What was Napoleons greatest victory after Austerlitz?
Possibly the Battle of Dresden in 1813, although that was followed up by the Battle of Kulm a few days later that the French lost – although Napoleon wasn’t in charge. In any case Dresden although a victory was not followed up by Napoleon who suffering from sickness left the battlefield when had he chased the combined Austrian, Prussian and Russian army it could have turned into a decisive rout. What was notable about Dresden was that not only was Napoleon fighting far from home he was heavily outnumbered and that led to a decisive defeat at Leipzig in October 1813. Similarly Borodino in the 1812 Russian campaign was a victory in name, but the Russians were able to withdraw in good order despite heavy losses, while those suffered by Napoleon weakened his attempted invasion of Russia pretty terminally. It could be argued that the Battle of Friedland in June, 1807 in Eastern Prussia was his greatest victory after Austerlitz. Here he decisively beat the Russian Army and in doing so ended
