Anning was overwhelmed when he heard that Grand Duke Carl had been captured.
Now, nothing was unfolding as he had planned.
Originally, he envisioned a large-scale annihilation war. Instead, it turned into relentless sieges, with the French Army suffering heavy casualties and excessive time spent on each city they captured.
Then, Grand Duke Carl was supposed to be released and take command in a crisis, but instead, he mobilized the Bohemian troops himself, arousing his brother's suspicion and getting imprisoned early on.
Furthermore, in Italy, it was planned for Davout and Massena to play supportive roles. Yet, it seemed Massena was preparing to march north from Italy towards Vienna.
Indeed, expecting everything to go exactly as planned was very difficult.
