Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Ebersberg (Campaign of Wagram).

Fought May 3, 1809, when Masséna’s[Masséna’s] corps stormed the bridge and castle of Ebersberg, which was held by about 30,000 Austrians under the Archduke Charles. After the bridge was captured, a terrible conflict followed in the streets of Ebersberg, and finally the Austrians were driven out, with a loss of about 3,000 killed and wounded, 4,000 prisoners and many guns. The French admit a loss of 1,700 only.