Battle of Ulm
| Battle of Ulm | |||||||||
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| Part of the Ulm campaign during the War of the Third Coalition | |||||||||
The Capitulation of Ulm, by Charles Thévenin | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| France | Austria | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Napoleon Bonaparte Michel Ney |
Karl Mack von Leiberich (POW) Johann I Joseph | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 80,000 | 40,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 1,500 killed, wounded or captured |
4,000 killed or wounded 27,000 captured | ||||||||
War of the Third Coalition:
Austria
Austria
current battle
Napoleon in command
Napoleon not in command
The Battle of Ulm on 16–19 October 1805 was a series of skirmishes, at the end of the Ulm Campaign, which allowed Napoleon I to trap an entire Austrian army under the command of Karl Freiherr Mack von Leiberich with minimal losses and to force its surrender near Ulm in the Electorate of Bavaria.