Austrian high command

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The Austrian high command was the senior military leadership of the Habsburg Monarchy responsible for planning and directing its armed forces, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Austrian high command canonical 2
Austrian supreme command 1

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instanceOf military command structure
senior military leadership
activeDuring French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
alsoKnownAs Aulic War Council
Austrian supreme command
Hofkriegsrat
basedIn Vienna
coordinatedWith British high command
Prussian high command
Russian high command
country Habsburg Monarchy
developed strategic war plans against Napoleonic France
engagedIn War of the Fifth Coalition
War of the First Coalition
War of the Second Coalition
War of the Sixth Coalition
War of the Third Coalition
governedByDoctrine conservative linear tactics
hadAuthorityOver army corps commanders
theater commanders
headedBy President of the Hofkriegsrat
influenced later Austro-Hungarian General Staff
influencedBy Holy Roman Empire military traditions
introducedReforms army organizational reforms after 1809
notableCommander Archduke Charles of Austria
Franz Seraph von Orsini-Rosenberg
Franz von Lauer
Johann von Hiller
Karl Mack von Leiberich
oversaw Austrian army
linked to: Austrian Army

Austrian artillery
Austrian cavalry
Austrian military engineering corps
partOf Habsburg Monarchy military
reorganizedAfter Austrian defeat at Austerlitz
Treaty of Pressburg
reportedTo Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria
Emperor Francis II
responsibleFor directing the armed forces of the Habsburg Monarchy
planning military operations of the Habsburg Monarchy
subjectTo influence of aristocratic officers
influence of court politics
subordinateTo Habsburg Emperor
linked to: Habsburg emperors
timePeriod early 19th century
late 18th century
typeOf centralized staff organization
usedLanguage German

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Michael von Melas partOf Austrian high command
Austrian high command alsoKnownAs Austrian supreme command
linked to: Austrian high command
Eduard Clam-Gallas partOf Austrian high command