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Part of Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Bautzen (1813)

May 20–21, 1813 · Battle of Bautzen (1813)

Result French victory

Napoleon forced the allies out of their line on the Spree but could not destroy them.

On the map Contemporaries

French Empire and allies

Coalition

France
Russian Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
Napoleon military commander Michel Ney military commander Auguste de Marmont military commander Pierre Augereau military commander Jean-de-Dieu Soult military commander Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald military commander Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier military commander
Alexander I of Russia military commander Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher military commander Frederick William III of Prussia military commander Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly military commander Levin August von Bennigsen military commander Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg military commander Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia military commander Mikhail Miloradovich military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 167,000
Casualties
c. 25,000
Captured
c. 800
Missing
c. 3,000
Guns
c. 530
Strength
96,000–97,000c. 97,000
Casualties
11,000–20,000c. 11,000
Guns
c. 639
Guns lost
c. 9

Units

XII Corps (Grande Armée)
Wittgenstein's Russo-Prussian army (1813)

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