Battle of Ulm
1805 battle during the War of the Third Coalition / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Ulm on 16–19 October 1805 was a series of skirmishes, at the end of the Ulm Campaign, which allowed Napoleon I to trap an entire Austrian army under the command of Karl Freiherr Mack von Leiberich with minimal losses and to force its surrender near Ulm in the Electorate of Bavaria.[8][9]
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Battle of Ulm | |||||||||
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Part of the Ulm campaign during the War of the Third Coalition | |||||||||
The Capitulation of Ulm, by Charles Thévenin | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
French Empire | Habsburg monarchy | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Napoleon Bonaparte Michel Ney |
Karl Mack von Leiberich (POW) Johann I Joseph | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
80,000[1][2] | 40,000[1][3][4] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
1,500 killed, wounded or captured[5][6][7] |
4,000 killed or wounded 27,000 captured[5][6][7] | ||||||||
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