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540:'s center column lurched into motion, with Ott's Left Column to the north and elements of O'Reilly and Frimont's forces to the south. Late-arriving French reinforcements routed Kaim's center column around 5:00 pm. In the stampede that followed, O'Reilly was able to retreat to the bridgehead successfully and covered the withdrawal of Ott's column that evening.
432:. The Austrian army commander hoped to use Piacenza as a base to launch a counterattack against Milan. In the event, Piacenza fell to the French before O'Reilly reached it. On 6 June, after an 11-hour skirmish, he successfully managed to save the artillery convoy and withdraw to the west, while fending off a French column that tried to cut him off.
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village, which Melas intended to hold in preparation for his planned offensive the next day. In contrast to his stout defense of
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Nevertheless, he earned the Knight's Cross of the
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318:. In 1784 he wed Barbara Gräfin von Sweerts und Sporck (1760–1834) from a Bohemian noble family. That year he also rose in rank to
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O'Reilly left the army on 7 January 1810, being promoted to
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Dragoons # 8. On the afternoon of the 13th, O'Reilly held
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Hussar Regiment # 8, a total of 16 squadrons. In the
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1105:Austrian Generals 1792–1815: Andreas O'Reilly
1074:. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 2002;
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243:, Ireland. His brother, Hugh, was created
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204:(3 August 1742 – 5 July 1832) was an
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371:Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze
239:Andrew O'Reilly was born in
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449:Jean Lannes
439:on 9 June,
357:during the
249:Ballinlough
182:Chamberlain
62:5 July 1832
1151:Categories
1135:1803–1832
998:References
607:, Emperor
79:Allegiance
42:1742-08-03
28:Birth name
637:grenadier
611:defeated
581:Kienmayer
502:Nauendorf
491:Ottocaner
489:# 3, and
445:Casteggio
310:. In the
259:in 1831.
178:Regt. N°3
110:1756–1810
695:Newerkla
666:See also
633:landwehr
550:O'Reilly
526:Oguliner
495:Mariassy
487:Oguliner
430:Piacenza
324:Andreas
210:Austrian
1140:Unknown
969:Arnold
904:Marengo
902:Arnold
893:, p 176
891:Marengo
889:Arnold
878:Marengo
876:Arnold
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863:Arnold
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772:Arnold
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758:Marengo
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615:at the
603:In the
510:Marengo
479:Banater
435:At the
393:Hussars
389:Dragoon
382:Kaunitz
245:baronet
172:Inhaber
73:Austria
53:Ireland
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498:Jägers
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336:Modena
332:Oberst
232:, and
155:Awards
69:Vienna
1107:(see
683:Notes
426:Milan
316:Major
214:Irish
206:Irish
1093:ISBN
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