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Austerlitz 1805. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1977. Smith, Digby. The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill, 1998. ISBN 1-85367-276-9; Austrian generals by Digby Smith, compiled by Leopold Kudrna "Russian-Austrian Order-of-Battle at Austerlitz: 2 December 1805" by Stephen Millar
The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805/11 Frimaire An XIV FRC), also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. [9] The battle occurred near the town of Austerlitz in the Austrian Empire (now Slavkov u Brna in the Czech Republic). Around 158,000 troops were involved ...
the Austerlitz campaign in modern-day Austria and Czechia (30 October – 2 December 1805); the Hanover Expedition or Weser Expedition (19 November 1805 – 15 February 1806); the Invasion of Naples (1806) (8 February – 18 July 1806), with the Battle of Mileto (28 May 1807) as a last reprise.
On 2 December 1805 the French crushed a combined Russo-Austrian army in the Battle of Austerlitz. Austria agreed to end her participation in the Third Coalition with the Treaty of Pressburg on 26 December. As the Austrians were marching out of Ulm to surrender, a combined Franco-Spanish fleet was being destroyed at the Battle of Trafalgar.
This plan however failed, and it was because of this move that the Battle of Austerlitz in-fact went ahead, because of Kutuzov's successful retreat. [citation needed] Below is the order of battle of the corps on the eve of the Grande Armée's crossing of the Rhine into (what is now) Germany.
The corps was formed in 1805, with Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult being appointed as its commander. [1] The IV Corps formed part of the extended center of the French line at the Battle of Austerlitz in December 1805. [2] During the battle, Napoleon ordered Soult to attack the Pratzen Heights, from which the Allies had been attacking the French ...
During the Ulm campaign, Murat led his horsemen in successfully hunting down many Austrian units that escaped the capitulation of Ulm, before fighting at Austerlitz in December 1805. Under Murat, the Cavalry Reserve played a prominent role in the destruction of the Prussian armies after the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt in 1806.
5 November – Battle of Amstetten; 8 November – Battle of Mariazell; 11 November – Battle of Dürenstein; 13 November – Capitulation of Dornbirn; 16 November - Battle of Schöngrabern; 2 December - Battle of Austerlitz. A decisive victory for the French army over Austria and Russia.