The Battle of Austerlitz was one of the most decisive military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. Fought nearby the modern day town of Brno in the Czech Republic, the fight saw a Austro-Russian army commanded by two emperors pitted against the Grande Armée of Napoleon Bonaparte, the French Emperor.
By the time the sun set on 2 December 1805 Napoleon had achieved a stunning victory, a victory so decisive that it would set the course of European history for a decade.
