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War of the Fifth Coalition: Commanded by Napoleon, Franco-German forces defeated a reinforced Austrian corps at the Battle of Abensberg.
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War of the Fifth Coalition
1809 conflict during the Napoleonic Wars
The War of the Fifth Coalition was a European conflict in 1809 that was part of the Napoleonic Wars and the Coalition Wars. The main conflict took place in Central Europe between the Austrian Empire of Francis I and Napoleon's French Empire. The French were supported by their…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Napoleon
French general and politician, Emperor of the French (r. 1804–1814, 1815)
Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815. He…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)