Abensberg_1809_Order_of_Battle

Abensberg 1809 order of battle

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The Battle of Abensberg was fought on 20 April 1809, between an Allied force under the command of Emperor Napoleon I of France on one side and three Austrian corps led by Johann von Hiller, Archduke Louis of Austria, and Michael von Kienmayer. The Austrians formed the left wing of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen's main army and were under the overall command of Hiller. Napoleon's French troops, reinforced by troops from the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Kingdom of Württemberg outfought their opponents, inflicted heavy losses, and forced the Austrians to retreat to the southeast.

Napoleon speaks to Bavarian troops.

During the fighting, 55,000 French and Germans faced 42,000 Austrians. Of these, only about 25,000 on each side became involved in the fighting. The Austrians lost 2,710 killed and wounded, plus about 4,000 captured.^[1] Allied losses were 215 Frenchmen, 146 Württembergers, and 746 Bavarians, for a total of 1,107.^[2]

Austrian forces

Left Wing: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Johann von Hiller

French-Allied forces

Grande Armée: Napoleon I of France

Provisional Corps

Jean Lannes

Marshal Jean Lannes^[8]

Cavalry Brigade: General of Brigade Charles Claude Jacquinot (Attached from Montbrun)
- 1st Chasseurs à cheval Regiment (3 squadrons)
- 2nd Chasseurs à cheval Regiment (3 squadrons)
- 12th Chasseurs à cheval Regiment (3 squadrons)
1st Division: General of Division Charles Antoine Morand (11,065) (Attached from III Corps)
- Brigade: General of Brigade Nicolas Guiot de Lacour
  - 13th Light Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)
  - 17th Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)
  - 30th Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)
- Brigade: General of Brigade François l'Huillier de Hoff
  - 61st Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)
  - 65th Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) (Regiment detached at Regensburg)
- Divisional Artillery: 8-pdr foot battery (8 guns), 4-pdr horse battery (4 guns)
3rd Division: General of Division Charles-Étienne Gudin de La Sablonnière (11,440) (Attached from III Corps)
- Brigade: General of Brigade Claude Petit
  - 7th Light Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)
- Brigade: General of Brigade Pierre Boyer
  - 12th Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)
  - 21st Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)
- Brigade: General of Brigade Jean Duppelin
  - 25th Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)
  - 85th Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)
- Divisional Artillery: 8-pdr foot battery (6 guns), 4-pdr horse battery (6 guns)
1st Heavy Cavalry Division: General of Division Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty (5,337) (Attached from Reserve)
- Brigade: General of Brigade Jean-Marie Defrance
  - 1st Carabinier Regiment (4 squadrons)
  - 2nd Carabinier Regiment (4 squadrons)
- Brigade: General of Brigade Jean-Pierre Doumerc
  - 2nd Cuirassier Regiment (4 squadrons)
  - 9th Cuirassier Regiment (4 squadrons)
- Brigade: General of Brigade Antoine Louis Decrest de Saint-Germain
  - 3rd Cuirassier Regiment (4 squadrons)
  - 12th Cuirassier Regiment (4 squadrons)
- Divisional Artillery: Two 8-pdr horse batteries (12 guns)
2nd Heavy Cavalry Division: General of Division Raymond-Gaspard de Bonardi de Saint-Sulpice (3,411) (Attached from III Corps, one brigade guarding Saal)^[9]
- Brigade: General of Brigade François Marie Clément de la Roncière
  - 1st Cuirassier Regiment (4 squadrons)
  - 5th Cuirassier Regiment (4 squadrons)
- Brigade: General of Brigade Marie Adrien François Guiton
  - 10th Cuirassier Regiment (4 squadrons)
  - 11th Cuirassier Regiment (4 squadrons)
- Divisional Artillery: 8-pdr horse battery (6 guns)

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Petre, p 139

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Arnold, p 120

[Arnold,_p_235._Strength_only-3] [3]
Arnold, p 235. Strength only.

[4] [4]
Bowden & Tarbox, pp 70–71. Order of battle.

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Arnold, p 260n. Jellacic had exchanged Hoffmeister's brigade for Dollmayer's.

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Bowden & Tarbox, pp 69–70

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Bowden & Tarbox, p 72. Order of battle.

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Bowden & Tarbox, pp 57–59

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Petre, p 133. Petre does not specify which brigade was detached at Saal an der Donau.

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Bowden & Tarbox, pp 61–62

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Bowden & Tarbox, p 62

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Prince Reuss	Franz Jellacic	Josef Radetzky	Frederick Bianchi	Konstantin d'Aspré


Charles Morand	Charles Gudin	Étienne Nansouty	Jean Doumerc	Jean Defrance	Karl von Wrede

Abensberg_1809_Order_of_Battle

Abensberg 1809 order of battle

Austrian forces

VI Armeekorps

V Armeekorps

II Reserve Armeekorps

Generals

French-Allied forces

Provisional Corps

VII (Bavarian) Corps

Württemberg (later VIII) Corps

Generals

Footnotes

References

Bibliography

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