Winter comes to Europe. Stung by Allied success in the previous month, Napoleon resists the urge to storm back into Vienna and instead marches in the snow with Soult and Lannes north to Prague. Bernadotte is dispatched with a corps to restablish supply lines back to France. The French easily crush the Prussian/Austrian garrison and Napoleon enters the city in force. On the Rhine, Marmont marches his reduced corps to Frankfurt. From Prague, Napoleon issues a proclamation (carefully worded to arouse the maximum possible Prussian indignation) declaring the creation of the Confederation of The Rhine.
| Battle of Prague |
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| Napoleon arrives on the outskirts of the city with two of his marshals and 105,000 men. The joint Prussian/Austrian garrison commanded by the 70 year old Duke of Brunswick consists of 10,000 Prussians and 15,000 Austrians. Taking one look at the size of the French host, the Austrians promptly withdraw into the city and invite the Prussians to do the same. Brunswick refuses, is heard to insult the French and their upstart hop-o-my-thumb "Emperor," and marches his 10,000 men into battle. The Austrians watching from the walls have just enough time to catch a glimpse of the mauled Prussians retreating from the field before they are overwhelmed themselves. French losses: 5,000. Prussian losses: 10,000. Austrian losses: 15,000 (10,000 captured). |
| Battle of Ratisbon |
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| Cut off, out of supply and outnumbered by 20,000 Frenchmen, the end comes quickly for the city's 5,000 Austrian defenders. French losses: 5,000. Austrian losses: 5,000. |
Russian and Austrian troops reenter Vienna but the field armies of both emperors remain outside the city. The Prussians manuever in Saxony while maintaining contact with their Russian and Austrian allies at Olmutz. English troops continue to disembark at Amsterdam, bringing the combined Ango-Russian army to 30,000 men.