Military Personnel by War and Nation - American Military Personnel by War, Austrian Military Personnel by War, Johann Von Klenau (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: American Military Personnel by War, Austrian Military Personnel by War, Johann Von Klenau, Friedrich Freiherr Von Hotze, Karl Eugen, Prince Von Lothringen-Lambesc, Karl Mack Von Leiberich, Pl Kray, Joseph, Baron Von Mesko de Fels-Kubiny, Dan Guenther, Count Heinrich Von Bellegarde, Johann Von Hiller, Nikolaus Ii, Frst Esterhzy de Galntha, Dagobert Sigmund Von Wurmser, Peter Quasdanovich. Excerpt: Johann von Klenau (13 April 1758 6 October 1819), also called Johann Josef Cajetan von Klenau und Janowitz, the son of a Bohemian noble, was a field marshal in the Habsburg army. Klenau joined the Habsburg military as a teenager and fought in Austria's wars with the Ottoman Empire, the French Revolutionary Wars, and commanded a corps in several important battles of the Napoleonic Wars. In the early years of the French Revolutionary Wars, Klenau distinguished himself at the Wissembourg lines, and led a battle-winning charge at Handschuhsheim in 1795. As commander of the Coalition's left flank in the Adige campaign in northern Italy in 1799, he was instrumental in isolating the French-held fortresses on the Po River by organizing and supporting a peasant uprising in the countryside. Afterward, Klenau became the youngest lieutenant field marshal in the history of the Habsburg military. As a corps commander, Klenau led key elements of the Austrian army at the Austrian victory at Aspern-Esslingen and its defeat at Wagram, where his troops covered the retreat of the main Austrian force. He commanded the IV Corps at the 1813 Battle of Dresden and again at the Battle of Nations at Leipzig, where he prevented the French from outflanking the main Austrian force on the first day of the engagement. After the Battle of Nations, Klenau organized and implem... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=23738141