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Austrian grenadiers during the French Revolutionary Wars. At the outset of war in 1793, the army numbered fifty-seven line regiments, and Seventeen Grenzer light infantry regiments. By 1793 there were 57 line infantry regiments, two garrison regiments, one garrison battalion and 17 border infantry regiments.
At the Battle of Wagram, the Austrian army finally lost after heavy fighting and Austria was forced to sign the Peace of Schönbrunn, ending the War of the Fifth Coalition. [ 8 ] In 1812, the Austrian Empire was forced to take part in the French invasion of Russia , although its troops saw little fighting and did not participate in the main ...
Pages in category "Austrian Empire military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Archduke John Dragoon Regiment Nr. 1: 713 Riesch Dragoon Regiment Nr. 6: 623 6-pdr Cavalry Battery: 6 guns Brigade GM Joseph Clary und Aldringen [note 6] Knesevich Dragoon Regiment Nr. 3: 644 6-pdr Cavalry Battery: 6 guns Brigade GM Peter von Vécsey: Vincent Chevau-léger Regiment Nr. 4: 746 Klenau Chevau-léger Regiment Nr. 5: 780 Brigade GM ...
He had no hesitation in using the Grenz infantry after Austria's defeat in the War of the Fifth Coalition in 1809. The Treaty of Schönbrunn compelled Austria to cede territory in the Military Frontier and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th and 11th Grenz Infantry Regiments went into French service. They fought for Napoleon until his defeat and ...
The French and Allied forces included two armies: the "Grand Army of Germany", which had taken part in the previous campaign in Southern Germany and Austria (the main theater of the War of the Fifth Coalition), and the "Army of Italy", of smaller dimensions, which arrived on the battlefield in stages and only with a part of its effectives ...
Pages in category "Austrian Empire commanders of the Napoleonic Wars" The following 94 pages are in this category, out of 94 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1770 he joined an Austrian cavalry regiment, in which his uncle, Georg Wilhelm Leiberich, was a squadron commander, becoming an officer seven years later. During the brief War of the Bavarian Succession he was selected for service on the staff of Count Kinsky , under whom, and subsequently under the commander-in-chief Field Marshal Count ...