Battle of Elchingen

Quand

14 oct. 1805

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

48.45° N, 10.09° E

Description

1805 battle during the War of the Third Coalition

1805 battle during the War of the Third Coalition

The Battle of Elchingen, fought on 14 October 1805, saw French forces under Michel Ney rout an Austrian corps led by Johann Sigismund Riesch. This defeat led to a large part of the Austrian army being invested in the fortress of Ulm by the army of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte of France while other formations fled to the east.

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