death_place death_date allegiance battles birth_date rank article_title name
vienna , austria 30 september 1809 1745 habsburg monarchy habsburg austria french revolutionary wars 1745 feldmarschall-leutnant anton ferdinand mittrowsky
 '' nemyšl ` anton ferdinand count mittrowsky von mittrowitz und
anton ferdinand mittrowsky

anton ferdinand count mittrowsky von mittrowitz und nemyšl , or anton mittrovsky , -lrb- 1745 - 30 september 1809 -rrb- served in the austrian army for many years .
he was promoted to general officer in the spring of 1796 , just in time to lead a brigade against napoleon bonaparte during the 1796-1797 italian campaign of the french revolutionary wars .
he played a pivotal role in the battle of arcole , nearly defeating bonaparte .
he fought in italy again in 1805 during the napoleonic wars and became the proprietor -lrb- inhaber -rrb- of an austrian infantry regiment from 1806 until his death three years later .
