had an overwhelming superior force. The campaign was won with no major battle. The Austrians fell into the same trap Napoleon had set at the Battle of Marengo, but unlike Marengo, the trap worked with success. Everything was made to confuse the enemy. In his proclamation in the Bulletin de la Grande Armée of 21 October 1805 Napoleon said, "Soldiers of the Grande Armée, I announced you a great battle. But thanks to the bad combinations of the enemy, I obtained the same success with no risk ... In 15 days we have won a campaign." By defeating the Austrian army, Napoleon secured his conquest of Vienna, which was to be taken one month later. Like the Battle of Austerlitz, the Ulm Campaign is still taught in military schools worldwide, and would continue to influence military leaders to present times, a notable example being that of the Schlieffen Plan developed by Germany to envelope what they assumed and expected would be French-led allied troops and win World War I. Indeed, Dupuy would say about the battle in his Harper Encyclopedia of Military History that it actually "was not a battle; it was a strategic victory so complete and so overwhelming that the issue was never seriously contested in tactical combat. Also, This campaign opened the most brilliant year of Napoleon's career. His army had been trained to perfection; his plans were faultless." Notes References External links Conflicts in 1805 Battles of the Napoleonic Wars Battles of the War of the Third Coalition Battles involving Austria Battles involving France 1805 in the Austrian Empire 1805 in France 1805 in Germany 1805 in Bavaria October 1805 events Battles in Baden-Württemberg Battles inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe Ulm