Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Iyada oo ciidankii ugu weynaa ee reer Austria ee woqooyiga Alps laga adkaaday (ciidan kale oo hoos yimaada Archduke Charles ayaa la dagaallamay ciidankii Faransiiska ee André Masséna ee Talyaaniga), Napoleon wuxuu qabsaday Vienna 13kii Nofembar. Meel fog oo ka fog khadadka sahayda, wuxuu la kulmay ciidan ka weyn Austro-Ruush oo uu hoggaaminayo Mikhail Kutuzov, iyadoo Emperor Alexander I ee Ruushka uu shaqsi ahaan goobjoog ahaa. Bishii December 2dii, Napoleon wuxuu jabiyay ciidamada Austro-Russian-ka ee Moravia
Austerlitz (sida caadiga ah waxaa loo tixgeliyaa guushiisii ugu weyneyd). Ciidanka cadowga oo aad u tiro badan wuxuu ka dhigay 25,000 oo qof, halka ciidankiisa uu ka dhigay in ka yar 7,000 oo qof.