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In the Battle of Lützen (German: Schlacht von Großgörschen, 2 May 1813), Napoleon I of France defeated an allied army of the Sixth Coalition. The Russian commander, Prince Peter Wittgenstein , attempting to forestall Napoleon's capture of Leipzig , attacked the French right wing near Lützen , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany , surprising Napoleon.
Battles of Lutzen, Katzbach, Dresden, Kulm ... 16 August 1813: Total: 860,000 ... The high point of allied strategy was the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813, which ...
5 April 1813 Battle of Möckern: German First French Empire Kingdom of Prussia Russian Empire: Coalition victory 2 May 1813 Battle of Lützen (1813) German First French Empire Napoleonic Italy Gr. Duchy of Hesse Kingdom of Prussia Russian Empire: French costly victory 20–21 May 1813 Battle of Bautzen (1813) German First French Empire
Following Bautzen, Napoleon agreed to a nine-week truce with the Coalition, requested by the Allies on 2 June 1813. The Armistice of Pläswitz was signed on 4 June, and lasted until 20 July but was later extended to 10 August. On the same 4 June the Battle of Luckau was fought. Napoleon hoped to gather more troops, especially cavalry, and ...
The even larger Battle of Leipzig (also known as the Battle of Nations) was the largest battle in European history before World War I. Ultimately, Napoleon's earlier setbacks in Spain, Portugal and Russia proved to be the seeds of his undoing. With their armies reorganized, the allies drove Napoleon out of Germany in 1813 and invaded France in ...
Jean-Baptiste Bessières, duc d'Istrie (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist bɛsjɛʁ]; 6 August 1768 – 1 May 1813) was a French military leader of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
The Battle of Lützen, fought on 16 November 1632, [c] is considered one of the most important battles of the Thirty Years' War. Led by the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus , an Allied army primarily composed of troops from Sweden, Saxony , and Hesse-Kassel , narrowly defeated an Imperial force under Albrecht von Wallenstein .
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