2 November 1821 (1821-11-03) (aged 71) Neschwitz, modern-day Germany
Allegiance
Austrian Empire
Service/branch
Cavalry
Years of service
1773–1810
Rank
General of Cavalry
Battles/wars
War of the Bavarian Succession Austro-Turkish War (1787-1791) French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars
Awards
Military Order of Maria Theresa, KC 1801
Other work
Inhaber of Dragoon Regiment # 6
Johann Sigismund Graf von Riesch (2 August 1750 – 2 November 1821) joined the army of Habsburg Austria as a cavalry officer and, during his career, fought against the Kingdom of Prussia, Ottoman Turkey, Revolutionary France, and Napoleon's French Empire. He became a general officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and held important commands during the War of the Second Coalition. He displayed a talent for leading cavalry formations, but proved less capable when given corps-sized commands. During the 1805 Ulm Campaign in the Napoleonic Wars, the French badly defeated his corps and forced it to surrender soon afterward. From 1806 to his death in 1821, he was the Proprietor (Inhaber) of an Austrian cavalry regiment.
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saw French forces under Michel Ney rout an Austrian corps led by JohannSigismundRiesch. This defeat led to a large part of the Austrian army being invested...
in preparation for a breakout to the north: one under General JohannSigismundRiesch headed towards Elchingen to secure the bridge there and the other...
ordered the corps of Franz von Werneck to march northeast, while JohannSigismundRiesch covered its right flank at Elchingen. The Austrian commander sent...
out of Ulm in preparation for a breakout to the north: one under JohannSigismundRiesch headed towards Elchingen to secure the bridge there and the other...
into five divisions under Prince von Fürstemberg, Johann Mészáros von Szoboszló, JohannSigismundRiesch, Karl von Riese, and Sztáray. There were an additional...
married Franz Joseph Siegmund von Riesch (1793–1830), the son of General of Cavalry (Austrian) JohannSigismundRiesch: they had two children, Theodore...
(10,800), Feldzeugmeister Johann Kollowrat's Left Center Column (20,000), and Feldmarschall-Leutnant JohannSigismundRiesch's Left Column (13,300). The...
September. Marshaling the divisions of Hotze, Sztáray, Kray, JohannSigismundRiesch, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein and Wartensleben, the Austrians...
Marshal Michel Ney at the Battle of Elchingen. Austrian general JohannSigismundRiesch held Elchingen with a force numbering 8,000 soldiers, including...
September. Marshaling the divisions of Hotze, Sztáray, Kray, JohannSigismundRiesch, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein and Wartensleben, the Austrians...
organized into divisions under Fröhlich, Fürstenberg, Sztáray and JohannSigismundRiesch. In addition, Archduke Charles personally commanded divisions under...
two Bavarian battalions searching for JohannSigismundRiesch's tardy Left Column to the south. Instead of Riesch, Antoine Richepanse's French division...
brigadier Jean-Baptiste Drouet were involved in the fighting against JohannSigismundRiesch's corps. The French scored a decisive victory in the battle. During...
Division Claude Lecourbe's right wing brushed aside General Graf JohannSigismundRiesch’s defences at Rosenheim on 9 December and broke through to Salzburg...
division was set upon by JohannSigismundRiesch's corps. Though some troops from Legrand's division blocked one of Riesch's units, his left flank was...
by JohannSigismundRiesch's corps which held Elchingen. Archduke Ferdinand fled from Ulm with some cavalry. Michel Ney's VI Corps smashed Riesch on 14...
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