Battle of Aspern-Essling order of battle

The Battle of Aspern-Essling order of battle is shown below. The battle was fought on 21–22 May 1809 during the War of the Fifth Coalition. An Imperial French army led by Napoleon was defeated by a larger Austrian Empire army commanded by Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen.

Abbreviations

Austrian Army

Army leadership and staff for the Battle of Eckmühl are listed below.[1] Note that the three cavalry units in gray were temporarily detached from their Armeekorps and assigned to the Reserve Armeekorps.[2]

Austrian Army - Battle of Aspern-Essling[3]
Armeekorps Division Brigade Unit Strength
Advance Guard
5,907
4,129 inf
1,778 cav
6 guns 		Division
FML Johann von Klenau 		Brigade
GM Ignaz Count Hardegg 		1st Jäger Battalion 770
Archduke Charles IR
Nr. 3		 3,359
Stipsicz Hussar
Regiment Nr. 10		 861
Schwarzenberg Uhlan
Regiment Nr. 2		 917
6-pdr Cavalry Battery 6 guns
I Armeekorps
GdK Heinrich von Bellegarde
24,594
23,555 inf
0 cav
50 guns 		Division
FML Joseph von Dedovich 		Brigade
GM Josef von Henneberg 		Reuss-Plauen IR Nr. 17 3,313
Kollowrat IR Nr. 36 3,185
6-pdr Brigade Battery 8 guns
Brigade
GM Theodore Wacquant 		Archduke Rainer IR
Nr. 11		 3,303
Vogelsang IR Nr. 47 3,238
6-pdr Brigade Battery 8 guns
Division
FML Jean Hennequin de Fresnel 		Brigade
GM Josef Clary 		Anton Mittrowsky IR
Nr. 10		 2,185
Erbach IR Nr. 42 2,315
6-pdr Brigade Battery 8 guns
Brigade
GM Peter von Lutz 		Argenteau IR Nr. 35 3,397
Archduke Charles
Legion, 4th Bn		 960
6-pdr Brigade Battery 8 guns
Brigade
GM Karl von Stutterheim 		2nd Jäger Battalion 891
3rd Jäger Battalion 768
Blankenstein Hussar
Regiment Nr. 6		 1,039
6-pdr Cavalry Battery 6 guns
Reserve Artillery
OB Anton von Stwrtnik 		not brigaded 12-pdr Position Battery 6 guns
6-pdr Position Battery 6 guns
II Armeekorps
GdK Friedrich of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
21,590
20,810 inf
0 cav
50 guns 		Division
FML Thomas Brady of Longthee 		Brigade
GM Karl von Paar 		Froon IR Nr. 54 1,500
Zedtwitz IR Nr. 25 1,967
6-pdr Brigade Battery 8 guns
Brigade
GM Wenzel Buress von Greiffenbach 		Joseph Colloredo IR
Nr. 57		 2,064
Zach IR Nr. 15 1,548
6-pdr Brigade Battery 8 guns
Division
FML Josef Kajetan von Ulm 		Brigade
GM Johann Allmeyer
von Allstern 		Rohan IR Nr. 21 2,874
Stuart IR Nr. 18 2,937
Frölich IR Nr. 28 3,305
6-pdr Brigade Battery 8 guns
Brigade
GM Friedrich von
Wied-Runkel 		Stain IR Nr. 50 1,062
Würzburg IR Nr. 23,
3rd Bn		 669
Württemberg IR Nr. 38,
3rd Bn		 800
6-pdr Brigade Battery 8 guns
Brigade
GM Heinrich Bersina von Segenthal 		7th Jäger Battalion 493
8th Jäger Battalion 620
Archduke Charles
Legion, 2nd Bn		 958
Klenau Chevau-léger
Regiment Nr. 5		 780
6-pdr Cavalry Battery 6 guns
Reserve Artillery
Maj Anton von Kfeller 		not brigaded 12-pdr Position Battery 6 guns
6-pdr Position Battery 6 guns
IV Armeekorps
FML Franz Seraph of Orsini-Rosenberg
21,702
20,220 inf
821 cav
50 guns 		Division
FML Ludwig Hohenlohe Bartenstein 		Brigade
GM Philipp von Hessen-Homburg 		Hiller IR Nr. 2 3,450
Sztarrai IR Nr. 33 2,871
6-pdr Brigade Battery 8 guns
Brigade
GM Johann von Neustädter 		Reuss-Greiz IR Nr. 55 692
Czartorisky IR Nr. 9 2,248
6-pdr Brigade Battery 8 guns
Division
Louis Victor de Rohan 		Brigade
GM Robert Swinburne 		Archduke Ludwig IR Nr. 8 2,498
Coburg IR Nr. 22 2,368
6-pdr Brigade Battery 8 guns
Brigade
GM Friedrich von Riese 		Bellegarde IR Nr. 44 2,022
Chasteler IR Nr. 64 1,628
6-pdr Brigade Battery 8 guns
Brigade
unknown commander 		Wallach-Illyrian Grenz
IR Nr. 13		 1,302
2nd Mahr Volunteer
Battalion		 993
Carneville Freikorps Inf 208
Carneville Freikorps Cav 115
Vincent Chevau-léger
Regiment Nr. 4		 746
Archduke Ferdinand Hussar
Regiment Nr. 3		 821
6-pdr Cavalry Battery 6 guns
Reserve Artillery
OBL Hermann von Künigl 		not brigaded 12-pdr Position Battery 6 guns
6-pdr Position Battery 6 guns

Notes

  1. ^ Bowden & Tarbox 1980, p. 65.
  2. ^ Bowden & Tarbox 1980, p. 93.
  3. ^ Bowden & Tarbox 1980, pp. 89–93.

References

  • Bowden, Scotty; Tarbox, Charlie (1980). Armies on the Danube 1809. Arlington, Tex.: Empire Games Press.
  • Smith, Digby; Kudrna, Leopold. "Biographical Dictionary of all Austrian Generals during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815". napoleon-series.org. Retrieved 19 January 2025. (For full names of generals)