Battle of Wagram

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Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in the War of the Fifth Coalition. Result: French victory over the Austrian army.

On the stormy night of July 4, Napoleon I sent his troops across the Danube from the east end of Lobau Island. He caught the unsuspecting Austrians off guard and outflanked their defenses. Additional French forces crossed the next day.

July 5 saw sparring and maneuvering by both sides, ending with the French holding a line running along the Russbach River northwest to Wagram and thence westward toward the Danube. On the morning...

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