Antoine-Charles-Louis, Comte de Lasalle was a French cavalry general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Often called "The Hussar General," he first gained fame for his role in the Ca
General Lasalle at the Siege of Stettin by Antoine-Jean Gros, 1808
Entrance of Lasalle's birth house in Metz
"Chef d'escadron" Lasalle at the battle of Rivoli
General Lasalle at the battle of Prenzlau
Battle of Aspern–Essling
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In the Battle of Aspern–Essling, Napoleon crossed the Danube near Vienna, but the French and their allies were attacked and forced back across the river by the Austrians under Archduke Charles. It was
Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle
…war was unfinished. Lasalle joined the French Army for its 1809 Campaign along the Danube. He arrived just before Napoleon's push across the Danube at Aspern-Essling and was sent to scout the location of the Austrian army. The first stage of the operation began on 13 May 1809, laying a bridge of boats over the first…
The Battle of Aspern-Essling Johann Peter Krafft, 1820
Portrait of Archduke Charles by Thomas Lawrence, 1819
The Battle of Aspern-Essling, May 1809 by Fernand Cormon
Marshal Lannes was mortally wounded at Essling. Painting by Paul-Émile Boutigny, 1894