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(in German) Complete online facsimile of a diary of 1813 (in German) Die Eiserne Zeit – picture gallery on the German campaign (in German) Battle of Leipzig (in German) Online literature on the German campaign 1806=15 Archived 11 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Zur Hundertjahrfeier 1813–1913. Raphael Tuck's postcard series 932
The battle was the culmination of the German Campaign of 1813 and involved 560,000 soldiers, 2,200 artillery pieces, the expenditure of 400,000 rounds of artillery ammunition, and 133,000 casualties, making it the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, and the largest battle in Europe prior to World War I.
The Battle of Dresden (26–27 August 1813) was a major engagement of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle took place around the city of Dresden in modern-day Germany . With the recent addition of Austria , the Sixth Coalition felt emboldened in their quest to expel the French from Central Europe .
The Battle of Luckau was fought at Luckau in Brandenburg on 4 June 1813 during the War of the Sixth Coalition. Prussian and Russian forces under General Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow defeated part of a French-Allied corps under Marshal Nicolas Oudinot .
Articles relating to the German campaign of 1813.Members of the Sixth Coalition, including the German states of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, plus the Russian Empire and Sweden, fought a series of battles in Germany against the French Emperor Napoleon, his marshals, and the armies of the Confederation of the Rhine - an alliance of most of the other German states - which ended ...
20–21 May 1813 Battle of Bautzen (1813) German First French Empire Kingdom of Prussia Russian Empire: French costly victory 26 May 1813 Battle of Haynau: German First French Empire Kingdom of Prussia: Coalition victory 4 June 1813 Battle of Luckau: German First French Empire Kingdom of Prussia Russian Empire: Coalition victory 23 August 1813
16–19 October – Battle of Leipzig: Napoleon is defeated by the forces of the Sixth Coalition. More than 600,000 troops are in the field, with well over 20% killed, wounded or missing. Many of the German states forming the Confederation of the Rhine defect from Napoleon to the Coalition, as a result of the battle.
Battle [ edit ] The Swedish outposts in front of the bridgehead were attacked early in the morning and, after several hours resistance, forced to retreat; [ 7 ] Sandels organized his men during this time and, instead of receiving the attack behind the cover of the entrenchments—as was instructed by Crown Prince Charles John—commenced a ...