- Battle of Amstetten
Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Amstetten
caption=
partof=theWar of the Third Coalition
date=November 5 1805
place=Amstetten,Lower Austria
result=French victory
combatant1=flagicon|FranceFirst French Empire
combatant2=flag|Austrian Empire
flagicon|RussiaRussian Empire
commander1=Marshal Murat ,Jean Lannes
commander2=Kienmayer,
Pyotr Bagration
strength1=Around 10,000 soldiers
strength2=6,700 soldiers
casualties1=Under 1,000 total
casualties2=Russian Empire:
300 K.I.A. or W.I.A.
<700 P.O.W.
Austrian Empire:
1,000 K.I.A., W.I.A., P.O.W.The Battle of Amstetten was a minor engagement during the
War of the Third Coalition between theFirst French Empire and the alliance of the Austria and Russia. It occurred onNovember 5 ,1805 when the Austrians retreating fromVienna fought a rear-guard action againstMarshal Murat 's cavarly and a portion ofJean Lannes ' corps. The Russian troops were led byPyotr Bagration . Prior to the main action, Murat led a reckless charge with his cavalry escort of 2Squadrons against 3 Austrian cavalryRegiments . He was overwhelmed and forced to fall back, but the pursuing Austrians were halted bycanister shot from the Frenchhorse artillery . Murat waited for the balance of his column to arrive with Lannes. Lannes was ordered to move against positions held by Bagration and proceeded to attack. The Russian Jagers were forced to fall back and a further attack upon Amsetten routed another grez battalion. The total number of troops on the allied side was around 6,700. The Austro-Russian forces were defeated with heavy casualties. One thousand Austrian soldiers were killed, wounded, or captured. Three hundred Russian soldiers were killed or wounded, and fewer than seven hundred were captured. This was intended to be a delaying action and thus succeeded as the entire day was spent moving the allies out of their positions.References
*
George Bruce . Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles. (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981) (ISBN 0-442-22336-6).
*Napoleon and Austerlitz; Scott Bowden; Emperor's Press; Chicago, 1997; (ISBN 0-9626655-7-6)External links
*Napoleonic wargame site featuring an article with orders of battle and a map [http://www.napoleonicminiatureswargame.com/amstetten.html] .
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