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Battle of Austerlitz

Battle of Austerlitz was a battle fought on 2 December 1805 at Slavkov u Brna, in what is now Czech Republic. It was part of the War of the Third Coalition, which ran from 1805 to 1806. The recorded result: French victory.

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Battle of Austerlitz
François Gérard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought2 December 1805
WhereSlavkov u Brna, Czech Republic49.128N, 16.762E
OutcomeFrench victory
BelligerentsFirst French Empire; Napoleonic ItalyagainstRussian Empire; Austrian Empire
Part ofWar of the Third Coalition1805 to 1806

Where it sits in the War of the Third Coalition

Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1805Ulm Campaign, 1805Battle of Wertingen, 1805Battle of Günzburg, 1805Battle of Günzburg, 1805Battle of Haslach-Jungingen, 1805Battle of Elchingen, 1805Battle of Verona, 1805Battle of Trafalgar, 1805Battle of Caldiero, 1805Battle of Mehrnbach, 1805Battle of Lambach, 1805Battle of Forano, 1805Battle of Steyr, 1805Battle of Amstetten, 1805Battle of Dürenstein, 1805Capitulation of Dornbirn, 1805Battle of Schöngrabern, 1805Battle of Castelfranco Veneto, 1805Battle at Wischau, 1805Battle of Austerlitz, 1805Invasion of Naples, 1806Siege of Gaeta, 1806Battle of Campo Tenese, 1806Battle of Maida, 1806Battle of Mileto, 180718051807Battle of Austerlitz, 1805
26 placed engagements of the War of the Third Coalition in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date2 December 1805
PlaceSlavkov u Brna, Czech Republic
49.128N, 16.762E
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Territorial changeDissolution of the Holy Roman Empire and creation of the Confederation of the Rhine
Strength65,000–75,000
Commanders
Battle of AusterlitzBattle of AusterlitzSiege of Brno (1645)Siege of BrnoFight at the Golden Deer groveBattle of OřechovBattle at WischauFight at the Golden Deer groveBattle of OřechovBattle at WischauViennaPragueBratislavaKatowiceOstravaLinzPardubiceJihlava100 km49.128N, 16.762E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Austerlitz
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Austerlitz today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2023-09-09. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023.

The recorded site stands at about 328 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 184 to 336 m, 152 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 75% cropland, 10% tree cover, 8% grassland.

cropland: 75%tree cover: 10%grassland: 8%built-up: 6%cropland 75%tree cover 10%grassland 8%built-up 6%
west to east, 10.0 km195 to 334 mnorth to south, 10.0 km190 to 330 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: ALLIED ARMYDefender: FR ARMY
Strength85,40073,200
Casualties27,500 (32.2%)7,000 (9.6%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 10210
Outcomedefender won
Duration1 day
Front width13 km11.2 km
Attacker advanced-7 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 117), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Austerlitz is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 188 in present-day Czech Republic.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q134114, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Austerlitz, revision 1385355244, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.