Battle of Memmingen
Part of theUlm campaign within theWar of the Third Coalition
Jean de Dieu Soult, maréchal-duc de Dalmatie
Date 14 October 1805 Location Memmingen, modern-dayGermany 47°59′16″N10°10′52″E / 47.98778°N 10.18111°E /47.98778; 10.18111 Result French victory[1]
Belligerents
France	Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Jean-de-Dieu Soult	Karl Spangen
Strength
20,000[1]	6,000[1]
Casualties and losses
16 killed or wounded	4,500 prisoners

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TheBattle of Memmingen was a battle atMemmingen during the1805 German campaign of theNapoleonic Wars. It occurred on 14 October that year and culminated in the surrender of Karl Spangen toJean-de-Dieu Soult's 4th Army Corps.^[2]

After the crossing of theDanube on 7 October at thebattle of Donauwörth, theGrande Armée manoeuvred to the east ofUlm to cut offKarl Mack's force fromMikhail Kutuzov's Russian force to the east andArchduke John's Austrian force to the south. WhileMichel Ney andJean Lannes re-crossed the Danube at thebattle of Elchingen to cut off the line of advance toMoravia, Soult headed towards Memmingen to cut off the route to theTyrol.

By 14 October Soult and his 25,440 men and 51 cannon were in place, setting up an artillery bombardment of the town and sending two letters to its governor, Karl Spangen. Spangen believed that the French would carry out their threat to bombard the city^[3] and surrendered himself and his 4,500 men and 9 cannon, for a loss of only 16 of Soult's men. After Memmingen was captured, Ulm was completely surrounded on its right bank. Soult's corps was able to stop all Austrian attempts to unite the armies of Ulm and Tyrol, dispersing an Austrian column betweenLeutkirch andWurzbach on 19 October.^[3]

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