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The Italian 3rd Line Infantry Regiment was routed, losing 60 killed, 200 wounded, 600 prisoners, two colors, two guns, and three caissons. The prisoners included Bellotti and the colonel of the regiment. Austrian losses were only five killed, 14 wounded, and five missing. [23]
The infantry of the Austrian army were divided into 3 types, the Line (subdivided into German or Hungarian on a geographical basis), Grenzer and Jäger. The largest of the three was the Line which in 1836 stood at 58 regiments.
Charge of the 19th Hungarian infantry regiment in the Battle of Leipzig. The Imperial-Royal or Imperial Austrian Army (German: Kaiserlich-königliche Armee, abbreviated k.k. Armee) was the armed force of the Habsburg monarchy under its last monarch, the Habsburg Emperor Francis II, composed of the Emperor's army.
During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, three main patterns of flags were used by the army of the Habsburg monarchy. [1] From 1768 until 1805, each infantry regiment carried two flags per battalion: the 1st or Leib Battalion carried the white Leibfahne and one yellow Ordinarfahne, while the others used two Ordinarfahnen.
The Feldjäger were established in 1808 as Jäger infantry in the Empire of Austria and later formed part of the regular infantry of the Common Army, only their peacetime uniform distinguishing them. The designation Jäger for the soldiers and Feldjäger for their units had purely historical reasons, as light infantry and skirmisher units had ...
The French Grande Armée was in full retreat after a decisive defeat at the battle of Leipzig, where it sustained high losses.In theory, Napoleon could count on 110 battalions and numerous cavalry, however, in practice many of the French battalions and squadrons numbered no more than 100 men and some were reduced to cadres, with entire regiments aligning no more than 10 men.
Regiments of the common army were "Imperial and Royal" - kaiserlich und königlich (k.u.k.) The Austrian Landwehr regiments were "Imperial Royal" - kaiserlich-königlich (k.k.). The Hungarian Honvéd regiments were "Royal Hungarian" - königlich ungarisch (k.u.) The Austro-Hungarian Navy was the naval force of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
He successfully exploited the temporary neutrality of the Austrian Empire and by July 1813 had collected 45,000 infantry, 1,500 cavalry and 130 guns. [11] After Austria entered the war in August 1813, its former provinces in Croatia, conquered by Napoleon and annexed to his empire, began to rebel against French rule.