| Johann Gabriel Chasteler de Courcelles | |
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Johann Gabriel Chasteler de Courcelles |
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| Born | 22 January 1763 Mons, Austrian Netherlands |
| Died | 7 May 1825 (aged 62) Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia |
| Allegiance | Austrian Empire |
| Service/branch | Engineers |
| Years of service | 1776 – 1825 |
| Rank | Feldzeugmeister |
| Battles/wars | Austro-Turkish War (1787-1791) French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
| Awards | Military Order of Maria Theresa, KC 1790, CC 1799 Order of Leopold, 1809 |
| Other work | Inhaber Infantry Regiment # 64 Inhaber, Infantry Regiment # 46 Inhaber, Infantry Regiment # 27 Privy Councillor, 1816 |
Johann Gabriel, Marquis du Chasteler de Courcelles (22 January 1763 – 7 May 1825) was a Walloon, entered the military service of Habsburg Austria at an early age and trained as an engineer. He won a coveted award in action against the Ottoman Turks. He fought against the First French Republic and was promoted to general officer during the French Revolutionary Wars. During the Napoleonic Wars he was appointed to lead an advance guard division in 1805. At the beginning of the 1809 war he commanded an army corps and in 1813 he again led a division. He was the Proprietor (Inhaber) of an Austrian infantry regiment on three different occasions.[1]
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The Hofkriegsrat appointed Chasteler to lead the VIII Armeekorps in Archduke John of Austria's Army of Inner Austria at the beginning of the War of the Fifth Coalition.[2] Immediately, he was detached with 10,000 troops and sent to assist the revolt in the County of Tyrol and Albert Gyulai took his place as corps commander.[3] On 13 May he was badly beaten at the Battle of Wörgl by François Joseph Lefebvre's Bavarian VII Corps.