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2011.
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| Summary/Abstract |
DECEMBER 2, 2010 marked 205 years of the Battle of Austerlitz, one of the most famous and dramatic battles in Europe in the history of the Napoleonic Wars, that took place near Austerlitz (Czech: Slavkov u Brna) near Brno and colorfully described in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.
For the number of troops involved (more than 160,000, including approximately 90,000 on the side of the Russia-Austria allies and 75,000 on the French side) and for the number of killed, wounded and taken prisoner (between 35,000 and 45,000 according to different sources), this battle is among the most murderous of the wars involving Napoleonic forces after the battles of Borodino and Leipzig.
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