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✦ History

Battle of Haynau

May 26, 1813 · Chojnów

Result Prussian victory

Prussian cavalry ambushed a French division at Haynau in Silesia, a few days after the Battle of Bautzen, and inflicted heavy losses.

On the map Contemporaries

First French Empire

Prussia

France

Kingdom of Prussia

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 5,000c. 5,000
Casualties: 1,400c. 1,400
Guns: c. 22
Guns lost: c. 5

Strength: 15,400c. 15,400
Casualties: 250c. 250
Guns: c. 63