Battle of Donauwörth

Coordinates: 48°41′47″N 10°48′00″E / 48.6964°N 10.8001°E / 48.6964; 10.8001
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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
Ulm Campaign
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Ulm
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Battle of Ulm from 15 to 20 October 1805
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Battle of Elchingen on 14 October 1805
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Battle of Memmingen on 14 October 1805
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Battle of Haslach-Jungingen on 11 October 1805
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Battle of Günzburg on 9 October 1805
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Battle of Wertingen on 8 October 1805
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  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

Nicolas Soult beat an Austrian army corps under Kienmayer on 7 October at Donauwörth and crossed the Danube
.

Course

After Austrian forces under general

Karl Mack entered Bavaria, the French army left the camp de Boulogne and reached the Rhine at the end of September 1805. The Austrian general based his army around the Bavarian town of Ulm beside the Danube, ready to meet the French force when it exited the Black Forest
.

Dominique-Joseph René Vandamme's division[1]) and Murat's cavalry[2]
against the Austrian force.

The French victory enabled an initial crossing of the Danube and allowed the Grande Armée to deploy on the river's left bank as well as continuing its enveloping manoeuvre. Fighting resumed the following day at Wertingen.

References

  1. ISBN 978-2-909034-21-8
    , LCCN 2001348931), p. 180
  2. ISBN 978-2-213-60372-8
    ), p. 133

External links
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