Franz von Weyrother

Austrian general

Franz von Weyrother (1755 – 1806) was an Austrian staff officer and general who fought during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

We meet the general for the first time in Book 1 Part 2 Chapter 13, where Kutuzov and his generals are making plans to delay the French advance and allow the army to escape.

BOOK ONE

Book 1, Part 3

27 Feb: Chapter 12

Weyrother is a horse running downhill harnessed to a heavy cart. Is he being pulled or pushed by events, no one knows. But he gathers speed and leads the generals through tomorrow’s dispositions.