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- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Key to maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume II
- Introduction to Volume II
- Part I The Nature of Warfare in the Napoleonic Era
- Part II The State of the Armed Forces
- Part III Raising and Supplying the Armies
- Part IV Napoleon’s Military Campaigns in Europe
- 17 Napoleon’s Italian Campaigns, 1796–1800
- 18 The Ulm and Austerlitz Campaigns, 1805
- 19 The Campaigns of 1806–7 in Prussia and Poland
- 20 The Peninsular War, 1808–14
- 21 The 1809 Campaign against Austria
- 22 The Russian Campaign of 1812
- 23 The 1813 Campaign in Central Europe
- 24 The Campagne de France of 1814
- 25 The Hundred Days and Waterloo, 1815
- Part V Other Spheres of War
- Bibliographical Essays
- Index
18 - The Ulm and Austerlitz Campaigns, 1805
from Part IV - Napoleon’s Military Campaigns in Europe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 December 2022
- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Key to maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume II
- Introduction to Volume II
- Part I The Nature of Warfare in the Napoleonic Era
- Part II The State of the Armed Forces
- Part III Raising and Supplying the Armies
- Part IV Napoleon’s Military Campaigns in Europe
- 17 Napoleon’s Italian Campaigns, 1796–1800
- 18 The Ulm and Austerlitz Campaigns, 1805
- 19 The Campaigns of 1806–7 in Prussia and Poland
- 20 The Peninsular War, 1808–14
- 21 The 1809 Campaign against Austria
- 22 The Russian Campaign of 1812
- 23 The 1813 Campaign in Central Europe
- 24 The Campagne de France of 1814
- 25 The Hundred Days and Waterloo, 1815
- Part V Other Spheres of War
- Bibliographical Essays
- Index
Summary
The chapter discusses the events of the War of the Third Coalition that climaxed on the field of Austerlitz in one of the most famous battles in military history. The 1805 Campaign was the first one Napoleon fought as the emperor and it consolidated his martial reputation: a classic example of the general’s logistical and operational brilliance that allowed him to outmarch and outfight his enemy in just three months after the start of the war. Beginning with the bold and rapid advance of the French Army from the Rhine to the Danube, the chapter examines Napoleon’s envelopment of the Austrian army at Ulm, the manoeuvres to Austerlitz and the counter-attack that resulted in the decisive defeat for the Austro-Russian Army.
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- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars , pp. 355 - 380Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023