Battle of Leipzig

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Battle of Leipzig
Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition
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The Battle of Leipzig by Vladimir Moshkov (1815)
Date 16–19 October 1813
Location Leipzig, Saxony
Result Decisive coalition victory
Fighting parties
France French Empire 
Naples
Russia Russia
Austria Austrian Empire
Prussia 
Prussia 
Sweden Sweden
Saxony Saxony[1]
Commanders
France Napoleon I
Coat of arms of the Duchy of Warsaw Józef Antoni Poniatowski  †
Saxony Frederick Augustus		 Russia Barclay De Tolly
Russia Count Benningsen

Austria Prince of Schwarzenberg
Sweden Crown Prince Charles John
Prussia

Gebhard von Blücher
Strength
195,000[2]
700 guns [3]		 430,000[2]
1,500 guns [3]
Casualties and losses
38,000 dead or wounded
20,000 captured		 54,000 dead or wounded[2]

The Battle of Leipzig was a battle between Napoleon I and his army and an allied force of several nations. It happened on October 16-19 on 1813. Napoleon I was defeated. It was the largest battle before World War I. It involved about 600,000 soldiers. It was part of the War of the Sixth Coalition. After this battle, Napoleon was taken to the island of Elba.

[change] References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Defected to the allies 18 October 1813
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chandler 1966, p. 1020
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Leipzig : Battle of Leipzig : Napoleonic Wars : Bonaparte : Bernadotte : Charles : Blucher". Napoleonguide.com. http://www.napoleonguide.com/battle_leipzig.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-16. 

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