Charles remains in command of a cohesive…

July 1809 CE

Charles remains in command of a cohesive force after the battle of Wagram, and decides to retreat to Bohemia.

However, the Grande Armée eventually catches up with him and scores a victory at the Battle of Znaim.

With the battle still raging, Charles decides to ask for an armistice, effectively ending the war.

With eight thousand casualties, the two-day battle of Wagram had been particularly bloody, mainly due to the use of one thousand artillery pieces and the expenditure of over one hundred and eighty thousand rounds of artillery ammunition on a flat battlefield packed with some three hundred thousand men.

Although Napoleon is the uncontested winner, he had failed to secure a complete victory and the Austrian casualties are only slightly greater than those of the French and allies.

Nonetheless, the defeat is serious enough to shatter the morale of the Austrians, who can no longer find the will to continue the struggle.

The resulting Treaty of Schönbrunn means the loss of one sixth of the Austrian Empire's subjects, along with some territories.

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Znaim > Znojmo Brnensky Kraj Czech Republic View →

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André Masséna View → Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen View → Auguste Marmont View → Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor View → François Joseph Lefebvre View → Frederick William III of Prussia View → Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein View → Jean Lannes View → Louis-Alexandre Berthier View → Louis-Nicolas Davout View → Napoleon View →

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Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → France, (first) Empire of View → Austrian Empire View → Bavaria, Kingdom of View →

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