✦ History

Part of War of the Third Coalition

Battle of Dürenstein

November 11, 1805 · Dürnstein

A French division under Marshal Mortier was attacked by Russian and Austrian troops in the Danube valley. The French suffered heavy losses but escaped destruction when reinforcements arrived.

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First French Empire

Russian Empire

France
Russian Empire
Austrian Empire
Pierre Antoine Dupont military commander Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière military commander Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier military commander
Mikhail Kutuzov military commander Dmitry Dokhturov military commander Mikhail Miloradovich military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 8,000
Casualties
c. 6,600
Captured
c. 1,600
Guns lost
c. 5
Strength
24,000c. 25,000
Casualties
2,000–4,000c. 4,000

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