Battle of Donauwörth

Battle of Donauwörth
	Part of the War of the Third Coalition
	; Crossing of the Danube near Donauwörth; by Wilhelm von Kobell, 1807
Date	7 October 1805
Location	Donauwörth, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire48.6964°N 10.8001°E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
First French Empire	Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Joachim Murat; Jean-de-Dieu Soult;	Michael von Kienmayer;

The Battle of Donauwörth was the first engagement of Napoleon's 1805 Austrian campaign. French forces under marshals Joachim Murat and Nicolas Soult beat an Austrian army corps under Kienmayer on 7 October at Donauwörth and crossed the Danube.

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