Battle of Austerlitz
1805 battle during the War of the Third Coalition
In the battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon Bonaparte fought Russian and Austrian troops. The battle took place near Austerlitz (now in the Czech Republic) in 1805. Napoleon’s big victory let him create the Confederation of the Rhine. The book War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy contains a detailed description of the battle.
| Battle of Austerlitz | |||||||||
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| Part of the War of the Third Coalition | |||||||||
 Napoléon at the Battle of Austerlitz, by François Gérard (Galerie des Batailles, Versailles) | |||||||||
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 France | |||||||||
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Napoleon I | |||||||||
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| 65,000–68,000 (not including III Corps)[1] | 84,000–95,000[2] | ||||||||
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The battle sometimes (as of the 2020s) gets acted out (or reenacted).[5]
References
change- ↑ French numbers at the battle vary depending on the account; 65,000, 67,000, 73,000, or 75,000 are other figures often present in the literature. The discrepancy arises because about 7,000 men of Davout's III Corps were not at the battle right when it started. Including or not including these troops is a matter of preference (in this article, they will be included as separate from the 67,000 French soldiers originally on the field). David G. Chandler, The Campaigns of Napoleon. p. 416 gives 67,000 (without Davout's III Corps)
- ↑ Allied numbers at the battle vary depending on the account; 73,000, 84,000, or 89,000 are other figures often present in the literature. Andrew Uffindell, Great Generals of the Napoleonic Wars. p. 25 gives 73,000. David G. Chandler, The Campaigns of Napoleon. p. 417 gives 85,000. In Napoleon and Austerlitz (1997), Scott Bowden writes that the traditional number given for the Allies, 85,000, reflects their theoretical strength, and not the true numbers present on the battlefield.
- ↑ Chandler, p. 432.
- ↑ Andrew Roberts, Napoleon, A Life. p. 390
- ↑ https://www.nrk.no/urix/kva-kan-vi-eigentleg-laere-av-napoleon_-1.16682825. Retrieved 2024-01-07