Battle of Wertingen

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The Battle of Wertingen was an early engagement of the 1805 War of the Third Coalition in which Napoleon’s forces decisively defeated Austrian troops, helping set the stage for the French victory at Ulm and ultimately Austerlitz.

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Battle of Teugen-Hausen 1
Battle of Wertingen canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
AustrianCasualties about 400 killed and wounded ⓘ
AustrianCommander Franz Xaver von Auffenberg ⓘ
AustrianGunsLost 6 guns ⓘ
AustrianPrisoners about 2,900 captured ⓘ
belligerent Austrian Empire ⓘ
First French Empire ⓘ
combatant French Empire ⓘ
linked to: First French Empire

Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
commandedBy Franz Xaver von Auffenberg ⓘ
Jean Lannes ⓘ
Joachim Murat ⓘ
conflict War of the Third Coalition ⓘ
countryAtTime Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
date 8 October 1805 ⓘ
era Napoleonic era ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Elchingen ⓘ
Battle of Günzburg ⓘ
Battle of Ulm ⓘ
FrenchCasualties about 300 ⓘ
FrenchCommander Jean Lannes ⓘ
Joachim Murat ⓘ
hasCasusBelli Third Coalition war against Napoleonic France ⓘ
involvedUnitAustrian Austrian division under Auffenberg ⓘ
involvedUnitFrench French cavalry under Murat ⓘ
V Corps of the Grande Armée ⓘ
location Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Wertingen ⓘ
namedAfter town of Wertingen ⓘ
opponentOf Austrian Empire ⓘ
French Empire ⓘ
linked to: First French Empire
partOf Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Ulm Campaign ⓘ
precededBy French invasion of Bavaria (1805) ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
significance contributed to the French victory at Ulm ⓘ
early French success in the Ulm Campaign ⓘ
helped encircle Austrian forces under General Mack ⓘ
helped set the stage for the Battle of Austerlitz ⓘ
strengthAustrian about 5,000–6,000 ⓘ
strengthFrench about 12,000–13,000 ⓘ
tactic French cavalry charges ⓘ
French infantry support attacks ⓘ
theatre Central European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
year 1805 ⓘ

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

Ulm–Austerlitz campaign → includesBattle → Battle of Wertingen ⓘ
Battle of Abensberg → precededBy → Battle of Teugen-Hausen ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Wertingen