✦ History

Part of Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Eylau

February 7–8, 1807 · Battle of Eylau

A bloody draw in a snowstorm between Napoleon and Bennigsen's Russians in East Prussia.

On the map Contemporaries

Coalition

French Empire and allies

Russian Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
France
Pyotr Bagration military commander Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly military commander Levin August von Bennigsen military commander
Napoleon military commander Michel Ney military commander Louis-Nicolas Davout military commander Joachim Murat military commander Pierre Augereau military commander Luis Alejandro Berthier military commander Jean-Baptiste Bessières military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
76,000–83,000
Casualties
15,000–26,000
Guns
400

Russian Empire Strength 67,000

Strength
78,000
Casualties
18,500
Guns
210

Units

Russian army (1806–1807) 14th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) 2nd Infantry Division (Russian Empire) 3rd Infantry Division (Russian Empire) 4th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) 5th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) 6th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) 7th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) 8th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
Grande Armée III Corps (Ney, 1812) IV Corps (Eugène, 1812) Reserve Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée) VI Corps (Grande Armée) VII Corps (Grande Armée)

Also involved 4