This is a list of sieges, land and naval battles of the War of the Third Coalition (18 May 1803 / 25 September 1805 – 26 December 1805 / 18 July 1806, depending on periodisation). It includes:
- the Trafalgar campaign (March–November 1805);
- the Ulm campaign (25 September – 20 October 1805);
- the Venetian campaign in modern-day Veneto (October–November 1805);
- the Austerlitz campaign in modern-day Austria and Czechia (30 October – 2 December 1805);
- the Hanover Expedition or Weser Expedition (19 November 1805 – 15 February 1806);
- the Invasion of Naples (1806) (8 February – 18 July 1806), with the Battle of Mileto (28 May 1807) as a last reprise.
- It also includes the British conquest of the Dutch Cape Colony (in modern-day South Africa) and Dutch Surinam from the French-aligned Batavian Republic, and some naval engagements between British and French(-Spanish/-Batavian) forces in the Caribbean and the English Channel.
Date | Battle | Front | French forces | Coalition forces | Notes |
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5 May 1804 | Battle of Suriname | Caribbean | ![]() |
British victory[lower-alpha 1] | |
31 May – 2 June 1805 |
Battle of Diamond Rock | Caribbean Trafalgar |
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French victory | |
15 July 1805 | Action of 15 July 1805 | Channel | French victory | ||
18 July 1805 | Battle of Blanc-Nez and Gris-Nez | Channel | ![]() |
French victory | |
22 July 1805 | Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) | Atlantic Trafalgar |
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Inconclusive | |
10 August 1805 | Action of 10 August 1805 | Atlantic Trafalgar |
Coalition victory | ||
7 October 1805 | Battle of Donauwörth | Germany Ulm |
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French victory | |
8 October 1805 | Battle of Wertingen | Germany Ulm |
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French victory | |
9 October 1805 | Battle of Günzburg | Germany Ulm |
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French victory | |
11 October 1805 | Battle of Haslach-Jungingen | Germany Ulm |
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French victory | |
14 October 1805 | Battle of Memmingen | Germany Ulm |
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French victory | |
14 October 1805 | Battle of Elchingen | Germany Ulm |
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French victory | |
16–19 October 1805 | Battle of Ulm | Germany Ulm |
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French key victory[1] | |
18 October 1805 | Battle of Verona (1805) | Italy Venice |
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French victory | |
21 October 1805 | Battle of Trafalgar | Atlantic Trafalgar |
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Coalition key victory | |
30 October 1805 | Battle of Caldiero (1805) | Italy Venice |
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French victory | |
30 October 1805 | Battle of Mehrnbach | Austria Austerlitz |
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French victory | |
31 October 1805 | Battle of Lambach | Austria Austerlitz |
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French victory | |
4 November 1805 | Battle of Cape Ortegal | Atlantic Trafalgar |
Coalition victory | ||
5 November 1805 | Battle of Amstetten | Austria Austerlitz |
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Inconclusive | |
8 November 1805 | Battle of Mariazell | Austria Austerlitz |
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French victory | |
11 November 1805 | Battle of Dürenstein | Austria Austerlitz |
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Inconclusive | |
13 November 1805 | Capitulation of Dornbirn | Austria Austerlitz |
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French victory | |
16 November 1805 | Battle of Schöngrabern | Austria Austerlitz |
French victory | ||
19 November 1805 – 15 February 1806 |
Hanover Expedition | Germany Weser |
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French victory Prussia occupies Hanover | |
24 November 1805 | Battle of Castelfranco Veneto | Italy Venice |
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French victory | |
25 November 1805 | Battle of Wischau | Czechia Austerlitz |
Coalition victory | ||
2 December 1805 | Battle of Austerlitz | Czechia Austerlitz |
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French key victory[1] | |
8 January 1806 | Battle of Blaauwberg | S. Africa Cape |
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Coalition victory | |
8 February – 18 July 1806 |
Invasion of Naples (1806) | Italy Naples |
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French victory |
26 February – 18 July 1806 |
Siege of Gaeta (1806) | Italy Naples |
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French key victory |
9 March 1806 | Battle of Campo Tenese | Italy Naples |
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French victory |
4 July 1806 | Battle of Maida | Italy Naples |
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Coalition victory | |
28 May 1807 | Battle of Mileto | Italy Naples |
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French victory |
See also[]
- Anglo-Russian occupation of Naples (summer 1805 – January 1806)
- List of battles of the War of the First Coalition
- List of battles of the War of the Second Coalition
- List of battles of the War of the Fourth Coalition
- List of battles of the War of the Fifth Coalition
- List of battles of the War of the Sixth Coalition
- List of battles of the Hundred Days (War of the Seventh Coalition)
- Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom (planned from 1803 to 1805, but never carried out)
Notes[]
- ↑ The Third Coalition was not established until April–September 1805; before then, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland fought the French First Republic and its allies on its own.[1]
- ↑ The French First Republic transformed into the First French Empire by the Constitution of 18 May 1804; the Coronation of Napoleon (a formality) would follow on 2 December 1804.
- ↑ The Austrian Empire was proclaimed on 11 August 1804 by Francis II (who inherited the Archduchy of Austria and thereby the Habsburg monarchy on 1 March 1792, and was elected Holy Roman Emperor on 5 July 1792), who thereby also assumed the hereditary title of Austrian Emperor tied to the House of Habsburg. On 6 August 1806, Francis II abdicated as Holy Roman Emperor and effectively dissolved the Holy Roman Empire. In the meantime, the Imperial and Royal Army was officially still the Army of the Holy Roman Empire (not to be confused with the Imperial Army (Holy Roman Empire)), but in practice consisted entirely of Habsburg troops in the service of the Austria Empire.
- ↑ Russian general Kutuzov was in overall command of the Coalition forces at Austerlitz, but the c. 60,000 Austrian troops outnumbered the c. 15,000 Russian troops.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rosenberg, Chaim M. (2017). Losing America, Conquering India: Lord Cornwallis and the Remaking of the British Empire. McFarland. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-4766-6812-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=a34yDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA168. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
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