Battle of Austerlitz from the Napoléon mini series in english.

December 2nd, 1805

France:67,000 soldiers
Russian and Holy Roman Empire: 85,400 soldiers

French Losses:
1,305 dead
6,940 wounded
573 captured
1 standard lost
Total: 9,000

Russian and Holy Roman Empire Losses:
16,000 dead or wounded
20,000 captured
186 guns lost
45 standards lost
Total: 36,000

Battle of the Austerlitz was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. In what is widely regarded as the greatest victory achieved by Napoleon when the Grande Armée of France defeated a larger Russian and Austrian army led by Tsar Alexander I and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II. The battle of Austerlitz brought the War of the Third Coalition to a rapid end, with the Treaty of Pressburg signed by the Austrians.

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