Pertempuran Austerlitz atau yang dikenal dengan nama Pertempuran Tiga Kaisar, adalah salah satu dari sekian kemenangan besar yang diraih oleh Napoleon, yang secara efektif menghancurkan kekuatan koalisi ketiga. Pada tanggal 2 Desember 1805, pasukan Prancis yang dipimpin oleh Napoleon secara meyakinkan mengalahkan tentara gabungan Rusia-Austria yang dikomandani oleh Tsar Alexander I setelah mereka bertempur sengit selama 9 jam di berbagai sektor. Pertempuran ini terjadi di daerah Austerlitz sekitar 20 kilometer timur kota Brno di Moravia. Pertempuran ini sering disebut sebagai perang strategi yang cemerlang.
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French numbers at the battle vary depending on the account; 65,000, 68,000, 73,000, or 75,000 are other figures often present in the literature. The discrepancy arises because about 7,000 men of Davout's III Corps were not at the battle right when it started. Including or not including these troops is a matter of preference (in this article, they will be included as separate from the 67,000 French soldiers originally on the field).
David G. Chandler, The Campaigns of Napoleon. p. 416 gives 67,000 (without Davout's III Corps)
- ^ Allied numbers at the battle vary depending on the account; 73,000, 84,000, or 85,000 are other figures often present in the literature. Andrew Uffindell, Great Generals of the Napoleonic Wars. p. 25 gives 73,000. David G. Chandler, The Campaigns of Napoleon. p. 417 gives 85,400. In Napoleon and Austerlitz (1997), Scott Bowden writes that the traditional number given for the Allies, 85,000, reflects their theoretical strength, and not the true numbers present on the battlefield.
- ^ a b David G. Chandler, The Campaigns of Napoleon. p. 432
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