Combat of Stockerau

{{Short description|1809 combat during the War of the Fifth Coalition}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}

{{Use shortened footnotes|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = Combat of Stockerau

| image =

| caption =

| partof = the War of the Fifth Coalition

| date = 8 July 1809

| place = Stockerau, present-day Austria, then Austrian Empire

| coordinates = {{coord|48|23|N|16|13|E}}

| result = Austrian victory

| combatant1 = {{flagicon|French First Empire}} French Empire
{{flagicon|Grand Duchy of Hesse}} Grand Duchy of Hesse

| combatant2 = {{flagicon|Austrian Empire}} Austrian Empire

| commander1 = {{flagicon|French First Empire}} Jacob Marulaz

| commander2 = {{flagicon|Austrian Empire}} Ludwig Wallmoden

| strength1 = 150 cavalrymen

| strength2 = Around 1,200 men

| casualties1 = Most troops engaged

| casualties2 = Light

}}

{{Campaignbox Fifth Coalition}}

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| title = War of the Fifth Coalition

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| mark-title1 = Battle of Sacile
from 15 to 16 April 1809

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| mark-title2 = Battle of Teugen-Hausen
on 19 April 1809

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| mark-title3 = Battle of Abensberg
on 20 April 1809

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| mark-title4 = Battle of Landshut (1809)
on 21 April 1809

| label-color4 = maroon

| shape-color4 = maroon

| label5 =

| mark-coord5 = {{coord|48.84|12.18}}

| mark-title5 = Battle of Eckmühl
from 21 to 22 April 1809

| label-color5 = maroon

| shape-color5 = maroon

| label6 =

| mark-coord6 = {{coord|49.02|12.08}}

| mark-title6 = Battle of Ratisbon
on 23 April 1809

| label-color6 = maroon

| shape-color6 = maroon

| label7 =

| mark-coord7 = {{coord|48.37|12.5}}

| mark-title7 = Battle of Neumarkt-Sankt Veit
on 24 April 1809

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| mark-coord8 = {{coord|45.42|11.23}}

| mark-title8 = Battle of Caldiero (1809)
from 27 to 30 April 1809

| label9 =

| mark-coord9 = {{coord|48.30|14.29}}

| mark-title9 = Battle of Ebelsberg
on 3 May 1809
Battle of Linz-Urfahr
on 17 May 1809

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| mark-title10 = Battle of Piave River (1809)
on 8 May 1809

| label11 =

| mark-coord11 = {{coord|47.48|12.07}}

| mark-title11 = Battle of Wörgl
on 13 May 1809

| label12 =

| mark-coord12 = {{coord|46.51|13.58}}

| mark-title12 = Battle of Tarvis (1809)
from 15 May to 18 May 1809

| label14 = Aspern

| mark-coord14 = {{coord|48.21|16.50}}

| mark-title14 = Battle of Aspern-Essling
from 21 to 22 May 1809

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| mark-title15 = Battle of Sankt Michael
on 25 May 1809

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| mark-coord16 = {{coord|47.68|17.64}}

| mark-title16 = Battle of Raab
on 14 June 1809

| label17 =

| mark-coord17 = {{coord|47.07|15.43}}

| mark-title17 = Battle of Graz
from 24 to 26 June 1809

| label18 = Wagram

| mark-coord18 = {{coord|48.3|16.56}}

| mark-title18 = Battle of Wagram
from 5 to 6 July 1809

| label-pos18 = right

| label-color18 = maroon

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| label19 =

| mark-coord19 = {{coord|48.35|16.33}}

| mark-title19 = Combat of Korneuburg
on 7 July 1809

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| mark-title20 = Combat of Stockerau
on 8 July 1809

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| mark-title21 = Battle of Hollabrunn (1809)
on 9 July 1809
Combat of Schöngrabern
on 10 July 1809

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| mark-title22 = Armistice of Znaim
from 10–11 July 1809

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The Combat of Stockerau was a minor rearguard cavalry skirmish fought by elements of the cavalry of Austrian VI Korps of the Kaiserlich-königliche Hauptarmee under Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn against a single Hessian Guard Chevauleger regiment, under the command of French General Jacob François Marulaz. The combat ended in favour of the Austrians.{{sfn|Pigeard|2004|p=818}}