III Corps of the Grande Armée

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The III Corps of the Grande Armée was one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s most formidable army corps, renowned for its discipline, effectiveness, and key role in major campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Label Occurrences
III Corps of the Grande Armée canonical 3
French I Corps 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army corps ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
allegiance Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
associatedWith French military reforms of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods ⓘ
battle Battle of Auerstedt ⓘ
Battle of Austerlitz ⓘ
Battle of Borodino ⓘ
Battle of Eylau ⓘ
Battle of Leipzig ⓘ
Battle of Smolensk ⓘ
Battle of Wagram ⓘ
commandLevel operational level formation ⓘ
commandStructure subordinate to Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
conflict Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
country First French Empire ⓘ
disbandmentPeriod after 1813 ⓘ
engagement French invasion of Russia ⓘ
War of the Fifth Coalition ⓘ
War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ
War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
War of the Third Coalition ⓘ
formationYear 1805 ⓘ
gainedRenownFor performance at Auerstedt ⓘ
performance at Austerlitz ⓘ
historicalEra early 19th century ⓘ
languageOfCommand French ⓘ
militaryBranch French Army ⓘ
notableCommander Jean Rapp ⓘ
Louis-Nicolas Davout ⓘ
Michel Ney ⓘ
notableFor cohesion under fire ⓘ
effective maneuvering ⓘ
organizationalModel corps d’armée system ⓘ
partOf Grande Armée ⓘ
primaryFunction offensive field operations ⓘ
reputation combat effectiveness ⓘ
high discipline ⓘ
role key role in major campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Central Europe ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
typicalComposition artillery batteries ⓘ
cavalry units ⓘ
infantry divisions ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louis-Nicolas Davout → commandedUnit → III Corps of the Grande Armée ⓘ
Battle of Kulm → commandedForce → French I Corps ⓘ
linked to: III Corps of the Grande Armée
Louis-Nicolas Davout → commandedUnit → III Corps of the Grande Armée ⓘ
subject linked to: The Iron Marshal
Louis-Nicolas d’Avout → militaryUnitCommanded → III Corps of the Grande Armée ⓘ