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Battle of Elchingen

Name: Battle of Elchingen
Start: 1805-10-14
Location: Elchingen

When: 14 October 1805
Where: Elchingen
Part of: War of the Third Coalition: Ulm Campaign, Austerlitz and the Peace of Pressburg

Marshal Ney routed an Austrian corps led by Johann Sigismund Riesch near Elchingen.

The Battle of Elchingen was fought on 14 October 1805. French forces under Michel Ney defeated an Austrian corps led by Johann Sigismund Riesch. This engagement was part of the larger Ulm campaign that trapped the Austrian army.

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