Battle of Abensberg
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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 Archdu
Napoleon addressing Bavarian and Württemberg troops at Abensberg Jean-Baptiste Debret, 1810
Archduke Charles
Johann Kollowrat
Siegenburg from a c. 1700 woodcut
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
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