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The Battle of Wischau occurred on 28 November 1805 between the Russian and French armies. The conflict resulted in a minor Russian success. It followed the action at Hollabrun and Schöngrabern, and preceded the Battle of Austerlitz. The relatively easy Russian victory convinced the Third Coalition Allies that the French army would be easy to beat, having reached the end of their supply and communication lines and having suffered several losses in previous weeks of fighting.

Orders of Battle

French forces

General of Division Frédéric Henri Walther
- Division of Reserve Cavalry
General of Division Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle
- Division of Lannes' V Corps
  - 6th and 11th Dragoons (4 squadrons each)
  - 9th and 10th Hussar Regiments (4 squadrons each), and
  - 22nd Chasseurs Chevalier (4 squadrons)
  - 12 guns

Total: 20 squadrons, 12 guns, approximately 1400 men.

11th Dragoons lost an Imperial Eagle and a guidon during the fight.

Russian forces

Advanced Guard

Lieutenant General Bagration commanding
- Major Generals Dolgoruky, Ulanius, and Tschaplitz
  - 6th Jägers (3 battalions)
  - 9 battalions of the Infantry Regiments Alt-Ingermannland, Archangel, and Pskov
  - Leib Kür Regiment (4 squadrons)
  - Dragoon Regiment Twer (5 squadrons)
  - Dragoon Regiment St. Petersburg (5 squadrons)
  - Hussar Regiment Pavlograd (10 Squadrons
  - Hussar Regiment Mariupol (10 squadrons)
  - Cossacks (8 sotnia)
  - 24 guns

Total: 12 battalions, 35 squadrons, and 8 sotnias, 24 guns, approximately 12,000 men.

Sources

Digby Smith. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Databook. London, Greenhill Books, 1998, p. 215.

External links

Media related to Battle of Wischau at Wikimedia Commons