JOHN H. GILL is the author of the acclaimed trilogy 1809: Thunder on the Danube and most recently The Battle of Znaim. His other works include With Eagles to Glory (a partner study to this volume) and A Soldier for Napoleon. He has received the John R. Elting award from the Napoleonic History Society for his contributions to scholarship of the period. A retired U.S. Army colonel, he is an adjunct professor at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies in Washington DC and an associate fellow with the International Institute for Strategic Studies.