Battle of Wischau

Part of the War of the Third Coalition

Date	25 November 1805
Location	Wischau, Moravia, present-day Czech Republic
Result	Russian victory

Belligerents

French Empire

Russian Empire

Commanders and leaders

Frédéric Henri Walther Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle

Prince Pyotr Bagration

Strength

1,400

24,000

Casualties and losses

unclear, Imperial Eagle and Guidon (11th Dragoons)

unclear

War of the Third Coalition

Proposed Invasion of the United Kingdom Boulogne Cape Finisterre Ulm Campaign Verona Trafalgar Caldiero Cape Ortegal Amstetten Mariazell Dürenstein Dornbirn Schöngrabern Castelfranco Veneto Wischau Austerlitz Blaauwberg San Domingo Naples Gaeta Campo Tenese Maida Mileto

The Battle of Wischau occurred on 25 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.

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