Battle of Mariazell
Mariazell around 1900
| date | November 8, 1805 |
|---|---|
| place | Mariazell , Styria |
| output | French victory |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
| Commander | |
| Troop strength | |
| 3670 men and 6 cannons | 4,400 men and 10 cannons |
| losses | |
|
3500 men (with prisoners), 16 cannons and 80 wagons (?) |
|
Cape Finisterre - Wertingen - Günzburg - Haslach-Jungingen - Elchingen - Ulm - Trafalgar - Caldiero - Ried - Lambach - Bodenbühl - Steyr - Amstetten - Mariazell - St. Pölten - Cape Ortegal - Dürnstein - Schöngrabern - Wischau (Vyškov) - Austerlitz
The Battle of Mariazell was a battle of the Third Coalition War of the Napoleonic Wars , in which on November 8, 1805 the rearguard of the Austro-Russian coalition was wiped out by French troops under Lieutenant General Louis de Friant in Mariazell .
prehistory
The battle of Mariazell took place immediately after the Austrian troops had surrendered in Ulm , from where the route to Vienna was open to the Grande Armée . The French and Bavarian troops followed the retreating Austrian units under Kienmayer , who had united with Russian troops at Braunau, into the Austrian Danube region and fought several rearguard battles.
course
The Austrian units moving into the Enns and Ybbstal valleys after the Battle of Steyr faced the French troops in the Neuhaus am Zeller Rain area and involved them in fighting. But the French quickly broke the resistance and plundered Mariazell. The prisoners placed them in the church. Around 1,500 soldiers were killed in the fighting that stretched as far as Wegscheid . The French then swung towards Vienna via Lilienfeld , while the severely weakened Austrians marched to Wiener Neustadt to cover the southern flank of Vienna.
Effects
The Austrian troops did not succeed in stopping the troops of the Grande Armée.
literature
- Rafael Hellbach: The pilgrim and tourist to the pilgrimage site Maria-Zell. A guide for travelers and a guide for devout pilgrims. , Albert A. Wenedikt, 1858
- Karl August Bischof: Brief overview of the history of the war that broke out between France and Austria and the allies on both sides at the end of 1805 , Seidel, 1806
- Wilhelm Riistow : The war of 1805 in Germany and Italy. Edited as a guide to war history studies , A. Reimmann, 1853