✦ History

War of the Third Coalition

1805 – 1806

Britain, Austria, Russia and Sweden formed a coalition against Napoleon's France. Napoleon destroyed the Austrian and Russian armies at Ulm and Austerlitz, and Austria left the war in the Peace of Pressburg.

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Battles 19

September 25 – October 20, 1805
Ulm campaign Central Europe Napoleon, Michel Ney, Louis-Nicolas Davout
October 8, 1805
Battle of Wertingen Wertingen Joachim Murat, Jean Lannes
October 9, 1805
Battle of Günzburg Günzburg Michel Ney
October 11, 1805
Battle of Haslach-Jungingen Jungingen Karl Mack von Leiberich
October 14, 1805
Battle of Elchingen Elchingen Michel Ney
October 18, 1805
Battle of Verona (1805) Verona Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Josef Philipp Vukassovich, André Masséna
October 30, 1805
Battle of Caldiero (1805) Caldiero André Masséna
October 30, 1805
Battle of Mehrnbach Pyotr Bagration
October 31 – November 1, 1805
Battle of Lambach Lambach Louis-Nicolas Davout, Pyotr Bagration
November 4, 1805
Battle of Steyr Steyr Louis-Nicolas Davout
November 5, 1805
Battle of Amstetten Amstetten Joachim Murat, Pyotr Bagration, Jean Lannes
November 11, 1805
Battle of Dürenstein Dürnstein Mikhail Kutuzov, Pierre Antoine Dupont, Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière
November 16, 1805
Battle of Schöngrabern Hollabrunn Joachim Murat, Pyotr Bagration, Jean Lannes
November 24, 1805
Battle of Castelfranco Veneto Castelfranco Veneto Jean Reynier
November 28, 1805
Battle of Wischau Vyškov Pyotr Bagration
February 8 – July 18, 1806
Invasion of Naples (1806) Kingdom of Naples Joseph Bonaparte, André Masséna, Sidney Smith
February 26 – July 18, 1806
Siege of Gaeta (1806) Gaeta André Masséna
March 10, 1806
Battle of Campo Tenese Castrovillari Jean Reynier
July 4, 1806
Battle of Maida Maida Jean Reynier

Key commanders

First French Empire 14

Napoleon military commander Michel Ney military commander Louis-Nicolas Davout military commander Joachim Murat military commander Charles XIV John military commander Auguste de Marmont military commander Jean Lannes military commander Jean-de-Dieu Soult military commander Jean Reynier military commander Pierre Antoine Dupont military commander Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière military commander Nicolas Oudinot military commander André Masséna military commander Joseph Bonaparte military commander

Holy Roman Empire 4

Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg military commander Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este military commander Pyotr Bagration military commander Mikhail Miloradovich military commander

France 3

Joachim Murat military commander Jean Lannes military commander André Masséna military commander

Austrian Empire 3

Karl Mack von Leiberich military commander Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen military commander Josef Philipp Vukassovich military commander

Coalition 9

William Pitt the Younger belligerent leader William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville belligerent leader Alexander I of Russia belligerent leader Horatio Nelson belligerent leader Mikhail Kutuzov belligerent leader Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor belligerent leader Karl Mack von Leiberich belligerent leader Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen belligerent leader Pyotr Bagration belligerent leader

French Empire and allies 13

Charles IV of Spain belligerent leader Pierre-Charles Villeneuve belligerent leader Michel Ney belligerent leader Louis-Nicolas Davout belligerent leader Joachim Murat belligerent leader Auguste de Marmont belligerent leader André Masséna belligerent leader Jean Lannes belligerent leader Eugène de Beauharnais belligerent leader Jean-de-Dieu Soult belligerent leader Carl Philipp von Wrede belligerent leader Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria belligerent leader Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck belligerent leader

Russian Empire 4

Mikhail Kutuzov military commander Dmitry Dokhturov military commander Mikhail Miloradovich military commander Pyotr Bagration military commander

Russia 1

Pyotr Bagration military commander

Kingdom of Naples 2

Sidney Smith military commander Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies military commander