With Eagles To Glory- Napoleon And His German Allies In The 1809 Campaign [top] 🔔

The climax came on the evening of May 21. Austrian grenadiers pierced the French line and captured the key granary of Aspern. While the French fought to retake it, Napoleon ordered the Württemberg light infantry to counterattack across a 400-meter open field swept by canister shot. They marched in step, with drums beating La Victoire est à Nous . In twenty minutes, they took 50% losses. Colonel von Phull, leading the 2nd Infantry Regiment, lost his leg but continued to shout orders.

The Treaty of Schönbrunn (October 14, 1809) gave Napoleon his greatest territorial gains: Austria ceded Salzburg to Bavaria, parts of Galicia to the Duchy of Warsaw, and the Illyrian Provinces directly to France. The Confederation of the Rhine expanded to include 15 million German subjects. For a moment, Napoleon was master of Central Europe. The climax came on the evening of May 21

The greatest test for Napoleon’s German allies came not in victory, but in the bloody repulse of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (May 21-22, 1809). Here, Archduke Charles finally caught Napoleon attempting to cross the Danube. The French plan was bold: seize the two villages of Aspern and Essling on the Marchfeld plain, then march on Vienna. But the Austrians attacked with 98,000 men against only 40,000 French who had crossed the river. They marched in step, with drums beating La

With Eagles to Glory: Napoleon and His German Allies in the 1809 Campaign is a seminal military history work by John H. Gill The Treaty of Schönbrunn (October 14, 1809) gave