Battle of Ulm

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The Battle of Ulm was a decisive 1805 campaign in which Napoleon’s Grande Armée encircled and forced the surrender of a large Austrian force, paving the way for French dominance in Central Europe during the War of the Third Coalition.

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Battle of Ulm canonical 9
Capitulation of Ulm 1
Ulm Campaign 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic battle
military campaign
commandedBy Napoleon I
surface form: Napoleon I of France
conflictOf War of the Third Coalition
followedBy Battle of Austerlitz
hasAlliedWith France–Bavaria alliance
hasAustrianCasualtiesAndCaptures over 60,000
hasAustrianStrength approximately 72,000 soldiers
hasBelligerent Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire

Electorate of Bavaria
France
hasCapturedTroops approximately 30,000 to 60,000 Austrian soldiers
hasCommander Karl Mack von Leiberich
Napoleon Bonaparte
hasConsequence opened the road to Vienna for Napoleon
weakened the Third Coalition against France
hasEndDate 1805-10-20
hasFrenchCasualties around 2,000
hasFrenchMonarch Napoleon I
surface form: Emperor Napoleon I
hasFrenchStrength approximately 200,000 soldiers
hasHistoricalSignificance destroyed Austria’s main field army early in the 1805 campaign
paved the way for French dominance in Central Europe
hasLocation Bavaria
Holy Roman Empire
Ulm
hasOpposingForce Austria
hasOpposingMonarch Franz II. (as Holy Roman Emperor)
surface form: Emperor Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire
hasOutcome decisive French victory
hasParticipant Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire

First French Empire
hasResult French victory
hasStartDate 1805-10-08
hasSurrenderedCommander Karl Mack von Leiberich
hasTactic rapid maneuver by corps system
strategic envelopment
hasTheater Central Europe
involvesUnit Austrian Army of the Danube
surface form: Austrian army of the Danube

Grande Armée
isAlsoKnownAs Battle of Ulm
surface form: Ulm Campaign
isKeyExampleOf Napoleonic operational art
opposingCommander Karl Mack von Leiberich
surface form: Karl Mack
partOf Napoleonic Wars
precededBy French crossing of the Rhine in 1805
strategicObjective encirclement and destruction of Austrian army in Bavaria
tookPlaceInMonth October 1805
tookPlaceInPresentDay Germany
tookPlaceInYear 1805
tookPlaceNear Danube
surface form: Danube River

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War of the Third Coalition hasPart Battle of Ulm
Ulm–Austerlitz campaign namedAfter Battle of Ulm
Karl Mack von Leiberich conflict Battle of Ulm
Battle of Schöngrabern relatedEvent Battle of Ulm
Battle of Dürenstein precededBy Battle of Ulm
Battle of Ulm isAlsoKnownAs Battle of Ulm
this entity surface form: Ulm Campaign
Battle of Elchingen followedBy Battle of Ulm
this entity surface form: Capitulation of Ulm