard, with a strong line of skirmishers thrown out in front.

On the 28th, the 6th Corps, under Sedgwick, and the 1st Corps, under Reynolds, were moved down near the river, three or four miles below Fredericksburg, and bivouacked there in a pouring rain.

As it was possible that the two corps might be attacked when they reached the other side, the 3rd Corps, under Sickles, was posted in the rear as a reserve.

The next day, two bridges were laid down at Franklin's old crossing for the 6th Corps, and two more a mile below for the 1st Corps.

Men in rifle pits on the other side impeded the placing of the pontoons for a while, but detachments sent over in boats stormed their entrenchments and drove them out.

The line was then continued in a southerly direction by Couch's corps, facing east, French's division being extended to a point near to and east of Chancellorsville, with Hancock's division of the same corps holding an outpost still further to the east.

Next came the 12th corps under Slocum, facing south, and then, at some distance to the west, in echelon to the rear along the Plank Road, Howard's corps was posted.

The 3rd corps under Sickles was kept in reserve back of the mansion.

The next morning two brigades and two batteries of Burney's division were interposed between Slocum and Howard, with a strong line of skirmishers thrown out in front.