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Battle of Bautzen

Battle of Bautzen was a battle fought on 20 May 1813 at Bautzen, in what is now Germany. It was part of the War of the Sixth Coalition, which ran from 1813 to 1814. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 100,000–200,000 against 96,000–97,000.

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Battle of Bautzen (1813). Napoleon on white horse surrounded by his officers, receives a messenger.
Battle of Bautzen (1813). Napoleon on white horse surrounded by his officers, receives a messenger.. After Hippolyte Bellangé, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date20 May 1813
PlaceBautzen, Germany
51.183N, 14.417E
Part ofWar of the Sixth Coalition (1813 to 1814)
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
ResultFrench victory
BelligerentsFirst French EmpireRussian Empire; Prussia
CommandersNapoleon I; Michel Ney; Jean-de-Dieu Soult; Auguste de Marmont; Édouard Mortier; Henri Gatien Bertrand; Jacques MacDonald; Pierre Augereau; Nicolas Oudinot; Géraud Duroc; Horace Sébastiani; Jacques LauristonAlexander I; Peter Wittgenstein; Barclay de Tolly; Mikhail Miloradovich; Grand Duke Konstantin; Levin August von Bennigsen; Gebhard von Blücher; Frederick William III; Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg; Friedrich von Kleist
Strength100,000–200,00096,000–97,000
Casualties and losses20,000–25,00011,000–20,000
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Battle of Bautzen is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 395 in present-day Germany.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q170265, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Bautzen (1813), revision 1379028785, 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.