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Alteglofsheim
Alteglofsheim
is a
municipality
in the
district
of
Regensburg
in
Bavaria
in
Germany
.
The village
was the
site
of a
famous
moonlight
cavalry
action
on the evening of the
Battle of Eckmühl
on
22 April
1809
.
South
of Alteglofsheim, 32
squadrons
of
Austrian Empire
cavalry were
defeated
by as many as
60
squadrons
belonging
to the
First French Empire
, the
Kingdom of Bavaria
, and the
Kingdom of Württemberg
.
