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Louis-Alexandre Berthier, prince de Neuchâtel et Valangin, prince de Wagram (French: [lwi alɛksɑ̃dʁ bɛʁtje]; 20 November 1753 – 1 June 1815) was a French military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was twice Minister of War of France and was made a Marshal of the Empire in 1804.
Louis-Alexandre Berthier Consular Guard: 1,232 Colonel Jérôme Soulès Foot Grenadier Regiment: c. 400 Foot Chasseur Regiment: c. 400 Colonel Jean-Baptiste Bessières: Guard Horse Grenadiers: c. 240 Guard Horse Chasseurs: c. 120 Artillery Guard Artillery Company: 2 8-pound cannons 1 howitzer, 72 men Reserve Artillery General of Brigade Auguste ...
The French response, under Louis-Alexandre Berthier, was disorganised but order was imposed with the arrival of Napoleon on 17 April. Napoleon led an advance to Landshut , hoping to cut off the Austrian line of retreat and sweep into their rear.
The French army was under the supreme command of Emperor Napoleon, with Marshal Louis Alexandre Berthier as his chief of staff. General of division Nicolas-Marie Songis des Courbons commanded the artillery. The overall strength of the French army during the battle is estimated to have been about 73,000 men of all arms and 139 artillery pieces.
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 .
List of Marshals of the First French Empire; Name Image Born Died Date of promotion Louis-Alexandre Berthier † : November 20, 1753 [10]: June 1, 1815 [10]: May 19, 1804 [10]: Joachim Murat
Chief of Staff: Marshal Louis-Alexandre Berthier. The units available to fight at Champaubert were the 1st Old Guard Division, the Guard artillery, the 1st and 3rd Guard Cavalry Divisions, the 1st and 2nd Young Guard Divisions, both divisions of the VI Corps, both divisions of the I Cavalry Corps, and Cyrille-Simon Picquet's cavalry brigade. [19]
At the Capitulation of Madrid, on 4 December 1808, that city's military commander Tomás de Morla and the civil governor Fernando de la Vera, in representation of the Junta of Defence (Junta Militar y Política de Madrid [1]), capitulated to the Prince de Neuchâtel, Marshal Louis-Alexandre Berthier, in representation of Napoleon, who had himself arrived two days previously at the head of over ...