✦ History

Part of French invasion of Russia

Siege of Riga (1812)

July 24 – December 18, 1812 · Siege of Riga (1812)

Result Anglo-Russian victory

Macdonald's X Corps, mostly Prussian, blockaded Riga without taking it.

On the map Contemporaries

Coalition

French Empire and allies

United Kingdom
Russian Empire
France
Kingdom of Prussia
Magnus Gustav von Essen military commander Philip Osipovich Paulucci military commander Ivan Fyodorovich Emme military commander
Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald military commander Julius von Grawert military commander Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
27,000c. 27,000
Strength
c. 32,500
Guns
c. 214

Units

X Corps (Grande Armée)