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Siege of Torgau

Siege of Torgau was a siege conducted on 18 October 1813 at Torgau, in what is now Germany. The recorded result: Prussian victory. Recorded strength: 23,000 against 24,650.

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Plan Belagerung von Torgau (1813)
Plan Belagerung von Torgau (1813). J. L. Vogel, Major von der Armee, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date18 October 1813
PlaceTorgau, Germany
51.560N, 13.006E
KindSiege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
ResultPrussian victory
BelligerentsPrussiaFrench Empire
CommandersBogislav von TauntzienLouis, comte de Narbonne-Lara; Adrien Jean-Baptiste du Bosc
Strength23,00024,650
Casualties and lossesMinimalAll army
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Siege of Torgau 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 Q815212, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Torgau, revision 1370745877, 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.