✦ History

German campaign of 1813

1813 – 1814

Result Coalition victory

After the disaster in Russia, Prussia, Russia, Austria, Sweden and others fought Napoleon in Germany. The campaign ended with his defeat at Leipzig and the French retreat across the Rhine.

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Battles and events 17

April 2, 1813
Battle of Lüneburg Coalition victory
April 5, 1813
Battle of Möckern Prusso-Russian victory Möckern Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg, Eugène de Beauharnais
May 22, 1813
Battle of Reichenbach French victory Reichenbach (Oberlausitz) Napoleon, Géraud Duroc, Jean Reynier
May 26, 1813
Battle of Haynau Prussian victory Chojnów Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
June 4, 1813
Truce of Pläswitz Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf
June 6, 1813
Battle of Luckau Coalition victory Luckau Nicolas Oudinot, Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz
August 27, 1813
Battle of Hagelberg Coalition victory Jean-Baptiste Girard
September 16, 1813
Battle of the Göhrde Coalition victory Göhrde
October 3, 1813
Battle of Wartenburg Prussian victory Wartenburg Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg
October 18 – December 26, 1813
Siege of Torgau Prussian victory Torgau Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien
December 1813 – May 1814
Siege of Hamburg French victory Hamburg Louis-Nicolas Davout, Levin August von Bennigsen, Dmitry Dokhturov
February 12, 1814
Battle of Château-Thierry (1814) French victory Château-Thierry Napoleon, Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg
February 17, 1814
Battle of Mormant French victory Mormant Napoleon, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg
February 27, 1814
Battle of Bar-sur-Aube Coalition victory Bar-sur-Aube Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg, Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald
March 7, 1814
Battle of Craonne French victory Craonne Napoleon, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Michel Ney
March 13, 1814
Battle of Reims (1814) Reims Napoleon, Michel Ney, Auguste de Marmont
March 25, 1814
Battle of Fère-Champenoise Coalition victory Fère-Champenoise Alexander I of Russia, Frederick William III of Prussia, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg

Key commanders

First French Empire 20

Napoleon military commander Michel Ney military commander Auguste de Marmont military commander Louis-Nicolas Davout belligerent leader Joachim Murat belligerent leader Pierre Augereau military commander Eugène de Beauharnais belligerent leader Jean-de-Dieu Soult belligerent leader Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald military commander Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier military commander Nicolas Oudinot belligerent leader Józef Poniatowski belligerent leader Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr belligerent leader Jacques Lauriston belligerent leader Jean-Baptiste Bessières military commander Géraud Duroc military commander Jean Reynier military commander Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno military commander Étienne Maurice Gérard military commander Jean-Baptiste Girard military commander

Prussia 7

Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken military commander Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg military commander Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher military commander Mikhail Vorontsov military commander Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz military commander Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien military commander Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg military commander

Russian Empire 20

George IV belligerent leader Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington belligerent leader Alexander I of Russia belligerent leader Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool belligerent leader Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher belligerent leader Frederick William III of Prussia belligerent leader Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor belligerent leader Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg belligerent leader Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly belligerent leader Levin August von Bennigsen belligerent leader Charles XIV John military commander Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg belligerent leader William I of the Netherlands belligerent leader Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg belligerent leader Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz belligerent leader Frederick I of Württemberg belligerent leader Frederick Augustus I of Saxony belligerent leader Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria belligerent leader Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov military commander Dmitry Dokhturov military commander

Austrian Empire 8

Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg military commander Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg military commander Carl Philipp von Wrede military commander Alexander I of Russia military commander Frederick William III of Prussia military commander Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly military commander Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia military commander William I of Württemberg military commander

Other 1

Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf signatory