Battle of Leipzig

Battle of Leipzig
	Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition
	; The Battle of Leipzig by Vladimir Moshkov (1815)
Date	16–19 October 1813
Location	Leipzig, Saxony
Result	Decisive coalition victory
Belligerents
French Empire Duchy of Warsaw; Italy; Naples; Saxony;	Russia; Austrian Empire; Prussia ; Sweden; Saxony
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon I; Józef Antoni Poniatowski †; Frederick Augustus	Barclay De Tolly; Count Benningsen Prince of Schwarzenberg; Crown Prince Charles John; Gebhard von Blücher
Strength
195,000 ; 700 guns	430,000 ; 1,500 guns
Casualties and losses
38,000 dead or wounded; 20,000 captured	54,000 dead or wounded

The Battle of Leipzig, or Battle of the Nations, was a battle of Napoleon I and his army against an allied force of several nations on October 16 to 19, 1813. Napoleon’s army had been defeated and depleted in the French invasion of Russia. The French were also losing the Peninsular War and retreating everywhere.

Being outnumbered, he attacked. His allies in the Confederation of the Rhine changed sides, and Napoleon was defeated. The batle was the one of the largest battles before World War I and involved about 600,000 soldiers and the largest cavalry charge ever. It was part of the War of the Sixth Coalition.

After the battle and the later defence of Paris (1814), Napoleon was taken to the Mediterranean island of Elba.

Battle Of Leipzig Media

Napoleon and Poniatowski at Leipzig, by January Suchodolski
Poniatowski's Last Charge at Leipzig, by Richard Caton Woodville
Overview of the battlefield
Own work-drawn in inkscape. Various sources.
French soldiers sparing the life of Russian soldier Leontiy Korennoy for his bravery
French infantry defending a barricade against a Prussian assault
own work and therefore they are the source.
Troops of the 19th Hungarian Regiment engaging French infantry
French soldiers in skirmish with Bashkirs and Cossacks
Swedish troops assaulting Leipzig