✦ History

Part of Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Eckmühl

April 21–22, 1809 · Battle of Eckmühl

Result French victory

Napoleon beat Archduke Charles in Bavaria and drove him north of the Danube (position approximate).

On the map Contemporaries

French Empire and allies

Coalition

France
Kingdom of Bavaria
Austrian Empire
Napoleon military commander Louis-Nicolas Davout military commander Jean Lannes military commander Dominique Vandamme military commander François Joseph Lefebvre military commander
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen military commander Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein military commander Johann Kollowrat military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
66,000c. 66,000
Casualties
6,000c. 3,000
Strength
c. 74,000
Casualties
6,000c. 11,000
Deaths
450
Wounded
2,550
Captured
5,000c. 5,000
Guns lost
c. 12

Units

Army of Germany (1809)
Austrian main army (1809)