Battle of Austerlitz

In the battle of Austerlitz,   Napoleon Bonaparte  fought Russian and Austrian troops. The battle took place near Austerlitz (now in the Czech Republic) in 1805. Napoleon’s big victory let him create the Confederation of the Rhine. The book War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy contains a detailed description of the battle.

The battle sometimes (as of the 2020s) gets acted out (or reenacted).https://www.nrk.no/urix/kva-kan-vi-eigentleg-laere-av-napoleon_-1.16682825. Retrieved 2024-01-07

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Category:Battles involving France
Category:Napoleonic Wars
Category:1805
Category:South Moravian Region