Battle of Steyr

Battle of Steyr
	Part of the War of the Third Coalition
	; Battle of Steyr by Siméon Fort, 1835
Date	4 November 1805
Location	Steyr
Result	French victory
Belligerents
France	Habsburg Empire; Russia
Commanders and leaders
Louis-Nicolas Davout	Maximilian, Count of Merveldt
Strength
3,000	4,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	2,000

Battle of Steyr (French: Bataille de Steyr; German: Schlacht bei Steyr) was fought on 4 November 1805 between the French army under the command of Louis-Nicolas Davout and the Austrian army under the command of General Maximilian, Count of Merveldt during the War of the Third Coalition. It ended in French victory.^[1]

War of the Third Coalition:
Austria

100km
62miles

Austerlitz

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current battle

Napoleon in command

Napoleon not in command

Background

The Gyulai regiment took part in the battle from Austria; On the French side, he was opposed by the 13th Light Infantry Regiment and the 30th Infantry Regiment (parts of the Third Corps of the French Army).

After the victory, Davout managed to cross the Enns River and resume the "march to Vienna". Already November 5 the Battle of Amstetten will begin

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Smith, Digby (1998). The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books. p. 211. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.

Sources

Sur les pas de la Grande Armée — 1805, page 165

[DS-1] Smith, Digby (1998). The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books. p. 211. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.

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