La Bataille d' Eggmuhl 1809

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Battle of Alteglofsheim

Later in the day, the French decide to use cavalry to try to pin the Austrian army down in the early evening. This is the Battle of Alteglofsheim which starts at 7 pm on April 22. 13 French cavalry regiments—mainly heavy regiments—and some horse guns, take on five Hapsburg cavalry regiments and some horse guns and try to catch the Austrian main army retreating from the French at Eggmühl.

This special scenario has its own map and is a very quick play. It is really a tutorial of cavalry actions with both sides charging and reacting to a completely mobile battle.

Despite the best efforts by Napoleon; Davout; Lannes and the rest of the Franco-Allied forces, they were unable to pin Charles down. Charles would counter the efforts Lannes to cross the Danube. Lannes would be assigned the task of getting the Imperial forces across the Danube in force, but he would be unable to do so. The result would be an overall French victory, but Eggmühl was still an incomplete result. Then there was the defeat at Aspern-Essling; which would be remedied at Wagram later in the summer. See La Bataille d’ Aspern-Essling 1809 and La Bataille de Deutsch-Wagram 1809 by Marshal Enterprises.

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