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Part of Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Dennewitz

September 6, 1813 · Battle of Dennewitz

Result Coalition victory

The Army of the North beat Ney's second advance on Berlin.

On the map Contemporaries

French Empire and allies

Coalition

France
Kingdom of Prussia
Russian Empire
Sweden
Michel Ney military commander Nicolas Oudinot military commander
Charles XIV John military commander Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz military commander Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 70,000
Casualties
20,000–23,215c. 20,000
Missing
c. 13,500
Guns
200c. 200
Guns lost
53c. 54
Strength
c. 80,000
Casualties
9,700–11,000c. 11,000
Missing
c. 2,000
Guns
150c. 150

Units

Oudinot's Army of Berlin (1813) XII Corps (Grande Armée)
Army of the North (1813–1814)

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