The Successes of Napoleon: Austerlitz Campaign and The...

The Successes of Napoleon:

Austerlitz Campaign and The Campaign of 1806

Target

Identify and describe the success of Napoleon.

The Austerlitz Campaign

Napoleon vs. The 3rd Coalition

Austria and Russia

Knock out Austria before Russia can mobilize

200,000 men launched a “sweeping maneuver”

to the Danube

The Battle of Ulm Napoleon used a “Turning Movement”

“moving around the rear of a defending force, thus forcing them to abandon their defensive position.”

Napoleon surrounded Gen. Mack

The Austrian Gen. surrendered

30,000 men

The Russians Didn’t want to fight Napoleon outright

Series of tactical withdrawals

Napoleon was frustrated: Forced marches

Men were exhausted

He was down to 53,000 men

Russians had 90,000

Battle of Austerlitz Napoleon faked weakness

Reinforced (72,000)

Allied plan: Attack the seemingly weak French right flank

Attack the left as a diversionary tactic

French plan: make the allies think their right is weak (hidden

reinforcements)

Lure them into a fight

Austerlitz con’t Allies attacked the French right

Checked by the reserve

The allies committed so many men to right flank attack it

weakened the center

Napoleon struck

“one sharp blow and the

war is over”

Austerlitz

Impact of Austerlitz Campaign (3 months)

French occupied Vienna

Destroyed 2 armies

Checked the growing power of Austria

10 years of French domination

French nationalism rises

Money

Goads Prussia into war (Campaign of 1806)

Campaign of 1806 France vs. Prussia and Russia

Frederick William III (Prussia)

Napoleon bullies him into ceding

territory

Prussia makes deal with Russia

Prussia occupies Saxony

Invasion of Saxony Napoleon invades

Divides his army into 3 columns

Speed and surprise

Battle of Jena Napoleon split forces

Napoleon expected reinforcements (Davout)

Never came because he was engaged (Auerstadt)

France was still able to win at Jena

5,000 French dead

25,000 Prussians

Battle of Auerstadt Davout was to reinforce Napoleon at Jena

Attacked and heavily outnumbered

27,000 French 53,000 Prussians

Davout won:

Fog obscuring the true French weakness

French valor

Prussians attack despite good defensive position

Effects of Jena-Auerstadt

Napoleon did not let routed opponents rest.

He captured 125,000 of original 160,000

Ends campaign