✦ History

Part of Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Leipzig

October 16–19, 1813 · Leipzig

Result Coalition victory

Also called the Battle of the Nations. The armies of Russia, Prussia, Austria and Sweden defeated Napoleon in the largest battle in Europe before the First World War, which ended French rule east of the Rhine.

On the map Contemporaries

French Empire and allies

Coalition

France
Kingdom of Saxony Saxon troops changed sides during the battle
Duchy of Warsaw
Grand Duchy of Baden
Kingdom of Westphalia
Kingdom of Naples
Grand Duchy of Hesse
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
Kingdom of Prussia
Sweden
Austrian Empire
Russian Empire
United Kingdom
Napoleon Emperor of the French, Commanded the French army Michel Ney military commander Joachim Murat military commander Auguste de Marmont military commander Jean Reynier military commander Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald military commander Nicolas Oudinot military commander
Alexander I of Russia Emperor of Russia, With the allied headquarters Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher Commander of the Army of Silesia, Attacked from the north Frederick William III of Prussia military commander Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor military commander Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg Field Marshal, Allied supreme commander Levin August von Bennigsen General, Commanded the Army of Poland Charles XIV John Crown Prince of Sweden, Commanded the allied Army of the North

Strength and losses

Strength
196,200c. 175,000
Casualties
60,000c. 60,000
Captured
30,000–36,000c. 15,000
Guns
717c. 717
Guns lost
325c. 325

Kingdom of Saxony Strength 6,000

Grand Duchy of Hesse Strength 2,500

Strength
c. 325,000
Casualties
c. 80,000
Captured
c. 5,000
Guns
c. 1,384

Russian Empire Strength 150,000 · Casualties 22,605

Austrian Empire Strength 115,000 · Casualties 14,958

Kingdom of Prussia Strength 90,000 · Casualties 16,033

Sweden Strength 30,000 · Casualties 208

Units

Grande Armée Strength 190,000 III Corps (Ney, 1812) IV Corps (Eugène, 1812) 2nd Army Corps (France) I Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée) II Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée) III Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée) IV Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée) IX Corps (Grande Armée) V Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée) V Corps (Grande Armée) VI Corps (Grande Armée) VII Corps (Grande Armée) VIII Corps (Grande Armée) XI Corps (Grande Armée) 12th Infantry Division (France)
Army of Bohemia Army of Silesia Army of the North (1813–1814) Swedish Army 10th Army Corps (Russian Empire) 11th Army Corps (Russian Empire) 1st Army Corps (Russian Empire) 2nd Army Corps (Russian Empire) 4th Cavalry Corps (Russian Empire) 9th Army Corps (Russian Empire) III Corps (German Empire) Russian VIII Corps (Shipka, 1877–1878) O Battery (The Rocket Troop) Royal Horse Artillery

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