Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Elchingen (Campaign of Austerlitz).

Fought October 14, 1805, when Ney's corps, after repairing the bridge of Elchingen under fire, stormed and captured the convent and village, driving out 20,000 Austrians, and taking 3,000 prisoners and a number of guns.