One of history's most unbelievable anecdotes involves the "Battle of Karansebes." It's a staggering, unbelievable tale cited as the epitome of military incompetence, with an Austrian army massacring itself through panic and drunken misunderstanding. Unfortunately, there's no evidence that this catastrophe actually occurred - at least in the form we know it.In 1787, Russia and the Ottoman Empire went to war in a dispute over territory along the Danube River. Austria's Emperor Joseph II, seeking to strengthen ...