What the records say
- When
- 20 Apr 1809
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 48.81° N, 11.86° E
- Description
- 1809 battle of the War of the Fifth Coalition
Battle of Abensberg
1809 battle of the War of the Fifth Coalition
The Battle of Abensberg took place on 20 April 1809 between a Franco-German force under the command of Emperor Napoleon I of France and a reinforced Austrian corps led by Feldmarschall-Leutnant Archduke Louis of Austria. As the day wore on, Feldmarschall-Leutnant Johann von Hiller arrived with reinforcements to take command of the three corps that formed the Austrian left wing.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht von Abensberg beginnt, in der die Franzosen unter Napoleon I. über die Österreicher siegreich bleiben”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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