War of the Third Coalition
1805–1806 conflict during the Napoleonic Wars
The War of the Third Coalition was a European War during the years 1803 to 1806. It was the first conflict of the Napoleonic Wars. During the war, France and the countries it conquered, led by Napoleon I, defeated an alliance, called The Third Coalition. The Third Coalition was made up of the Holy Roman Empire, Russia, Britain and others. The main fighting in Central Europe ended with Napoleon's victory at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805 but a smaller campaign continued in Italy until Napoleon won there, too.
War of the Third Coalition | |||||||
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Part of the Napoleonic Wars and the Coalition Wars | |||||||
Napoléon at the Battle of Austerlitz, by François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Third Coalition: United Kingdom Naples Sicily Sweden | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Francis II Karl Mack von Leiberich Archduke Charles Alexander I Mikhail Kutuzov Henry Addington William Pitt the Younger Lord Grenville Viscount Nelson † Ferdinand IV |
Napoleon I André Masséna Pierre-Charles Villeneuve Michel Ney Louis-Nicolas Davout Pierre Augereau Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte Jean Lannes Joachim Murat Jean-de-Dieu Soult Auguste Marmont Édouard Mortier Charles IV Federico Gravina Charles Louis Eugène de Beauharnais | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
160,000 90,000[1]
50,000[1]
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55,500
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References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bodart 1916, p. 43.
- ↑ Bodart 1916, p. 128.