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Wertingen

Battle Name : Wertingen

Date(s) : 08 October 1805

Part of : French War of the Third Coalition , Napoleon's Ulm-Austerlitz Campaign. ,

Outcome : A victory for French Forces [Grande Armee] over Austrian Forces [Auffenberg's Corps]

Type of battle : Land

The Austrians of Mack's Third Corps under Auffenberg were in an isolated detached position about 35 miles northeast of the main concentration around Ulm. They were surprised there by Prince Murat's Cavalry Corps and the Fifth Corps [Lannes].

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