Combat of Schöngrabern
1809 combat during the War of the Fifth Coalition / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the combat of 1809. For the 1805 battle, see Battle of Schöngrabern.
The Combat of Schöngrabern was a relatively minor rearguard action fought by Austrian V Korps and supporting elements of the Kaiserlich-königliche Hauptarmee under Prince Heinrich XV of Reuss-Plauen against elements of the French IV Corps of the Armée d'Allemagne, under the command of Claude Legrand.[1]
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Combat of Schöngrabern | |||||||
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Part of the War of the Fifth Coalition | |||||||
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French Empire | Austrian Empire | ||||||
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Claude Legrand | Prince Heinrich XV of Reuss-Plauen | ||||||
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11,000 men 24 cannons |
27,000 men (6,000 engaged) 32 cannons | ||||||
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unknown | unknown |
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The brief combat ended in favour of the French but Reuss did manage to delay the French sufficiently in order to prevent them from getting to the battle of Znaim on 10 July.[1]