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Siege of Danzig

Siege of Danzig was a siege conducted on 19 March 1807 at Gdańsk, in what is now Poland. It was part of the War of the Fourth Coalition, which ran from 1806 to 1807. The recorded result: French-allied victory. Recorded strength: 39,000; 100 heavy guns & mortars against 16,000; (siege); 8,000 Russians; (reinforcements).

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Panoramic view of the Siege of Gdańsk by French forces in 1807, Castle of Versailles.
Panoramic view of the Siege of Gdańsk by French forces in 1807, Castle of Versailles.. Jean-Antoine-Siméon Fort, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date19 March 1807
PlaceGdańsk, Poland
54.367N, 18.633E
Part ofWar of the Fourth Coalition (1806 to 1807)
KindSiege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
ResultFrench-allied victory
BelligerentsFrench Empire; Polish Legions; Kingdom of Italy; Kingdom of Saxony; Duchy of BadenKingdom of Prussia; Russian Empire; United Kingdom (naval)
CommandersFrançois Joseph Lefebvre; Jan Henryk DąbrowskiFriedrich Kalckreuth; Nikolay Kamensky
Strength39,000; 100 heavy guns & mortars16,000; (siege); 8,000 Russians; (reinforcements)
Casualties and losses6,000; (siege); 400; (relief attempt)10,000; (siege); 1,500; (relief attempt)
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Siege of Danzig is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 350 in present-day Poland.

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Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q901954, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Danzig (1807), revision 1370740624, 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.