IV Corps

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IV Corps was a major field formation of Napoleon’s French army, notable for its role in several key campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army corps ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
allegiance Napoleon I of France ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon I
alsoKnownAs IVe corps d’armée ⓘ
associatedWith Central Europe campaigns ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula campaigns ⓘ
Russian campaign of 1812 ⓘ
conflict Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
country First French Empire ⓘ
formedFor War of the Third Coalition ⓘ
garrisonOrHeadquarters varied by campaign ⓘ
languageOfCommand French ⓘ
militaryBranch French Army ⓘ
militaryTheater European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
notableCommander Eugène de Beauharnais ⓘ
Nicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult ⓘ
linked to: Nicolas Soult

Étienne Macdonald ⓘ
notableFor key role in victory at Austerlitz ⓘ
service in multiple major campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Austerlitz ⓘ
Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
Battle of Borodino ⓘ
Battle of Eylau ⓘ
Battle of Friedland ⓘ
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ
Battle of Leipzig ⓘ
Battle of Lützen (1813) ⓘ
Battle of Smolensk (1812) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Smolensk

Battle of Ulm ⓘ
French invasion of Russia ⓘ
French invasion of Spain ⓘ
Invasion of Portugal (1807) ⓘ
Peninsular War ⓘ
Ulm campaign ⓘ
War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ
War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
retreat from Moscow ⓘ
partOf Grande Armée ⓘ
role operational-level field formation ⓘ
roleInBattle decisive attack on Pratzen Heights at Austerlitz ⓘ
size approximately 20,000–40,000 soldiers at full strength ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
typicalComposition artillery batteries ⓘ
cavalry brigades ⓘ
infantry divisions ⓘ
usedDoctrine Napoleonic corps system ⓘ

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