Austerlitz, battle of Austerlitz

a decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805); the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian and Austrian armies of Czar Alexander I and Emperor Francis II

• pitched battle — a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place

• Napoleonic Wars — a series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times; 1799-1815
• Austerlitz — a town in the Czech Republic; site of the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805