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| Battle of Leipzig | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition | |||||||
 The Battle of Leipzig by Vladimir Moshkov (1815) |
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 French Empire
|  Russia Austrian Empire Prussia  Sweden Saxony[1]
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Napoleon I Józef Antoni Poniatowski † Frederick Augustus
| Barclay De Tolly Count Benningsen
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| Strength | |||||||
| 195,000[2] 700 guns [3] | 430,000[2] 1,500 guns [3] |
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| 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.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Defected to the allies 18 October 1813
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chandler 1966, p. 1020
- ↑ 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.
Other websites
- “Easily ranking as one of the largest battles in History”
- Allied Order-of-Battle at Leipzig: 16-18 October 1813
- French order of battle: II–XI Army Corps
- French order of battle: Cavalry Reserve and the Imperial Guard
- (German) http://www.voelkerschlacht1813.de/
- (German) http://www.voelkerschlacht-bei-leipzig.de/
- (German) http://www.leipzig1813.com
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