List of battles of the War of the Third Coalition

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
5 May 1804 Battle of Suriname Caribbean  Batavian Republic
 French First Republic
 United Kingdom British victory[a]
31 May –
2 June 1805
Battle of Diamond Rock Caribbean
Trafalgar
 First French Empire[b]
Spain Bourbon Spain
 United Kingdom French victory
15 July 1805 Action of 15 July 1805 Channel  First French Empire  United Kingdom French victory
18 July 1805 Battle of Blanc-Nez and Gris-Nez Channel  Batavian Republic
 First French Empire
 United Kingdom French victory
22 July 1805 Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) Atlantic
Trafalgar
 First French Empire
Spain Bourbon Spain
 United Kingdom Inconclusive
10 August 1805 Action of 10 August 1805 Atlantic
Trafalgar
 First French Empire  United Kingdom Coalition victory
7 October 1805 Battle of Donauwörth Germany
Ulm
 First French Empire  Austrian Empire[c] French victory
8 October 1805 Battle of Wertingen Germany
Ulm
 First French Empire  Austrian Empire French victory
9 October 1805 Battle of Günzburg Germany
Ulm
 First French Empire  Austrian Empire French victory
11 October 1805 Battle of Haslach-Jungingen Germany
Ulm
 First French Empire  Austrian Empire French victory
14 October 1805 Battle of Memmingen Germany
Ulm
 First French Empire  Austrian Empire French victory
14 October 1805 Battle of Elchingen Germany
Ulm
 First French Empire  Austrian Empire French victory
16–19 October 1805 Battle of Ulm Germany
Ulm
 First French Empire  Austrian Empire French key victory[1]
18 October 1805 Battle of Verona (1805) Italy
Venice
 First French Empire  Austrian Empire French victory
21 October 1805 Battle of Trafalgar Atlantic
Trafalgar
 First French Empire
Spain Bourbon Spain
 United Kingdom Coalition key victory
30 October 1805 Battle of Caldiero (1805) Italy
Venice
 First French Empire  Austrian Empire French victory
30 October 1805 Battle of Mehrnbach Austria
Austerlitz
 First French Empire  Austrian Empire
 Russian Empire
French victory
31 October 1805 Battle of Lambach Austria
Austerlitz
 First French Empire  Austrian Empire
 Russian Empire
French victory
4 November 1805 Battle of Cape Ortegal Atlantic
Trafalgar
 First French Empire  United Kingdom Coalition victory
5 November 1805 Battle of Amstetten Austria
Austerlitz
 First French Empire  Austrian Empire
 Russian Empire
Inconclusive
8 November 1805 Battle of Mariazell Austria
Austerlitz
 First French Empire  Austrian Empire French victory
11 November 1805 Battle of Dürenstein Austria
Austerlitz
 First French Empire  Russian Empire
 Austrian Empire
Inconclusive
13 November 1805 Capitulation of Dornbirn Austria
Austerlitz
 First French Empire  Austrian Empire French victory
16 November 1805 Battle of Schöngrabern Austria
Austerlitz
 First French Empire  Russian Empire French victory
19 November 1805 –
15 February 1806
Hanover Expedition Germany
Weser
 First French Empire

 Kingdom of Prussia

 United Kingdom
 Russian Empire
Sweden Sweden
French victory
Prussia occupies
Hanover
24 November 1805 Battle of Castelfranco Veneto Italy
Venice
 First French Empire  Austrian Empire French victory
25 November 1805 Battle of Wischau Czechia
Austerlitz
 First French Empire  Russian Empire Coalition victory
2 December 1805 Battle of Austerlitz Czechia
Austerlitz
 First French Empire  Austrian Empire[d]
 Russian Empire
French key victory[1]
8 January 1806 Battle of Blaauwberg S. Africa
Cape
 Batavian Republic  United Kingdom Coalition victory
8 February –
18 July 1806
Invasion of Naples (1806) Italy
Naples
 First French Empire
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Naples
 United Kingdom
 Russian Empire
French victory
26 February –
18 July 1806
Siege of Gaeta (1806) Italy
Naples
 First French Empire Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Naples French key victory
9 March 1806 Battle of Campo Tenese Italy
Naples
 First French Empire Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Naples French victory
4 July 1806 Battle of Maida Italy
Naples
 First French Empire  United Kingdom Coalition victory
28 May 1807 Battle of Mileto Italy
Naples
 First French Empire  Kingdom of Sicily French victory

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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

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  1. ^ a b c 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. Retrieved 18 October 2018.