battle, major, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Battle of Kulm
Battle of Kulm was a battle fought on 29 August 1813 at Chlumec, in what is now Czech Republic. It was part of the War of the Sixth Coalition, which ran from 1813 to 1814. The recorded result: Coalition victory. Recorded strength: 32,000–37,000 against Initially : 15,000–16,000; Totally : 103,000.
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Record
| Date | 29 August 1813 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Chlumec, Czech Republic 50.713N, 13.957E | |
| Part of | War of the Sixth Coalition (1813 to 1814) | |
| Kind | Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic | |
| Result | Coalition victory | |
| Belligerents | First French Empire | Russian Empire; Austrian Empire; Prussia |
| Commanders | Dominique Vandamme | Alexander Osterman-Tolstoy; Alexey Yermolov; Mikhail Barclay de Tolly; Mikhail Miloradovich; Hieronymus von Colloredo-Mansfeld; Friedrich von Kleist |
| Strength | 32,000–37,000 | Initially : 15,000–16,000; Totally : 103,000 |
| Casualties and losses | 13,000 to 25,000; Details : 6,000 to 9,000 killed or wounded; 7,000 to 8,000 captured; 48 to 81 guns; 2 Imperial Eagles; 2 guidons. | 11,000 to 12,319; Details : 11,000 killed or wounded; 1,000 captured. |
Nearest engagements
- Second Battle of Chlumec 1126, 5.4 km
- Battle of Aussig 1426, 5.9 km
- Battle of Peterswalde 1813, 8.4 km
- Battle of Peterswalde 1759, 8.4 km
- Battle of Teplitz 1762, 16 km
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Katzbach 26 August 1813
- After: Battle of Dennewitz 6 September 1813
- 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
Battle of Kulm is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 139 in present-day Czech Republic.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q48253, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kulm, revision 1370267506, 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.