Combat of Korneuburg
Part of theWar of the Fifth Coalition
Date 7 July 1809 Location Korneuburg, present-dayAustria, thenAustrian Empire 48°20′43″N16°19′59″E / 48.34528°N 16.33306°E /48.34528; 16.33306 Result French victory
Belligerents
French Empire	Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Claude Legrand	Johann von Klenau
Strength
13,000 24 cannons	18,000 64 cannons
Casualties and losses
350	400[1]

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TheCombat of Korneuburg was a relatively minorrearguard action fought byAustrian VI Korps of theKaiserlich-königliche Hauptarmee underJohann von Klenau against elements of the French IV Corps of theArmée d'Allemagne, under the command ofClaude Legrand. The brief combat ended in favour of the French.^[2]

Following the French victory at thebattle of Wagram the day before, the commander of theKaiserlich-königliche Hauptarmee, the main Austrian army,Archduke Charles of Austria-Teschen, organised an orderly retreat towardsBohemia. Archduke Charles detailed Klenau, with 18,000 men and 64 cannons to delay the French pursuit, which was spearheaded in this sector by the French IV Corps ofMarshalAndré Masséna. Masséna had formed avanguard under the overall command of General Legrand, whose command (13,000 men and 24 cannons) included Legrand's own 1st division of IV Corps, the Corps cavalry under GeneralJacob François Marulaz and thecuirassiers from the 2ndheavy cavalry division of GeneralRaymond-Gaspard de Bonardi de Saint-Sulpice.

These forces made contact with the Austrian Corps on 7 July nearKorneuburg, around 19 kilometers northwest ofVienna. After a brief engagement, the French broke through and Klenau promptly retreated. The French had around 350 men killed or wounded, while the total Austrian losses are unknown, but included 300prisoners of war.^[2]

• Gill, John H. (2020).The Battle of Znaim: Napoleon, The Habsburgs and the end of the War of 1809. Barnsley: Greenhill Books.ISBN 978-1784384500.
• Pigeard, Alain (2004).Dictionnaire des batailles de Napoléon (in French). Tallandier, Bibliothèque Napoléonienne.ISBN 2-84734-073-4.

• Media related toCombat of Korneuburg at Wikimedia Commons

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