The Battle of Neumarkt-Sankt Veit on 24 April 1809 saw a

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n force led by

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face an

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army commanded by

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. Hiller's numerically superior force won a victory over the Allied troops, forcing Bessières to retreat to the west.

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is located ten kilometers north of

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and 33 kilometers southeast of

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in Bavaria. On 10 April 1809,

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's surprise invasion of the

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put the Grande Armée of Emperor

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at a disadvantage. On 19 April, Charles failed to take advantage of his opportunities and Napoleon struck back with savage force against the Austrian left wing under Hiller. After battles on 20 and 21 April, Hiller's troops were driven into a headlong retreat to the southeast. Having temporarily disposed of Hiller, Napoleon turned north with his main army against Archduke Charles. On 22 and 23 April, the Franco-Germans defeated Charles' army and forced it to withdraw to the north bank of the

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. Meanwhile, Napoleon sent Bessières to pursue the Austrian left wing with minor forces. Not knowing that Charles had been defeated, Hiller turned back upon his pursuer, defeating Bessières near Neumarkt-Sankt Veit. Once he found that he was alone on the south bank facing Napoleon's main army, Hiller retreated rapidly to the east in the direction of

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Background

On 10 April 1809, Archduke Charles invaded the Kingdom of Bavaria with 209,000 Austrian soldiers and 500 artillery pieces. A set of orders from Emperor Napoleon in

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was transmitted poorly and misunderstood by Marshal

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. By the time Napoleon arrived at the front on the 17th, his Franco-German army invited defeat in detail. On the morning of the 19th, Charles gained a position in which he might have severely punished Marshal

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's isolated III Corps. Instead, Davout escaped defeat in the hard-fought

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. On 20 April, the Austrian left wing was strung-out on a 13 kilometer front behind the Abens River from Mainburg in the south to

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in the north. The left wing consisted of the V Armeekorps under Feldmarschall-Leutnant

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, the VI Armeekorps led by Feldmarschall-Leutnant Hiller, the small II Reserve Armeekorps commanded by Feldmarschall-Leutnant

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, and a detachment from the III Armeekorps. In total, there were about 42,000 Austrians. Napoleon launched 55,000 troops at his enemies in the

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, inflicting 6,710 casualties, and forcing them to retreat. In command of the left wing since his arrival that morning, Hiller elected to continue withdrawing southeast toward

, thus separating Hiller's three corps from Archduke Charles' main body near

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. Napoleon beat Hiller again in the Battle of Landshut on 21 April, seizing a crossing over the

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and driving the Austrians farther to the southeast. Until 2:30 am on 22 April, Napoleon mistakenly believed that Hiller's three corps represented the main Austrian army. When he realized his error, he sent most of his troops marching north to crush Archduke Charles. On 22 April, the Franco-Germans defeated Charles at the

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and forced him to withdraw through Regensburg to the north bank of the Danube the following day. Napoleon instructed Bessières to pursue Hiller and placed him in charge of one reinforced cavalry division and two infantry divisions. The bulk of Hiller's force, numbering 27,000 to 28,000 troops, lay near

and

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on the Inn River at noon on 23 April. A 10,000-strong division under Feldmarschall-Leutnant Franz Jellacic held

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. Feldmarschall-Leutnant Dedovich's brigade from the IV Armeekorps, which had been blockading Passau, was assigned to Hiller's command and moved to

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. Hiller noticed that the French pursuit had slackened on the 22nd and 23rd and decided to counterattack. A letter from

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urging him to help defend Archduke Charles' south flank strengthened the left wing commander's resolve. Neither the emperor nor Hiller realized that Charles had withdrawn to the north bank of the Danube.

Battle

On the night of 22 April, Napoleon instructed Bessières to advance with

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's Bavarian division from the VII Corps,

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's French infantry division from the IV Corps, and

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's IV Corps cavalry division. The emperor planned for the pursuit to cross the Inn and capture

. On the 24th, Napoleon ordered Marshal

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, the commander of VII Corps, to take the division of Lieutenant General the Crown Prince of Bavaria to recapture Munich from Jellacic. If necessary, he could call on Lieutenant General Deroy's Bavarian division also. Bessières, with Wrede's division, reached

on 22 April. From there he sent Marulaz to probe toward the Inn River. Late on 23 April, Hiller recrossed the Inn at Mühldorf and ordered Jellacic to advance from Munich toward Landshut. That day, Marulaz's advance guard marched southeast toward the Inn. A short distance north of Mühldorf at the village of Erharting, the 3rd

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Regiment collided with Hiller's advance elements. The French horsemen were quickly driven back on two supporting units, the 19th Chasseurs à Cheval and an infantry battalion. Marulaz pulled back in the direction of Neumarkt-Sankt Veit. On the morning of 24 April, Hiller advanced in three columns. His right column of 12 infantry battalions and nine cavalry squadrons attacked Wrede at 8:00 am. The Bavarian general held high ground to the southeast of Neumarkt with 10 battalions and eight squadrons. On the far right, an advance guard under

