As a amateur of Napoleonic wars, I have only a superficial understanding of Austrian Army in 1805,limited by language and cognitive level, I can't access the official Austrian archives（like Kriegsarchiv）.I wonder if someone would like to provide me with OOB of Ulm？
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well - maybe again
https://archive.org/details/1805ieachtzehnhu00krau/mode/2up
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strange all my posts including links don't appear.
In case go the archives.org - here you will get Kraus both text book and Beilagen in well scanned quality
If you find French easier you might want to try: 'Sur les pas de la Grande Armée' by J.M. Berjaud. It's available as a PDF. This contains a great deal of information on army movements of all the nations in the 1805 campaign.
Most kind, thank you very much. Always nice to hear such things. :)
And please note that there are two Angeli items: vol. III of his study of Archduke Charles (Erz. Carl als Feldherr und Heeresorganisator) and a piece in the 1878 Mitteilungen des KuK Kriegsarchivs (approx. page 293 or so). The volume on Charles in focused (reasonably enough) on Italy, but the Mitteilungen piece is entitled "Ulm und Austerlitz" so more useful for your purposes.
Your best bet remains Krauss for details on ORBAT (though some can be quite difficult to read owing to the way in which it was scanned, it seems).
Assume you are looking for the Austrians? This is more challenging than one might think because:
A) the Austrian forces did not enter Bavaria all at once as one large army, rather they marched in as they became available, so the army changed constantly during September/October;
B) Mack reorganized the forces in available Bavaria almost on a daily basis, leaving commanders and soldiers in great confusion (so you have to specify which DAY in September/October is of interest);
C) when it became clear that Bavaria rather than Italy would be the principal theater of war, the Austrians hastily sent a large number of troops in small detachments north from Italy/Tyrol to Bavaria (some of which were ordered to Germany, only to be ordered back to Italy/Tyrol once they were part way to Bavaria).
And, of course, Austria did not have permanent formations above the regimental level at that time.
A good starting point for you is the Beilagen to Alfred Krauss: "1805: Der Feldzug um Ulm" which are on-line along with the main text. Carl Ritter von Schönhals, W. Rüstow and Moritz von Angeli are also helpful, but it takes some detective work down to the regimental/battalion level depending on how much detail you seek.