Battle of Győr 1809

[Black Army]

Hello!

Now was the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Győr (or Raab in German). The Battle of Raab was fought on 14 June 1809 during the Napoleonic Wars, between Franco-Italian forces and Austrian-Hungarian forces. The battle was fought near Győr in Hungary and ended in a Franco-Italian victory. The victory prevented Archduke John from bringing any significant force to the Battle of Wagram, while Prince Eugene’s force was able to link up with Napoleon at Vienna in time to fight at Wagram. Napoleon referred to the battle as “a granddaughter of Marengo and Friedland”

At the weekend reenactors have played the Battle in the town Győr and the original Battlefield. The first scene played int the town between French Army (Polish Infantry and French Marines) and Austrian troops.


Polish Infantery

French Marines

And the small battle

It was played in two streets and on the place int the forground.

This Polish POW was executed:

After the small battle was the big at the original field, where the original building stay yet.

Thanks for looking! It was a great event for me and for my friends.

Cheers,
Balázs

 

[Black Army]

More pictures:

 

[Sambaman]

WOW! That looks like it was was a fantastic reinactment! I especially like the realism of them using the red car as cover in the one shot! Thanks for sharing these, pretty epic scale!

Jay H.
Okc

 

[billyturnip]

Thanks for posting your photo's Balázs, very interesting.

Jay, with a bit of imagination that red car is a horse and cart

Roger

 

[milten2004]

I saw "Napoleons house" in Gyor.
Has this house anything in common with this battle?