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Battle of Steyr
Part of the War of the Third Coalition
Battle of Steyr by Siméon Fort, 1835
Date 4 November 1805 Location Steyr Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Habsburg Empire Russia
Commanders and leaders
Louis-Nicolas Davout	Maximilian, Count of Merveldt
Strength
3,000	4,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	2,000

Battle of Steyr (French: Bataille de Steyr; German: Schlacht bei Steyr) was fought on 4 November 1805 between the French army under the command of Louis-Nicolas Davout and the Austrian army under the command of General Maximilian, Count of Merveldt during the War of the Third Coalition. It ended in French victory.

Background

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The Gyulai regiment took part in the battle from Austria; On the French side, he was opposed by the 13th Light Infantry Regiment and the 30th Infantry Regiment (parts of the Third Corps of the French Army).

After the victory, Davout managed to cross the Enns River and resume the "march to Vienna". Already November 5 the Battle of Amstetten will begin

References

1. ^ Smith, Digby (1998). The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books. p. 211. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.

Sources

• Sur les pas de la Grande Armée — 1805, page 165

• Conflicts in 1805
• Battles involving Austria
• Battles involving France
• Battles involving the Russian Empire
• 1805 in the Austrian Empire
• 1805 in France
• War of the Third Coalition
• Battles of the War of the Third Coalition
• November 1805 events