✦ History

Part of Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Dresden

August 26–27, 1813 · Battle of Dresden

Result French victory

Napoleon's last great victory in Germany, over Schwarzenberg's Army of Bohemia.

On the map Contemporaries

French Empire and allies

Coalition

Kingdom of Saxony
France
Austrian Empire
Russian Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
Napoleon military commander Michel Ney military commander Joachim Murat military commander Auguste de Marmont military commander Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno military commander Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr military commander
Alexander I of Russia military commander Frederick William III of Prussia military commander Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor military commander Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg military commander Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly military commander Hans Ernst Karl, Graf von Zieten military commander Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg military commander Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia military commander
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Ignác Gyulay military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
100,000–135,000c. 100,000
Casualties
10,000c. 10,000
Guns
250
Strength
200,000–215,000c. 200,000
Casualties
c. 40,000
Captured
c. 25,000
Missing
25,000
Guns lost
40c. 40

Units

I Corps (Grande Armée)

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