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Battle of the Katzbach

August 26, 1813 · Battle of the Katzbach

Part of Napoleonic Wars

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Blücher's Army of Silesia routed Macdonald's army in a rainstorm on the Katzbach.

Sides

French Empire and allies

France
Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald military commander Jacques Lauriston military commander Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta military commander

Coalition

Kingdom of Prussia
Russian Empire
Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken military commander Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg military commander Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher military commander

Also involved 1

August Neidhardt von Gneisenau participant