Haslach, Battle of

In the Napoleonic Wars, French victory over the Austrians 11 October 1805 at Haslach, about 45 km/28 mi southwest of Strasbourg.

A 6,000-strong French force under General Pierre de L'Etang Dupont was marching on Ulm when he was stopped by an Austrian force of 60,000 troops under the Archduke Ferdinand which commanded the heights around his route. He immediately occupied and fortified the village of Haslach, which was then attacked by about 25,000 of the Austrians. Dupont managed to hold them off until nightfall, then disengaged and withdrew, taking 4,000 Austrian prisoners with him.