Tactical Map at start of battle
Left – 9th French corps
have orders to hold their position
Right – 3rd Austrian corps
have orders to move to Vockabruck
Far Left – 4th French
division has orders to retreat to Frankenburg and regroup
Table at start of battle
Top Centre is an unnamed village
Centre is the town of Vockabruck
Bottom Right is an unnamed farm
The road north leads to Raab
The road west leads to Frankenburg
The road east leads to Wels
3rd Austrian Corps 9th French Corps French Reserve
6240 infantry 6160 infantry 1440 infantry
760 cavalry 800 cavalry 400 cavalry
800 gunners 800 gunners
Special Rule
During the previous night Marshal
Oudinot replaced 4th division with 2nd (Young Guard)
division. 4th division is
now the army reserve and is retreating to Frankenburg to rally and
regroup. It is accompanied by the CinC
and has orders to “march to the sound of the guns” However two infantry
brigades and the gunners are in rout, not yet rallied, and not available to
join the battle. The remainder will
arrive on the Frankenburg road, led by Marshal Oudinot, at the start of Move 5.
Move 1 – 0800 to 0900
Left – French
Austrians are out of range
Both divisions are on Hold orders and cannot
move forward
Right – Austrian
Both divisions advance
Artillery unlimbers just out of range
of French guns
Move 2 – 0900 to 1000
Left – French
Both divisions now on Engage orders
Artillery opens fire on enemy gunners,
no hits
Infantry advance towards both the town
and the village
Right – Austrian
Cavalry advance within charge range of
French cavalry
Gunners manhandle guns into long range
of enemy gunners
Grenadiers enter unnamed town, jager
brigade enters Vockabruck
Move 3 – 1000 to 1100
Left – French
Guard cavalry charge and rout Austrian
hussars
Guard infantry advance to south of
town, light brigade moves into town
Right – Austrian
Grenadier brigade (top) have entered
village and skirmish with Baden infantry
Jager brigade (bottom) are winning the
skirmish with Young Guard for Vockabruck
Austrian hussars (bottom) rout from
melee with Grenadiers of the Guard
Move 4 – 1100 to 1200
Left – French
Baden division (top) send two brigades
to skirmish town
Baden gunners have received 10%
casualties but passed morale test
Guard division (bottom) infantry and
artillery move to south of Vockabruck
Guard brigade in Vockabruck have lost
melee and rout from town
Right – Austrian
6th division (top) have
occupied town
Artillery manhandle to short range
despite 10% casualties
5th division jager brigade
(bottom) has taken Vockabruck
Hussar brigade fail morale test and
continue to rout
Infantry deploy to meet French infantry,
left hand brigade forms square
Move 5 – 1200 to 1300
Left - French
Baden division (top) continue to
skirmish the town and counter battery fire
4th division (centre)
cavalry and one infantry brigade arrive on Frankenburg road
Guard division (bottom) advance to engage
enemy south of town
Right - Austrian
6th division (top) hold
town and return counter battery fire
5th division (bottom)
Jagers occupy Vockabruck and artillery move to support right flank
Move 6 – 1300 to 1400
Left – French
Baden division (top) withdraw from
town skirmish
4th division (centre)
cavalry form line and prepare to attack centre
Guard division (bottom) artillery rout
jagers from Vockabruck
Infantry rout square in firefight
Right – Austrian
With the loss of the centre and half
of 6th division in rout General Lederer orders 3rd corps
to break contact and retreat
Summary
Despite taking both of the towns, 3rd
Austrian corps are unable to hold the centre and left.
The Young Guard attack to the south
forces them to abandon the centre to support the left
The arrival of 4th division
in the centre is the final straw
Austrians have lost 400 infantry, 40
cavalry and 40 gunners
They also have two infantry and one
cavalry brigades in rout
French have lost 320 infantry and 40
gunners
Casualties on both sides were light
The Austrians have lost their southern
flank and suffered a major setback.
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