BATTLE // April 19, 1809

Battle of Teugen-Hausen

Name: Battle of Teugen-Hausen
Start: 1809-04-19
End: 1809-04-19
Location: Battle of Teugen-Hausen

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Significance

Teugen-Hausen was fought on April 19, 1809, as part of the opening Austrian offensive in the War of the Fifth Coalition. Davout's French III Corps, outnumbered by the Austrian III Armeekorps under Prince Hohenzollern, held and ultimately forced the Austrians to withdraw by evening, securing a hard-fought French victory. The engagement demonstrated that French corps could sustain pressure against superior numbers without immediate support from Napoleon's main force. Casualties were roughly comparable on both sides — approximately 3,862 Austrian and 4,000 French — indicating the intensity of the fighting despite the numerical disparity. The Austrian withdrawal ended their offensive momentum in that sector and contributed to the broader French recovery during the opening days of the 1809 campaign in Lower Bavaria.

Tactics

The battle was fought on a wooded height approximately halfway between the villages of Teugn and Hausen in Lower Bavaria. Beyond the terrain feature and the corps-level engagement between Davout's III Corps and the Austrian III Armeekorps, the overview does not describe the specific maneuvers, dispositions, or tactical sequences employed by either side.