siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Siege of Breda
Siege of Breda was a siege conducted on 19 December 1813 at Breda, in what is now Netherlands. It was part of the War of the Sixth Coalition, which ran from 1813 to 1814. The recorded result: Coalition victory.
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Record
| Date | 19 December 1813 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Breda, Netherlands 51.583N, 4.783E | |
| Part of | War of the Sixth Coalition (1813 to 1814) | |
| Kind | Siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic | |
| Result | Coalition victory | |
| Belligerents | First French Empire | Sixth Coalition: Russian Empire; United Netherlands; Kingdom of Prussia |
| Commanders | François Roguet; Lefebvre-Desnouettes | General-Major van der Plaat; General-Major Stahl; Alexander Chechenskiy; Major Von Colomb |
| Strength | 12,000 infantry; 26 cannons | Phaffs' Infantry Regiment - 400; Breda militia - 500; 1,200 infantry; 4 cannons; 2 squadrons hussars; 170 hussars; From 20 December; 9 cannons |
Nearest engagements
- Siege of Breda 1624, same recorded site
- Siege of Breda 1793, same recorded site
- Capture of Breda 1581, 2.2 km
- Capture of Breda 1590, 2.2 km
- Siege of Breda 1637, 2.2 km
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Sehested 13 December 1813
- After: Battle of Mâcon 1814
- All 53 engagements of War of the Sixth Coalition
Elsewhere in 1813
- Battle of Vitoria Spain
- Battle of the Thames Canada
- Battle of Lake Erie Canada
- Battle of Mecca Saudi Arabia
- Battle of San Lorenzo Argentina
Siege of Breda 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 Q13437106, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Breda (1813), revision 1377845446, 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.