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| rdfs:label | - Battle of Dürenstein order of battle
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| rdfs:comment | - In pursuing the Austrian retreat from Bavaria, Mortier had over-extended the three divisions of his newly formed VIII. Corps, spreading them along the north bank of the Danube. Kutuzov enticed Mortier to send Théodore Maxime Gazan's 2nd Division into a trap; French troops were caught in a valley between two Russian columns, and were only rescued by the timely arrival of the 1st Division, under command of Pierre Dupont de l'Étang. The battle extended well into the night.
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| Strength | - initially about 6,000–8,000, expanded to 8,000-10,000 by the end of the battle
- about 24,000
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| Partof | - the War of the Third Coalition
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| Caption | - Battle site, on the curve of the Danube, meant that the combatants at one end could not see what happened at the other.
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| Casualties | - Two Eagles, a guidon, and five guns.
- Two colors of Muskova Regiment Viatka.
- ~4,000 dead and wounded.
- ~4,000, plus 47 officers and 895 men captured
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| combatant | - Russian Empire
- First French Empire
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| Place | - Dürenstein, Wachau region, Austria
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| abstract | - In pursuing the Austrian retreat from Bavaria, Mortier had over-extended the three divisions of his newly formed VIII. Corps, spreading them along the north bank of the Danube. Kutuzov enticed Mortier to send Théodore Maxime Gazan's 2nd Division into a trap; French troops were caught in a valley between two Russian columns, and were only rescued by the timely arrival of the 1st Division, under command of Pierre Dupont de l'Étang. The battle extended well into the night. Both sides claimed a victory. The French lost more than a third of the Corps, and Gazan's division experienced over 40 percent losses. The Austrians and Russians also had heavy losses—close to 16 percent—but arguably the most significant was the death in action of Johann Heinrich von Schmitt, one of Austria's most capable chiefs of staff.
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