Austria

Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller

Austria Biography 4 Min Read

The Duke of Lorraine and Imperial troops crossing the Rhine before Strasbourg, 1744 1683-1744    Ludwig Andreas KhevenhĂĽller, Count of Aschelberg-Frankenburg (1683 – 26 January 1744), Austrian field-marshal, came of a noble family, which, originally Franconian, settled in Carinthia. He first saw active service under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the War of the Spanish Succession, and by 1716 had…

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Rudolf of Habsburg and Ottokar II

Rudolf I, Holy Roman Emperor In the Great Interregnum that lasted from 1250 to 1273, all semblance of government evaporated. Since there was no agreement on who should succeed Frederick II, unlikely outsiders forced an entry. For reasons that even his latest biographer cannot fully explain, the Spanish Alfonso X…

Austria France Wars 22 Min Read

Austerlitz Campaign I

NapolĂ©on at the Battle of Austerlitz, by François GĂ©rard The French concentrated around the Rhine from early to mid-September. 210,000 troops of the Grande ArmĂ©e prepared to cross into Germany and encircle the Austrians. The small Bavarian town of Wertingen had rarely figured very prominently in German history. A sleepy…

Austria France Wars 22 Min Read

Austerlitz Campaign II

The Capitulation of Ulm by Charles ThĂ©venin,where General Mack and 23,000 Austrian troops surrendered to Napoleon. The strategic situation from 11 to 14 October. The French hurl themselves westwards to capture the Austrian army. To talk of Trafalgar in this fashion is possibly to speak with the benefit of hindsight.…

Armies Artillery Austria 9 Min Read

Prince Liechtenstein and the modernisation of the Austrian artillery

Joseph Wenzel von Liechtenstein. On 8 February 1748, a distinguished group of senior officers met in Vienna to coordinate military reform. Under the presidency of Lorraine, the detailed work was to be carried out by Liechtenstein and Harrach with the support of Wenzel Wallis with two gifted officers, Daun and…

Austria Battle France 8 Min Read

Battle of Hohenlinden

Date: December 3, 1800 Location: Hohenlinden in Bavaria (southern Germany) Opponents (* winner) *French—Austrians Commanders General Jean-Viktor Moreau—Archduke Johann (John) Approx. # Troops 50,000 French 62,300 Austrians The brilliant French victory at the Battle of Hohenlinden, in Bavaria, ended the War of the Second Coalition (1798-1800) against France. England, which…

Austria Siege 18 Min Read

Ottoman Siege of Vienna 1683

The relief of Vienna on September 12, 1683. In the decisive battle at Kahlenberg, the united imperial army succeeded in liberating Vienna after two months of siege at the hands of the Turkish army. Plan of Vienna, with the Turkish approaches. In June 1683 the Ottomans were at the gates…

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WWI Austro-Hungarian Small Arms Part I

Roth-Steyr Models 1907 and 1912 Austria-Hungary finally moved to replace its aging Rast-Gasser revolvers with…

Austro-Hungarian Cavalry WWI

Pack-horse of a cavalry machine gun detachment; members of these and the telegraph detachments were…

The War of Austrian Succession: 1740-1748 – In Italy

The death of the Chevalier de Belle-Isle, Battle of Assietta. In October 1740, Emperor Charles…

Austria’s Opening Disasters – WWI

Austria’s decision for war against Serbia was not a product of fatalism, fecklessness, or incompetence.…