Johann von Klenau (1758–1819) was a field marshal in the Habsburg army, and fought in Austria's wars with the Ottoman Empire, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. In the early years of the French Revolutionary Wars, he distinguished himself at the First Battle of Wissembourg in 1793, 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. He led key elements of the army at the victory at Aspern-Esslingen and its defeat at Wagram, where his troops covered the retreat of the main force. He commanded the IV Corps at the 1813 Battle of Dresden and at the Battle of Nations at Leipzig, preventing the French from outflanking the main Austrian force on the first day of the engagement. He then organized and implemented the successful Dresden blockade and negotiated the French capitulation there. In the 1814–15 campaign, he commanded the Corps Klenau of the Army of Italy. After the war in 1815, Klenau was appointed commanding general in Moravia and Silesia. (Full article...)
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