✦ History

War of the Third Coalition

1805 – 1806

Result French victory

Ended by Peace of Pressburg (1805)

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 20

March 1805 – November 1805
Trafalgar campaign British victory Horatio Nelson, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Federico Gravina
September 25 – October 20, 1805
Ulm campaign French victory Central Europe Napoleon, Michel Ney, Louis-Nicolas Davout
October 8, 1805
Battle of Wertingen French victory Wertingen Joachim Murat, Jean Lannes
October 9, 1805
Battle of Günzburg French victory Günzburg Michel Ney, Karl Mack von Leiberich
October 11, 1805
Battle of Haslach-Jungingen French victory Jungingen Karl Mack von Leiberich, Pierre Antoine Dupont
October 14, 1805
Battle of Elchingen French victory Elchingen Michel Ney
October 18, 1805
Battle of Verona (1805) French victory Verona Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Josef Philipp Vukassovich, André Masséna
October 30, 1805
Battle of Caldiero (1805) French victory Caldiero Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, André Masséna
October 30, 1805
Battle of Mehrnbach French victory Pyotr Bagration
October 31 – November 1, 1805
Battle of Lambach French victory Lambach Louis-Nicolas Davout, Pyotr Bagration
November 4, 1805
Battle of Steyr French victory Steyr Louis-Nicolas Davout
November 5, 1805
Battle of Amstetten French victory 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 French victory Hollabrunn Joachim Murat, Pyotr Bagration, Jean Lannes
November 24, 1805
Battle of Castelfranco Veneto French victory Castelfranco Veneto Jean Reynier, Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr
November 28, 1805
Battle of Wischau Russian victory Vyškov Pyotr Bagration
February 8 – July 18, 1806
Invasion of Naples (1806) French victory Kingdom of Naples Joseph Bonaparte, André Masséna, Sidney Smith
February 26 – July 18, 1806
Siege of Gaeta (1806) French victory Gaeta André Masséna
March 10, 1806
Battle of Campo Tenese French victory Castrovillari Jean Reynier, Roger de Damas
July 4, 1806
Battle of Maida British victory Maida Jean Reynier

Key commanders

First French Empire 20

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 Pierre Augereau military commander Jean-de-Dieu Soult military commander Jean-Baptiste Bessières military commander Pierre Antoine Dupont military commander Jean Reynier military commander Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière military commander Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier military commander Nicolas Oudinot military commander Louis-Gabriel Suchet military commander Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr military commander André Masséna military commander Joseph Bonaparte military commander Guillaume Philibert Duhesme military commander

Holy Roman Empire 6

Karl Mack von Leiberich military commander Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg military commander Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este military commander Michael von Kienmayer military commander Pyotr Bagration military commander Mikhail Miloradovich military commander

France 6

Joachim Murat military commander Jean Lannes military commander André Masséna military commander Pierre-Charles Villeneuve military commander Federico Gravina military commander Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume military commander

Austrian Empire 3

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

French Empire and allies 17

Michel Ney military commander Napoleon military commander Charles IV of Spain belligerent leader Pierre-Charles Villeneuve belligerent leader Louis-Nicolas Davout belligerent leader Joachim Murat belligerent leader Charles XIV John military commander Auguste de Marmont belligerent leader André Masséna belligerent leader Jean Lannes belligerent leader Pierre Augereau military commander 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 Jean-Baptiste Bessières 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

Kingdom of Naples 3

Roger de Damas military commander Sidney Smith military commander Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies military commander

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

United Kingdom 3

Horatio Nelson military commander Cuthbert Collingwood military commander Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet military commander