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to lead the army. A cavalry specialist, Riesch found himself in command of a corps containing infantry, cavalry, and artillery. When the armistice lapsed in
November, both armies rapidly moved into contact. Riesch and Ludwig Baillet de Latour led their commands against the French divisions of
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Kollowrat's isolated column. When Riesch heard of the disaster, he fell back. His own losses amounted to 900 men, and he brought off 500 French prisoners. Badly shaken by the disaster, Archduke John ordered a rapid withdrawal to distance his troops from the French.
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on 18 December. Catching his troops with their backs to a river, Richepanse's cavalry forced 700 Austrian horsemen to surrender. By the time
Archduke Charles replaced his brother John in command, the army was practically a rabble. Both sides agreed to
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Riesch's men found themselves in a soldiers' battle amid woods and snow squalls, with the more aggressive French having the advantage.
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two days later. A string of
Austrian defeats ended in an armistice that summer. In the interim, the emperor appointed the youthful
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Regiment # 14. On 18 August 1788, he distinguished himself in battle against
Turkish cavalry on the
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on 2 August 1750 into a noble Saxon family, Riesch enlisted in the army of the
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on 25 March 1799 by leading a brilliant cavalry charge that overthrew
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Young, Peter (1987). "Ney: The Bravest of the Brave". In
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army in southern Germany. In September and October 1805,
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