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German campaign of 1813

1813 – 1814

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 13

April 5, 1813
Battle of Möckern Möckern Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg, Eugène de Beauharnais
May 22, 1813
Battle of Reichenbach Reichenbach (Oberlausitz) Jean Reynier
May 26, 1813
Battle of Haynau Chojnów Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
June 6, 1813
Battle of Luckau Luckau Nicolas Oudinot, Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz
August 27, 1813
Battle of Hagelberg
September 16, 1813
Battle of the Göhrde Göhrde
October 3, 1813
Battle of Wartenburg Wartenburg Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg
February 12, 1814
Battle of Château-Thierry (1814) Château-Thierry Napoleon, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg
February 17, 1814
Battle of Mormant Mormant Napoleon, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg
February 27, 1814
Battle of Bar-sur-Aube Bar-sur-Aube Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg, Nicolas Oudinot
March 7, 1814
Battle of Craonne 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 Fère-Champenoise Alexander I of Russia, Frederick William III of Prussia, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg

Key commanders

First French Empire 13

Napoleon military commander Michel Ney military commander Auguste de Marmont military commander Louis-Nicolas Davout belligerent leader Joachim Murat belligerent leader Eugène de Beauharnais belligerent leader Jean-de-Dieu Soult belligerent leader Nicolas Oudinot belligerent leader Józef Poniatowski belligerent leader Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr belligerent leader Jacques Lauriston belligerent leader Jean Reynier military commander Étienne Maurice Gérard military commander

Prussia 4

Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg military commander Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher military commander Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz military commander Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg military commander

Russian Empire 17

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 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

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