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felt its way to the north toward

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. Hiller's center column struck Marulaz's position and drove the cavalry back. In addition to his own division, Marulaz had

Charles Claude Jacquinot's light cavalry brigade from the III Corps attached. In the face of Austrian assaults, Wrede held his ground until noon. Seeing that the opposing flanking columns threatened to envelop his Bavarians, Bessières ordered a retreat about 1:00 pm. By this time, Molitor had arrived from

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and sent two regiments to cover Wrede's retreat while holding his other two regiments in reserve. Nevertheless, the Austrians continued to press the Bavarians hard and captured Neumarkt at about 3:00 pm. Wrede's soldiers suffered significant losses as they struggled across the Rott River. Once his enemies got across the Rott, which runs eastward into the Inn near

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, Hiller called off the battle. Bessières conducted an orderly retreat to Vilsbiburg.

Result

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gives Austrian casualties as 776 killed and wounded, plus 122 captured. He writes that Wrede lost 586 killed and wounded.

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lists 1,692 Bavarians killed and wounded, plus another 910 missing or captured. Smith notes that the Austrians lost 800 casualties. To Smith's total must be added Bessières' reported losses of 200 among the cavalry. On the night of 24 April, Hiller got word of the defeat of Archduke Charles and immediately pulled back to Neuötting. Jellacic was unable to carry out his orders to threaten Landshut. He found out about Archduke Charles' defeat and evacuated Munich on the evening of the 23rd. When Jellacic got Hiller's orders of the 23rd, he tried to reoccupy Munich. Before he reached the Bavarian capital, he received new orders from Hiller instructing him to retreat to

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. Eventually, General of Division Paul Grenier's corps from the Army of Italy crushed Jellacic's wandering division on 25 May at the

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. When Napoleon received news of the Battle of Neumarkt, he sent Marshal

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with a corps of 25,000 to support Bessières. By this time Hiller was in full retreat to the east. The French emperor directed

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and the IV Corps to take the road to Passau, while Bessières and Lannes (who now led the II Corps) took a route farther south. The next major action was the

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on 3 May.

Order of battle

Austrian forces

''Returns from 20 March 1809, less detachments''
Left Wing: Feldmarschall-Leutnant

* VI Armeekorps: Feldmarschall-Leutnant

. Less Jellacic's detachment. ** Reserve Artillery: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Karl von Rouvroy *** Three 12-pdr position batteries (18 guns), 6-pdr position battery (6 guns) ** Division: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Friedrich Kottulinsky *** Brigade: General-Major Otto Hohenfeld **** ''Klebek'' IR # 14 (3 bns), ''Jordis'' IR # 59 (3 bns), 6-pdr brigade battery (8 guns) *** Brigade: General-Major Nikolaus Weissenwolf **** ''Deutschmeister'' IR # 4 (3 bns), ''Kerpen'' IR # 49 (3 bns), 6-pdr brigade battery (8 guns) *** Artillery: 6-pdr position battery (6 guns) ** Division: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Franz Jellacic (Detached at Munich) *** Brigade: General-Major Konstantin Ettingshausen **** ''Esterhazy'' IR # 32 (3 bns), ''De Vaux'' IR # 45 (3 bns), 6-pdr brigade battery (8 guns) *** Brigade: General-Major Karl Dollmayer von Provenchères. Jellacic had exchanged Hoffmeister's brigade for Dollmayer's at the beginning of the war. **** ''Warasdin-Kreutzer'' Grenz IR # 5 (2 bns), 3-pdr Grenz brigade battery (8 guns) **** ''O'Reilly''

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Regt # 3 (8 sqns), 6-pdr cavalry battery (6 guns) *** Artillery: 6-pdr position battery (6 guns) ** Light Division: Feldmarschall-Leutnant

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*** Brigade: General-Major Josef Hoffmeister **** ''Benjowsky'' IR # 31 (3 bns), ''Splenyi'' IR # 51 (3 bns), 6-pdr brigade battery (8 guns) *** Brigade: General-Major

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**** ''Warasdin-St. George'' Grenz IR # 6 (2 bns), 3-pdr Grenz brigade battery (8 guns) **** ''Rosenberg'' Chevau-léger Regt # 6 (8 sqns), ''Liechtenstein''

