Battle of Mariazell
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| Battle of Mariazell | |||||||
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| Part of the Napoleonic Wars | |||||||
 Mariazell as it appeared around 1900 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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France |
 Austrian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Étienne Heudelet |
 Count of Merveldt | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| III Corps (Grande Armée) | Merveldt's Corps | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3,800 | 4,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| light |
4,000[1] 16 guns | ||||||
War of the Third Coalition:
Austria
Austria
current battle
Napoleon in command
Napoleon not in command
The Battle of Mariazell or Battle of Grossraming (8 November 1805) saw the advance guard of the French
St. Pölten
.
Battle
The advance guard, led by
Louis Davout
commanded the III Corps.
The 1805 war began with the
rear guard action at the Battle of Amstetten
on 5 November. Davout's III Corps caught up with Merveldt's division at Mariazell a few days later. The Austrian soldiers, their morale shaken by continuous retreating, were routed after a brief struggle.
Aftermath
On 12 November, Austria's capital Vienna fell to the French without a fight. The Battle of Austerlitz would decide the war's outcome in early December.
References
Notes
- ^ Bodart 1908, p. 368.
Cited and general sources
- Bodart, Gaston (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618–1905). Stern.
- Chandler, David G. (1966). The Campaigns of Napoleon. New York, NY: Macmillan.
- Horne, Alistair (1979). Napoleon Master of Europe 1805-1807. New York, NY: William Morrow & Co. ISBN 0-688-03500-0.
- ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
External links
Media related to Battle of Mariazell at Wikimedia Commons
