The Battle of Wischau occurred on 25 November 1805, between the Russian and French armies. The conflict resulted in a minor Russian success. It followed the action at Hollabrun and Schöngrabern

Battle of Schöngrabern

The Battle of Schöngrabern was an engagement in the Napoleonic Wars during the War of the Third Coalition, fought on 16 November 1805 near Hollabrunn in Lower Austria, four weeks after the Battle of Ulm and two weeks before the Battle of Austerlitz.The Russian army of Kutuzov was retiring north of...

, and preceded the Battle of Austerlitz

Battle of Austerlitz

The Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of Napoleon's greatest victories, where the French Empire effectively crushed the Third Coalition...

. The relatively easy Russian victory convinced the Third Coalition Allies that the French army would be easy to beat, having reached the end of their supply and communication lines, and having suffered several losses in previous weeks of fighting.

French forces

• General of Division Frédéric Henri Walther
  Frédéric Henri Walther
  Frederic-Louis-Henri Walther , was an Alsatian-born general of division and a supporter of Napoleon Bonaparte. He fought for France in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars....
  
  
  • Division of Reserve Cavalry

• General of Division Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle
  • Division of Lannes' V Corps

• • • 6th and 11th Dragoons (4 squadron
      Squadron
      Squadron has different meanings:*Squadron , a cavalry or other unit that consists of a number of troops.*Squadron , a unit of aircraft that consists of three or four "flights", with a total of 12 to 24 aircraft, depending on aircraft type and air force.*Squadron , a unit of 3-4 major naval vessels...
      
      s each)
    • 9th and 10th Hussar Regiments (4 squadrons each), and
    • 22nd Chasseurs Chevalier (4 squadrons)
    • 12 guns

Total: 20 squadrons, 12 guns, approximately 1400 men.

11th Dragoons lost an Imperial Eagle

Imperial Eagle

An Imperial Eagle is a heraldic eagle used by an empire, notably:*the military standard of the Roman Empire, see Aquila .*the Byzantine imperial eagle*the German Reichsadler...

 and a guidon

Guidon

Guidon may refer to:*Guidon , a type of heraldic flag*Guidon , a swallow tailed flag for the colours of a light cavalry regiment...

 during the fight.

Russian forces

Advanced Guard

• Lieutenant General Bagration
  Bagration
  Bagration may refer to* Bagrationi dynasty* Prince Pyotr Bagration , a Russian general in the Napoleonic Wars* The Bagrationi, a royal family of Georgia, from whom the Prince was descended...
  
   commanding
  • Major Generals Dolgoruky, Ulanius, and Tschaplitz
    • 6th Jägers (3 battalion
      Battalion
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      s)
    • 9 battalions of the Infantry Regiments Alt-Ingermannland, Archangel, and Pskov
    • Leib Kür Regiment (4 squadrons)
    • Dragoon Regiment Twer (5 squadrons)
    • Dragoon Regiment St. Petersburg (5 squadrons)
    • Hussar Regiment Pavlograd (10 Squadrons
    • Hussar Regiment Mariupol (10 squadrons)
    • Cossacks (8 sotnias)
    • 24 guns

Total: 12 battalions, 35 squadrons, and 8 sotnias, 24 guns, approximately 12,000 men.

Source

• Digby Smith
  Digby Smith
  Digby Smith is a British military historian. The son of a British career soldier, he was born in Hampshire, England, but spent several years in India and Pakistan as a child and youth. As a "boy soldier," he entered training in the British Army at the age of 16...
  
  . The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Databook. London, Greenhill Books, 1998, p. 215.