List of battles of the War of the Third Coalition

This is a list of sieges, land and naval battles of the War of the Third Coalition (18 May 1803 / 25 September 1805 – 26 December 1805 / 18 July 1806, depending on periodisation). It includes: the Trafalgar campaign (March–November 1805); the Ulm campaign (25 September – 20 October 1805); the Venetian campaign in modern-day Veneto (October–November 1805); the Austerlitz campaign in modern-day Austria and Czechia (30 October – 2 December 1805); the Hanover Expedition or Weser Expedition (19 November 1805 – 15 February 1806); the Invasion of Naples (1806) (8 February – 18 July 1806), with the Battle of Mileto (28 May 1807) as a last reprise. It also includes the British conquest of the Dutch Cape Colony (in modern-day South Africa) and Dutch Surinam from the French-aligned Batavian Republic, and some naval engagements between British and French(-Spanish/-Batavian) forces in the Caribbean and the English Channel.

Date Battle Front French forces Coalition forces Notes 5 May 1804 Battle of Suriname Caribbean British victory 31 May –2 June 1805 Battle of Diamond Rock CaribbeanTrafalgar Bourbon Spain French victory 15 July 1805 Action of 15 July 1805 Channel French victory 18 July 1805 Battle of Blanc-Nez and Gris-Nez Channel French victory 22 July 1805 Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) AtlanticTrafalgar Bourbon Spain Inconclusive 10 August 1805 Action of 10 August 1805 AtlanticTrafalgar Coalition victory 7 October 1805 Battle of Donauwörth GermanyUlm French victory 8 October 1805 Battle of Wertingen GermanyUlm French victory 9 October 1805 Battle of Günzburg GermanyUlm French victory 11 October 1805 Battle of Haslach-Jungingen GermanyUlm French victory 14 October 1805 Battle of Memmingen GermanyUlm French victory 14 October 1805 Battle of Elchingen GermanyUlm French victory 16–19 October 1805 Battle of Ulm GermanyUlm French key victory 18 October 1805 Battle of Verona (1805) ItalyVenice French victory 21 October 1805 Battle of Trafalgar AtlanticTrafalgar Bourbon Spain Coalition key victory 30 October 1805 Battle of Caldiero (1805) ItalyVenice French victory 30 October 1805 Battle of Mehrnbach AustriaAusterlitz French victory 31 October 1805 Battle of Lambach AustriaAusterlitz French victory 4 November 1805 Battle of Cape Ortegal AtlanticTrafalgar Coalition victory 5 November 1805 Battle of Amstetten AustriaAusterlitz Inconclusive 8 November 1805 Battle of Mariazell AustriaAusterlitz French victory 11 November 1805 Battle of Dürenstein AustriaAusterlitz Inconclusive 13 November 1805 Capitulation of Dornbirn AustriaAusterlitz French victory 16 November 1805 Battle of Schöngrabern AustriaAusterlitz French victory 19 November 1805 –15 February 1806 Hanover Expedition GermanyWeser Sweden French victoryPrussia occupiesHanover 24 November 1805 Battle of Castelfranco Veneto ItalyVenice French victory 25 November 1805 Battle of Wischau CzechiaAusterlitz Coalition victory 2 December 1805 Battle of Austerlitz CzechiaAusterlitz French key victory 8 January 1806 Battle of Blaauwberg S. AfricaCape Coalition victory 8 February –18 July 1806 Invasion of Naples (1806) ItalyNaples Kingdom of Italy Kingdom of Naples French victory 26 February –18 July 1806 Siege of Gaeta (1806) ItalyNaples Italy Polish Legions Switzerland Kingdom of Naples French key victory 9 March 1806 Battle of Campo Tenese ItalyNaples Polish Legions Switzerland Kingdom of Naples French victory 4 July 1806 Battle of Maida ItalyNaples 2 Polish battalions 1 Swiss battalion Royal Corsicans Royal Sicilians Coalition victory 28 May 1807 Battle of Mileto ItalyNaples French victory

See also Anglo-Russian occupation of Naples (summer 1805 – January 1806) List of battles of the War of the First Coalition List of battles of the War of the Second Coalition List of battles of the War of the Fourth Coalition List of battles of the War of the Fifth Coalition List of battles of the War of the Sixth Coalition List of battles of the Hundred Days (War of the Seventh Coalition) Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom (planned from 1803 to 1805, but never carried out)

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