Battle of Donauwörth

Battle of Donauwörth
Part of the War of the Third Coalition

Crossing of the Danube near Donauwörth
by Wilhelm von Kobell, 1807
Date7 October 1805
Location
Donauwörth, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
48°41′47″N 10°48′00″E / 48.6964°N 10.8001°E / 48.6964; 10.8001
Result French victory
Belligerents
 First French Empire  Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
War of the Third Coalition:
Ulm Campaign
50km
31miles
7
Ulm
6
5
4
3
2
1
  current battle
  Napoleon in command
  Napoleon not in command

The Battle of Donauwörth was the first engagement of Napoleon's 1805 Austrian campaign. French forces under marshals Joachim Murat and Nicolas Soult beat an Austrian army corps under Kienmayer on 7 October at Donauwörth and crossed the Danube.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.