Battle of Ulm

Battle of Ulm
	Part of the Ulm campaign during the War of the Third Coalition
	; The Capitulation of Ulm, by Charles Thévenin
Date	16–19 October 1805
Location	Ulm, Electorate of Bavaria48°23′00″N 9°59′00″E
Result	Decisive French victory France gains control over Bavaria;
Belligerents
French Empire	Habsburg monarchy
Commanders and leaders
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
	Location within Europe

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.

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