In 1809, Napoleon suffered his first major defeat in a decade near Vienna
Napoleon Bonaparte appeared invincible until the 1809 Battle of Aspern-Essling, where a determined Austrian army handed the French Emperor his first major defeat in over a decade.
Napoleon's aura of invincibility was shattered near Vienna during the bloody Battle of Aspern-Essling in 1809. After ten years of nearly uninterrupted victories, the French Emperor was forced into a tactical retreat by Archduke Charles of Austria.
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