The second greatest battle ever to take place in the Czech Lands.
On December 2nd 1805 units of the French army totalling some 75 000 men, led by Napoleon I. himself, faced a combined Austrian and Russian force of 90 000 commanded by Major-General Franz von Weyroth. The French victory led to the collapse of the Third Coalition, the signing of a truce, the loss of some 63 000 km2 of Austrian territory and the payment of reparations (40 Million Francs).