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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.
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 ...
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 ...
The Dalmatian campaign of 1809 saw several battles fought between 30 April and 21 May 1809 by Auguste Marmont's First French Empire soldiers and Andreas von Stoichevich's Austrian Empire troops. The Austrians drove the French from their positions on the Zrmanja River at the end of April. But in mid-May, the French counterattack forced back the ...
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 ...
[6] [5] The Austrian regulars and Landwehr lost 747 killed, 1,758 wounded, and 2,408 captured for a total of 4,913 casualties. There were also 1,322 soldiers reported missing, giving a total of 6,235 men subtracted from John's army. [28] [7] The insurrection troops lost in excess of 4,100, of which 80% were missing. [7]
Hofer's army included 9,400 armed rebels and 900 Austrian regulars. The regulars included one battalion each of the 16th Lusignan Infantry Regiment and 25th De Vaux Infantry Regiment, two companies of the 9th Jäger battalion, a half-squadron of the 3rd O'Reilly Chevau-léger Regiment and five guns. The Bavarians lost 20 to 70 dead and 100 to ...
The Battle of Wagram (; 5–6 July 1809) was a military engagement of the Napoleonic Wars that ended in a costly but decisive victory for Emperor Napoleon's French and allied army against the Austrian army under the command of Archduke Charles of Austria-Teschen.