Battle of Austerlitz

The Battle of Austerliz is also known as the Battle of the three Emperors (French, Russian and Austrian). It took place at Austerliz, near Brno (Moravia). It is known as one of the Napoleon's greatest victories, a tactical masterpiece. Thanks to the victory in that battle Napoleon effectively destroyed the Third Coalition against the French Empire.

On December 2nd 1805, a French army under the command of the Emperor defeated a Russo-Austrian army, commanded by Tsar Alexander I. The battle took nine hours. On December 26th 1805, Austria and France signed the Treaty of Pressburg, which took Austria out of the war. The Russian troops were allowed to head back home. The victory also permitted the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine, a collection of German states intended as a buffer zone between France and the rest of Europe.