Battle of Eckmühl

Battle of Eckmühl
	Part of the War of the Fifth Coalition
	; Battle of Eckmühl by Bagetti Giuseppe Pietro
Date	22 April 1809
Location	Eggmühl, Bavaria48°50′38″N 12°10′56″E / 48.8438°N 12.1823°E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
France; Bavaria; Württemberg	Austria
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon I; Jean Lannes; Louis-Nicolas Davout; François Lefebvre;	Archduke Charles; Johann Kollowrat; Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein;
Strength
70,000	75,000 Archduke Charles: <46, 832 Johann Kollowrat: 28,168 (unengaged)
Casualties and losses
3,000	11,000
	Location within Europe

War of the Fifth Coalition

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The Battle of Eckmühl fought on 22 April 1809, was the turning point of the 1809 Campaign, also known as the War of the Fifth Coalition. Napoleon I had been unprepared for the start of hostilities on 10 April 1809, by the Austrians under Archduke Charles of Austria and for the first time since assuming the French Imperial Crown had been forced to give up the strategic initiative to an opponent. Thanks to the dogged defense waged by the III Corps, commanded by Marshal Davout, and the Bavarian VII Corps, commanded by Marshal Lefebvre, Napoleon was able to defeat the principal Austrian army and wrest the strategic initiative for the remainder of the war.