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Battle of Wagram

Battle of Wagram was a battle fought on 5 July 1809 at Deutsch-Wagram, in what is now Austria; it lasted 1 day. It was part of the War of the Fifth Coalition. The recorded result: French victory; Continuation of the Fifth Coalition until Armistice of Znaim. Recorded strength: 171,939; 584–617 guns against 136,000; 388–414 guns.

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Battle of Wagram
Horace Vernet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought5 July 1809lasted 1 day
WhereDeutsch-Wagram, Austria48.296N, 16.558E
OutcomeFrench victory; Continuation of the Fifth Coalition until Armistice of Znaim
BelligerentsFirst French Empire; Kingdom of Bavaria; Kingdom of Saxony; Napoleonic Italy; Baden; Grand Duchy of HesseagainstAustrian Empire
Casualties and losses35,060; 21 gunsand38,870; 20 guns
Part ofWar of the Fifth Coalition1809

Where it sits in the War of the Fifth Coalition

Mauritius campaign, 1809Battle of Hollabrunn, 1809Tyrolean Rebellion, 1809Battle of Sacile, 1809Battle of Teugen-Hausen, 1809Battle of Abensberg, 1809Battle of Landshut, 1809Battle of Eckmühl, 1809Battle of Caldiero, 1809Battle of Ebelsberg, 1809Battle of Piave River, 1809Battle of Wörgl, 1809Battle of Tarvis, 1809Battle of Linz-Urfahr, 1809Battle of Aspern-Essling, 1809Dalmatian Campaign, 1809Battle of Sankt Michael, 1809First Battle of Bergisel, 1809Second Battle of Bergisel, 1809Battle of Raab, 1809Battle of Graz, 1809Battle of Wagram, 1809Combat of Korneuburg, 1809Battle of Gefrees, 1809Combat of Stockerau, 1809Battle of Znaim, 1809Combat of Schöngrabern, 1809Battle of Halberstadt, 1809Battle of Ölper, 1809Third Battle of Bergisel, 1809Battles of Bergisel, 1809Action of 18 November 1809, 1809Walcheren Campaign, 1809Battle of Grand Port, 1810Battle of Tamatave, 181118091811Battle of Wagram, 1809
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Record

Date5 July 1809
to 6 July 1809
PlaceDeutsch-Wagram, Austria
48.296N, 16.558E
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength171,939; 584–617 guns136,000; 388–414 guns
Casualties and losses35,060; 21 guns38,870; 20 guns
Commanders
Battle of WagramBattle of WagramBattle of Aspern-EsslingFirst Turkish Siege of ViennaSecond Turkish Siege of ViennaSiege of ViennaSiege of ViennaBattle of Aspern-EsslingSiege of ViennaBrnoLinzGyőrZlínŽilinaJihlavaSzékesfehérvárSzombathely100 km48.296N, 16.558E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Wagram
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 5 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Wagram today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2023-09-09. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023.

The recorded site stands at about 160 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 150 to 179 m, 29 m of relief, flat country and today it is 71% cropland, 11% tree cover, 9% built-up.

cropland: 71%tree cover: 11%built-up: 9%grassland: 9%cropland 71%tree cover 11%built-up 9%grassland 9%
west to east, 10.0 km156 to 167 mnorth to south, 10.0 km154 to 165 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: FR ARMYDefender: AUS ARMY
Strength140,000140,000
Casualties34,000 (24.3%)45,000 (32.1%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1074
Outcomeattacker won
Duration1.4 days
Front width24 km24 km
Attacker advanced6 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 127), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Wagram is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 69 in present-day Austria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q467777, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Wagram, revision 1385515355, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.