[PDF] Aspern Wagram 1809 eBook

Author : Ian Castle
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,17 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Aspern-Essling, Battle of, Austria, 1809
ISBN : 9780275986148

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The 1809 campaign on the Danube was to break the spell of Napoleon's invincibility. Indeed Wagram - the largest battle in history at the time - was Napoleon's revenge for his first personal defeat on the battlefield - at Aspern - Essling. In gaining this revenge the French commander was not wholly successful. Although the French did indeed win the battle as the Austrians eventually quit the field, the victory was an extremely hollow one. Not only was there no rout or pursuit - the Austrian troops left in good, disciplined order, simply marching off the field - but also it was quite possibly the French who lost more men at the end of the day: approximately 27,500 killed and wounded, with an additional 10,000 missing or taken prisoner. In contrast the Austrians probably lost 23,750 killed and wounded, 7,500 prisoners and about 10,000 missing. Many, however, of the latter returned to their regiments after the battle thus perhaps making the total Austrian loss less than that of the French. Both these two day battles are described by Ian Castle in this volume, with detailed maps and graphics that afford the reader the opportunity to follow the many changes of fortune during the epic battles, as each side captured, lost, then recaptured key positions.

Author : Gunther E. Rothenberg
Publisher : Orion
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 22,17 MB
Release : 2004-02
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ISBN : 9780304358205

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In early July 1809 Napoleon crossed the Danube with 187,000 men to confront the Austrian Archduke Charles and an army of 145,000 men. The fighting that followed dwarfed in intensity and scale any previous Napoleonic battlefield, perhaps any in history: casualties on each side were over 30,000. The Austrians fought with great determination, but eventually the Emperor won a narrow victory. It had not been his finest battle, however: the day was carried more by firepower (French artillery fired over 71,000 rounds) and bludgeoning than anything else.Wagram was decisive in that it compelled Austria to make peace. It also heralded a new, altogether greater order of warfare, anticipating the massed manpower and weight of fire deployed much later in the battles of the American Civil War and then at Verdun and on the Somme.This significant battle has rarely been analysed in any detail. Most of the current literature on it is French and self-serving. Gunther Rothenberg will tell for the first time the story of this immense engagement from both sides, making use of both French sources and the extensive Austrian archives.

Author : Patrick Rambaud
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 15,13 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802138101

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A fictional re-creation of the 1809 battle of Essling captures the events of the conflict, Napoleon's first major defeat, through the experiences of real-life people of the time.

Author : S. Henry Dwan
Publisher :
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 37,90 MB
Release : 2020-09-22
Category :
ISBN :

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Fighting on many fronts and taken somewhat by surprise, Napoleon was quick to go on the offensive and won a succession of victories at Landshut, Eckmühl and Ratisbon before suffering his first defeat in a field battle at Aspern-Essling. Retiring to Vienna, the French re-equipped and reinforced before launching a decisive attack across the Danube from the Isle of Lobau. The resulting battle of Wagram was the bloodiest confrontation in the Napoleonic Wars up to that time with a massive casualty list of probably 80,000 men. Decisive as the French victory was, it was the 'apogee' of his empire and settled little more than strengthening the resolve of the major powers to resist Napoleonic domination. Two more allied coalitions would follow - there would be more French victories over the following six years - but the 1809 campaign was the last successful campaign Napoleon would conduct.The campaign of 1809 is naturally dominated by the major decisive encounter of the campaign - the Battle of Wagram. This book is not a major study of the battle, but rather a guide for the component units of the armies present at the battle. This fourth volume in the series 'Orders of Battle' is the latest in a trilogy of Napoleonic battle reference studies tailored for the enthusiast or war gamer, who wishes to possess a handy and detailed manual covering the forces present. Like previous volumes in the series, it is intended to be as concise and realistic (as possible) a representation of the regiments, squadrons and artillery batteries present at Wagram on 5/6th July 1809. Supply, logistics and medical sections of each army have been researched and included as well - essential as they were to keep each force in the field. For Commanders. Staff officers, Colonels and units present, extensive use has been made of available orders of battle to ensure accuracy representing the individual units involved. Exhaustive research has also been made of the uniforms worn and the flag standards carried by the individual regiments to give an accurate visual interpretation of the way each unit would have appeared in the battle. A scale of 1:10 has been used to help visualise an accurate image of the actual size of each unit, be it battalion, squadron or battery. The text describing the unit is usually in the national language of that unit unless this deters significantly from what is basically an English language work. A brief synopsis of the armies and the battle itself completes this work.

