Battle of Lützen (1813)
May 2, 1813 · Battle of Lützen (1813)
Result French victory
Napoleon's new army beat Wittgenstein's Russians and Prussians south-west of Leipzig.
French Empire and allies
Coalition
Napoleon
military commander
Michel Ney
military commander
Auguste de Marmont
military commander
Géraud Duroc
military commander
Eugène de Beauharnais
military commander
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
military commander
Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald
military commander
Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier
military commander
Alexander I of Russia
military commander
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
military commander
Frederick William III of Prussia
military commander
Levin August von Bennigsen
military commander
Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg
military commander
Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg
military commander
Alexander Tormasov
military commander
Strength and losses
- Strength
- 78,000–145,000c. 144,000
- Casualties
- 19,655–22,000c. 22,000
- Captured
- c. 800
- Missing
- c. 2,000
- Guns
- 372c. 354
- Guns lost
- c. 5
- Strength
- 70,000–96,000c. 93,000
- Casualties
- 11,500–30,000c. 12,000
- Guns
- 552c. 553