Battle near Stockerau
| date | July 8, 1809 |
|---|---|
| place | Stockerau , Lower Austria |
| output | Austrian victory |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
| Commander | |
| Troop strength | |
| 150 cavalry men | approx. 1,200 men |
| losses | |
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strong |
low |
Sacile - Teugn-Hausen - Vistula campaign - Raszyn - Abensberg - Landshut - Eggmühl - Regensburg - Neumarkt - Ebelsberg - Piave - Aspern - Sankt Michael - Stralsund - Bergisel - Raab / Győr - Graz - Wagram - Korneuburg - Stockerau - Gefrees - Hollabrunn - Schöngrabern - Znojmo - Walcheren
The battle at Stockerau was a skirmish of the Fifth Coalition War of the Napoleonic Wars , in which on July 8, 1809 a Hessian cavalry regiment under French command was defeated by the Austrian cavalry .
prehistory
After the French victory at the Battle of Wagram , the commander of the Imperial and Royal Army , Archduke Karl von Österreich-Teschen , organized the proper retreat towards Bohemia. He wanted to lead his main power across Znojmo Street , only the IV Corps under Rosenberg was supposed to withdraw via Brünner Strasse . The plan was to unite with the Bohemian Landwehr and take on another battle against Napoleon. The rearguard was able to stop the French pursuers briefly in the battle near Korneuburg .
course
After night marches, the Austrian rearguard took up position between Sierndorf and Unterhautzental. The French appeared on the Stockerauer Höhe in the morning , but did not undertake any major attacks. The French cavalry attacked only in the evening and was thrown back to the infantry with heavy losses.
Effects
The next meeting took place in Oberhollabrunn .
literature
- Alain Pigeard: Dictionnaire des batailles de Napoléon , Tallandier, Bibliothèque Napoléonienne, 2004, ISBN 2-84734-073-4 .
- Johann Sporschil: History of the emergence, the growth and the size of the Austrian monarchy. , Rengersche Buchhandlung, Volume 8, Leipzig 1846. p. 37.
- History of the wars in Europe since 1792, as a result of the change of state in France under King Louis XVI. 8. Theil, Berlin, 1837. p. 156.