Author : Jack Gill
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 35,79 MB
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1848325479

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In this third volume John H. Gill brings to a close his magisterial study of the 1809 war between Napoleonic France and Habsburg Austria. This final volume begins with the principal armies of both antagonists recuperating on the Danube’s banks. As they prepared for the next encounter, important actions were taking place in distant theaters of war: Eugene brought his army into Hungary and won a crucial victory over Johann on the anniversary of Marengo, Prince Poniatowski’s Poles outflanked another Austrian archduke along the Vistula, and future marshal Marmont drove an Austrian force out of Dalmatia to join Napoleon at Vienna. These subsidiary campaigns all set the stage for the clash that would decide the war: the titanic Battle of Wagram. Second only in scale to the three-day slaughter at Leipzig in 1813, Wagram saw more than 320,000 men and 900 guns locked in two days of fury that ended with Austrian retreat. The defeat, however, was not entirely complete and Napoleon had to force yet another major engagement on the Austrians before Charles would accept a ceasefire. This under-appreciated battle at Znaim introduced an extended armistice that finally ended with a peace treaty signed in Vienna in October. Gill makes use of an impressive array of sources to present a lively account that covers the conflict from the diplomacy of emperors to the common soldiers suffering the privations of campaigning and the horrors of battle as they attempt to carry out their duties. Enriched with uncommon illustrations, more than 40 specially prepared maps, and extraordinary order of battle detail, this work concludes an unprecedented English language study of Napoleon’s last victorious war.

Author : Enrico Acerbi
Publisher : Soldiershop Publishing
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 37,29 MB
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 8893279819

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Even when a History writer would have wanted to celebrate, maybe the greatest European power (on land), namely the Austrian Empire, he certainly would not had chosen the terrible year 1809. What for the military apparatus in Vienna could have been a beginning of a Great Military Reform, the triumph of the Generalissimus Archduke Charles, became one of the worst nightmares of Habsburg history. In short, after a series of unfortunate events and bad military conduct, Austria disappeared from the European scene, losing further important territories but, above all, losing its mighty armies. The author chooses to tell about that period, evaluating the military organization, starting from the recruitment, up to the details of the various units, because that army, was the largest army fielded by Austria before the Great War: man told about 600,000 men, including the Levies of regional volunteers, called Landwehr (in the territories of the Austrian Crown) and Insurrection (in the territories of the Crown of St. Stephen).... ...At the end, Austria entered into war with the most powerful military force of the whole Napoleonic Period (in numbers of fighters), an effort which hardly seemed possible and which surprised the world. Unfortunately its three armies (and the Landwehr) did not surprised Bonaparte, who kicked.

Author : Gunther E Rothenberg
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 50,10 MB
Release : 2013-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1780226985

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A leading expert examines one of Napoleon's most decisive but least analysed victories In early July 1809 Napoleon crossed the Danube with 187,000 men to confront the Austrian Archduke Charles and an army of 145,000 men. The fighting that followed dwarfed in intensity and scale any previous Napoleonic battlefield, perhaps any in history: casualties on each side were over 30,000. The Austrians fought with great determination, but eventually the Emperor won a narrow victory. Wagram was decisive in that it compelled Austria to make peace. It also heralded a new, altogether greater order of warfare, anticipating the massed manpower and weight of fire deployed much later in the battles of the American Civil War and then at Verdun and on the Somme.

Author : James R. Arnold
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 32,13 MB
Release : 1995-07-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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The sun rose on April 24, 1809, to illuminate a continent at war. From Poland to Spain, some 600,000 soldiers awakened to duty. Nowhere was the concentration of forces greater than in the Danube Valley where Napoleon had determined to launch his blow against the Austrian Generalissimus Erzherzog (Archduke) Karl. If Karl triumphed, most of Europe stood poised to pounce, Napoleon and the French Empire would be attacked from all quarters.

Author : John H Gill
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 11,17 MB
Release : 2014-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1848327579

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The Franco-Austrian War of 1809 was NapoleonÍs last victorious war. He would win many battles in his future campaigns, but never again would one of EuropeÍs great powers lie broken at his feet. In this respect 1809 represents a high point of the First Empire yet at the same time NapoleonÍs armies were declining in quality and he was beginning to display the corrosive flaws that contributed to his downfall five years later. In this volume Gill tackles the political background to the war and the opening battles of Abensberg, EggmÙhl and Regensberg. He explores the motivations that prompted Austria to launch an offensive against France while Napoleon and many of his veterans were distracted in Spain. Though surprised by the timing of the Austrian attack on the 10th April, the French Emperor completely reversed a dire strategic situation with stunning blows that he called his ïmost brilliant and most skillful maneuversÍ. Following a breathless pursuit down the Danube valley, Napoleon occupied the palaces of the Habsburgs for the second time in four years. Basing his work on years of primary research and battlefield visits, Gill provides a thorough analysis replete with spectacular combat, diplomatic intrigue and the illustrious cast of characters that populated this extraordinary age. The concluding volumes will take the war to its conclusion, including NapoleonÍs first unequivocal repulse at the Battle of Espern-Essling, the titanic Battle of Wagram and the neglected struggle at Znaim that led to armistice.