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Redirection of the Grande Armée
- When
- 27 August 1805
- Where
- Boulogne-sur-Mer
Napoleon redirected his invasion force from Boulogne to the Rhine in August 1805 to confront Austrian and Russian threats.
The planned invasion of the United Kingdom was called off on 27 August 1805, when Napoleon decided to use his invasion force camped at Boulogne against Austria instead. Separately, the French army had marched out from Boulogne in late July 1805 to confront the Austrians, who invaded Bavaria on 8 September 1805.
Sources
- War of the Third Coalition Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
- Napoleonic Wars Wikipedia
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