Battle of Steyr
| date | November 4, 1805 |
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| place | Steyr , Upper Austria |
| output | French victory |
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200 prisoners |
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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 Steyr and other skirmishes took place on November 4, 1805 as part of the Third Coalition War of the Napoleonic Wars when the French troops crossed the Enns .
prehistory
The battle of Steyr 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 battles. The main power marched under the leadership of the Russian general Kutusow via Lambach-Wels towards Ebelsberg and reached Enns on November 1, 1805 , while the Merveldt corps marched south of Lambach and Kremsmünster to Steyr and crossed the Enns on November 3, 1805. The Austro-Russian troops formed in the Enns-Steyr-Strengberg area and destroyed all bridges over the Enns in order to place the French on the Enns line.
course
The Austrians had dismantled numerous bridges over the Enns to make it as difficult as possible to cross over quickly. However, the advance guard of the French crossed the Enns at Losenstein and hurried after those Austrian troops who had holed up in Großraming . At the same time there was a house-to-house fight and firefights across the Enns in the city of Steyr before the Grande Armée could cross over at Steyr. Finally, the Lannes column also attacked the Austro-Russian troops in Ennsdorf, which meant that the Enns line had to be abandoned for good, because the bulk of the Russian army had already withdrawn against St. Pölten on November 3rd.
Effects
After brief battles, the Grande Armée managed to cross over the Enns and continue the march to Vienna. The next day, the French troops in the battle of Amstetten were again involved in fighting.
literature
- Franz Xaver Pritz : Description and history of the city of Steyr and its immediate surroundings. In addition to several supplements relating to the history of the iron trade union and the monasteries Garsten and Gleink. Ennstaler Verlag, Steyr 1965 (reprint of the 1837 edition)
- War Chronicle of Austria-Hungary: Military Leader in the Theaters of War of the Monarchy. Volume 1, Verlag des KK Generalstabes, 1885
- Eugen Büttner : Description of the warlike events in the city of Steyr and its surroundings. On behalf of the command of the KuK Feldjager Battalion No. 10 , Verlag E. Prietzel, Steyr 1905