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Battle of Arnhem

Battle of Arnhem was a battle fought in 1813 at Arnhem, in what is now Netherlands. It was part of the War of the Sixth Coalition, which ran from 1813 to 1814. The recorded result: Prussian victory. Recorded strength: 4,000 against 10,000.

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Siege of Arnhem River Rhine Fortification of Arnhem
Siege of Arnhem River Rhine Fortification of Arnhem. C. Mare in Berlin., CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date1813 (year precision)
PlaceArnhem, Netherlands
51.983N, 5.917E
Part ofWar of the Sixth Coalition (1813 to 1814)
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
ResultPrussian victory
BelligerentsFrancePrussia
CommandersHenri CharpentierFriedrich Wilhelm von Bülow
Strength4,00010,000
Casualties and losses1,500 killed, wounded, or captured; 14–15 guns lost600–700 killed, wounded, or captured
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Battle of Arnhem is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 172 in present-day Netherlands.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q25185008, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Arnhem (1813), revision 1370107001, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.