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Abensberg
Battle Name : Abensberg
Date(s) : 20 April 1809
Part of : The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars , Napoleon's Austrian Campaign 1809 ,
Outcome : A victory for French Army over Austrian Army
Type of battle : Land
Summary
While Davout's corps [III] continued to hold against the superior numbers of the Austrian right wing and Lefebvre's corps [VII] held the Austrian left wing Napoleon sent Lannes provisional corps through the very weakly held centre.
The Austrian army was hopelessly split with half the army retreating north east and half moving south east. Between three and four thousand Austrians were captured.
Location
The main action took place to the east of the town of Abensberg on the river Aben, Bavaria.
Casualty figures
Austrian Army
- Number engaged :
- 22,000
- Casualties :
- 6,872 (31.24%)
French Army
- Number engaged :
- 20,500
- Casualties :
- 960 (4.68%)
