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Part of Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Friedland

June 14, 1807 · Friedland (Pravdinsk)

Result French victory

Napoleon defeated the Russian army of Bennigsen in East Prussia. The defeat led Tsar Alexander I to make peace at Tilsit, which left France dominant in central Europe.

On the map Contemporaries

French Empire and allies

Coalition

France
Kingdom of Saxony
Russian Empire
Napoleon Emperor of the French, Commanded the French army Michel Ney Marshal, Led the attack on the French right Emmanuel de Grouchy military commander Charles XIV John military commander Jean Lannes military commander Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno military commander Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier military commander
Pyotr Bagration military commander Levin August von Bennigsen General, Commanded the Russian army Dmitry Golitsyn military commander Andrei Ivanovich Gorchakov military commander Matvey Ivanovich Platov military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
80,000c. 87,000
Casualties
8,000–10,000c. 12,000
Guns
118
Strength
46,000–60,000c. 61,000
Casualties
20,000–40,000c. 20,000
Guns
120
Guns lost
80c. 16

Units

Grande Armée I Corps (Grande Armée)
Russian army (1806–1807)

Before and after

Led to
Treaties of Tilsit July 7–9, 1807

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Battle of Friedland
 
Treaties of Tilsit

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