marshal lannes ratisbon 1809 Battle Regensburg France Austria Baron de Coutaud Archduke Charles
Battle of Ratisbon also called the Battle of Regensburg was fought from 19 April to 23 April in 1809 between France and Austria. The French were led by Baron de Coutaud, while the Austrians were led by Archduke Charles. The Austrians had to retreat. During the battle Napoleon himself was wounded by a bullet, which hit his ankle. The shot had been fired at great distance and did not severely hurt the Emperor, but caused a contusion. Pursuing the Austrians after the victory at Eckmuhl, Napoleon Bonaparte found the garrisoned old city at Ratisbon was a defensive shield for Archduke Charles' escape across the Danube. Wanting to keep his sword at the backs of the Austrians, Bonaparte had no time for a siege and so gave Marshal Jean Lannes the task of storming the city. Two well supported attempts were made on the walls, and both were pushed back with heavy casualties. Lannes' men could not bring themselves to advance into the maelstrom a third time and so, exasperated, Lannes grabbed a scaling ladder and renewed his appeal. Then, amid an embarrassed silence, he angrily shouted: "I will let you see that I was a grenadier before I was a marshal and still am one." He took the ladder and moved forwards, but was physically restrained by his aides. His troops, shamed into action by the despair of their leader, rushed forward. The third assault party carried the walls and within minutes French troops were pouring into the now-doomed Ratisbon. French casualties, including a wounded-in-the-ankle Bonaparte, were between 1500 and 2000 while the Austrians lost at least 6000 men killed, injured or captured. Sending Marshal Louis Davout to guard the north bank across the Danube, Bonaparte was now free to move on Vienna Between April 19 and April 23, 1809, Regensburg was the scene of the Battle of Ratisbon between forces commanded by Baron de Coutaud (the 65th Ligne) and retreating Austrian forces. It was eventually overrun after supplies and ammunition ran out. The city suffered s
Size: 5010px × 3950px
Photo credit: © 19th era / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: -fashioned, 19, 19th, 23, 1800, 1809, 2d, academic, age, ancient, antique, antiquity, april, archduke, austria., austrians, baron, battle, black, book, bw, bygone, called, century, charles., classical, copy, coutaud, cut, cutout, de, drawing, duplicate, embossed, empire, engrave, engraved, engraver, engraving, etching, expression, figure, formal, fought, france, french, front, frontispiece, graphic, hand, heritage, historic, history, illustration, image, imperial, lannes, late, led, lifelike, majesty, margin, marshal, master, monotone, napoleon, national, nineteenth, notable, obscure, obsolete, olden, original, paper, period, pictorial, picture, portrait, pre, press, print, printed, printing, prior, proof, publication, publicity, queen, rare, ratisbon, real, realism, realistic, reference, regensburg, relief, replica, represent, representation, repro, reproduce, reproduction, retreat., retro, review, romantic, social, standard, steel, studio, style, subject, teach, time, title, tool, topic, topical, tract, true, unusual, victoria, victorian, visual, white, wounded