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Regt # 7 (8 sqns), 6-pdr cavalry battery (6 guns) **** 4th, 5th, 6th ''Vienna Freiwilligers'' Battalions. These units joined Hiller at Moosburg on 18 April. They belonged to Dollmayer's brigade, but since Dollmayer was at Munich, they never joined it. * V Armeekorps: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Archduke Louis ** Reserve Artillery: Major Adam Pfefferkorn *** Two 12-pdr position batteries (12 guns), 6-pdr cavalry battery (6 guns) ** Brigade III Corps: *** ''Kaiser'' IR # 1 (3 bns), ''Lindenau'' IR # 29 (3 bns), 6-pdr brigade battery (8 guns) ** Division: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Karl Friedrich von Lindenau (Detached to I Reserve Armeekorps) ** Division: Feldmarschall-Leutnant

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*** Brigade: General-Major

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**** ''Duka'' IR # 39 (3 bns), ''Gyulai'' IR # 60 (3 bns), 6-pdr brigade battery (8 guns) *** Brigade: General-Major Franz Johann Schulz von Rothacker **** ''Beaulieu'' IR # 58 (3 bns), 1st, 2nd, 3rd ''Vienna Freiwilligers'' Battalions *** Artillery: 6-pdr position battery (6 guns) ** Light Division: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Emmanuel von Schustekh-Herve *** Brigade: General-Major

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**** ''Broder'' Grenz IR # 7 (2 bns), ''Kienmayer'' Hussar Regt # 8 (8 sqns), 3-pdr Grenz brigade battery (8 guns) *** Brigade: General-Major

**** ''Gradiscaner'' Grenz IR # 8 (2 bns), ''Archduke Charles''

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Regt # 3 (8 sqns), 6-pdr cavalry battery (6 guns) * II Reserve Armeekorps: Feldmarschall-Leutnant

. Order of battle. ** Brigade: General-Major Konstantin Ghilian Karl d'Aspré *** ''Puteani'', ''Brezeczinsky'', ''Scovaud'', ''Kirchenbetter'', ''Scharlach''

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bns, 6-pdr brigade battery (8 guns) ** Brigade: General-Major Josef von Clary *** ''Levenehr'' Dragoon Regt # 4 (6 sqns), ''Württemberg'' Dragoon Regt # 3 (6 sqns), 6-pdr cavalry battery (6 guns) ** Brigade: General-Major Andreas Schneller (Detached to I Reserve Armeekorps)

Key

* IR = Infantry Regiment * bn, bns = Infantry battalion(s) * sqn, sqns = Cavalry squadron(s) * bty, btys = Artillery battery (batteries) * Regt = Regiment * 3-pdr, 6-pdr, 12-pdr = 3 (light), 6 (medium) and 12 (heavy) pounder field guns.

French-Allied forces

''Returns from 16 April 1809''
Provisional Corps:

* Cavalry Division, IV Corps:

(2,765). Includes three staff members. ** 1st Brigade: Commander unknown (1,193) *** 19th

Regt (3 sqns), 23rd Chasseurs à Cheval Regt (3 sqns) ** 2nd Brigade: General of Brigade Bertrand Pierre Castex (829) *** 3rd Chasseurs à Cheval Regt (3 sqns), 14th Chasseurs à Cheval Regt (3 sqns) ** 3rd Brigade: Commander unknown (740) *** Baden Light Dragoon Regt (4 sqns), Hesse-Darmstadt

Regt (3 sqns) * Cavalry Brigade, III Corps: General of Brigade Charles Claude Jacquinot (1,797) ** 1st Chasseurs à Cheval Regt (3 sqns), 2nd Chasseurs à Cheval Regt (3 sqns), 12th Chasseurs à Cheval Regt (3 sqns) * 2nd Bavarian Division, VII Corps: Lieutenant-General

(8,944). Includes 250 headquarters guards. ** Brigade: General-Major Minuzzi (3,980) *** 6th ''Laroche'' Light bn, 3rd ''Prince Karl'' IR (2 bns), 13th IR (2 bns) ** Brigade: General-Major Beckers (3,139) *** 6th ''Duc Wilhelm'' IR (2 bns), 7th ''Löwenstein'' IR (2 bns) ** Cavalry Brigade: General-Major Preysing (1,012) *** ''König'' Chevau-léger Regt (4 sqns), ''Leiningen'' Chevau-léger Regt (4 sqns) ** Artillery: Two 6-pdr foot btys, 6-pdr horse bty (563, 18 guns) * 3rd Division, IV Corps: General of Division

(7,155). Includes 16 staff members. ** Brigade: General of Brigade François Joseph Leguay (3,647) *** 2nd Line IR (2 bns), 16th Line IR (3 bns) ** Brigade: General of Brigade Raymond Viviès de La Prade (3,184) *** 37th Line IR (3 bns), 67th Line IR (2 bns) ** Artillery: 6-pdr foot bty (308, 6 guns)

Notes

References

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External links

* ''The following two websites are excellent sources for the full names of French and Austrian generals.'' * French Wikipedia, ''Liste des généraux de la Révolution et du Premier Empire''
napoleon-series.org ''Austrian Generals: 1792-1815'' by Digby Smith, compiled by Leopold Kudrna
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