✦ History

Part of German campaign of 1813

Battle of Wartenburg

October 3, 1813 · Wartenburg

Result Prussian victory

Prussian troops under Ludwig Yorck crossed the Elbe at Wartenburg and defeated a French corps, opening the way to the Battle of Leipzig.

On the map Contemporaries

Prussia

First French Empire

Kingdom of Prussia
France
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher military commander Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
16,000c. 16,000
Casualties
c. 2,100
Killed
c. 300
Wounded
c. 1,600
Missing
c. 200
Guns
64c. 32
Strength
13,000–15,000c. 15,000
Casualties
c. 1,900
Missing
c. 1,000
Guns
24c. 24
Guns lost
13c. 11