Battle of Donauwörth
1805 battle during the War of the Third Coalition / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Donauwörth was the first engagement of Napoleon's 1805 Austrian campaign. French forces under marshals Joachim Murat and Nicolas Soult beat an Austrian army corps under Kienmayer on 7 October at Donauwörth and crossed the Danube.
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Crossing of the Danube near Donauwörth by Wilhelm von Kobell, 1807 | |||||||
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First French Empire | Austrian Empire | ||||||
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