Austerlitz

Austerlitz, a small town (pop. 4000) in Moravia, 12 miles ESE. of Brünn. Here, on 2d December 1805, Napoleon defeated the combined forces of Russia and Austria, under the command of their respective emperors. The French amounted to 70,000 men; the allied armies to 95,000. In this disastrous battle—known as the 'battle of the three emperors'—the Russians lost 21,000 in killed, wounded, and prisoners, the Austrians 6000, and the French 6800.