War of the Third Coalition

The War of the Third Coalition was a European War during the years 1803 to 1806. During the war, France and the countries it conquered, led by Napoleon I, defeated an alliance, called The Third Coalition. The Third Coalition was made up of the Holy Roman Empire, Russia, Britain and others. The main fighting in Central Europe ended with Napoleon's victory at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805 but a smaller campaign continued in Italy until Napoleon won there, too.

War of the Third Coalition
Part of the Napoleonic Wars and the Coalition Wars

Napoléon at the Battle of Austerlitz, by François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard
Date18 May 1803 – 18 July 1806
  • Anglo–French war since May 1803
  • Formation of the Third Coalition (December 1804 – August 1805)
  • Trafalgar Campaign (March–November 1805)
  • Ulm Campaign and Austerlitz (September – December 1805)
  • Invasion of Naples (Feb.–July 1806)
Location
Central Europe, Italy, and Atlantic Ocean
Result

French victory

Belligerents

Third Coalition:
 Holy Roman Empire

 Russia
 United Kingdom
 Naples
Sicily
 Sweden

 France


French satellites:

Commanders and leaders
Francis II
Karl Mack von Leiberich
Archduke Charles
Alexander I
Mikhail Kutuzov
Henry Addington
William Pitt the Younger
Lord Grenville
Viscount Nelson †
Ferdinand IV		 Napoleon I
André Masséna
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve
Michel Ney
Louis-Nicolas Davout
Pierre Augereau
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Jean Lannes
Joachim Murat
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Auguste Marmont
Édouard Mortier
Charles IV
Federico Gravina
Charles Louis
Eugène de Beauharnais
Casualties and losses

160,000

90,000[1]
  • 20,000 killed and wounded
  • 70,000 captured

50,000[1]

  • 25,000 killed and wounded
  • 25,000 captured
20,000

62,050[1][2]

55,500
  • 13,500 killed
  • 37,000 wounded
  • 5,000 captured

2,800

  • 1,200 killed
  • 1,600 wounded

2,250

  • 350 killed
  • 1,900 wounded

1,500

  • 300 killed
  • 1,200 wounded
All the countries of the War of the Fifth Coalition. Blue: The Coalition and their colonies and allies. Green: The First French Empire, it's colonies and allies.

References
  1. Bodart 1916, p. 43.
  2. Bodart 1916, p. 128.


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