Johann Gabriel Chasteler de Courcelles
| 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
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| 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, Marquess of Chasteler and Courcelles (22 January 1763 – 7 May 1825) was a Walloon, born near Mons, Belgium. He entered the military service of Habsburg Austria at an early age and trained as an engineer at the Ingenieurakademie in Vienna. Serving as Chief of Staff to Spleny in the Turkish War from 1788, he won the Ritterkreuz (Knight’s Cross) of the Order of Maria Theresa for outstanding bravery at the Battle of Focsani in action against the Ottoman Turks.
In the War of the First Coalition against the First French Republic he served as an Engineer on the Rhine, distinguishing himself at Mainz in 1795. Promoted to General officer in 1796 he served under the Archduke Charles in Germany.
In 1799 Chasteler was appointed Generalquartiermeister (Chief of Staff) to Suvorov & commander of a wing of the Austrian army in Italy. Serving at the Battle of Cassano 27 April, he invested Tortona in May, but was wounded at Alessandria, 16 July. Elevated to Commander of the Order of Maria Theresa and made Chief of Staff in Southern Germany in 1800, he serving at Engen and Mösskirch, before leading a Brigade in the Tyrol, distinguishing himself at the Action of Scharnitz.
At the opening of the War of the Third Coalition, in 1805 he was appointed to lead an advance guard division in the Tyrol, where he successfully covered the retreat of the Archduke John, notably at the Strub Pass.
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