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Battle of Leipzig
Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition
MoshkovVI SrazhLeypcigomGRM.jpg
The Battle of Leipzig by Vladimir Moshkov (1815)
Date 16–19 October 1813
Location
Leipzig, Saxony
Result Decisive coalition victory
Belligerents

France French Empire

 Russia Russia
Austria Austrian Empire
Kingdom of Prussia Prussia
Sweden Sweden
Saxony Saxony
Commanders and leaders
France Napoleon I
Józef Antoni Poniatowski  †
Saxony Frederick Augustus

Russia Barclay De Tolly
Russia Count Benningsen

Austria Prince of Schwarzenberg
Sweden Crown Prince Charles John
Kingdom of Prussia Gebhard von Blücher
Strength
195,000
700 guns		 430,000
1,500 guns
Casualties and losses
38,000 dead or wounded
20,000 captured		 54,000 dead or wounded

The Battle of Leipzig or Battle of the Nations was a battle between Napoleon I and his army and an allied force of several nations. It happened on October 16-19 in 1813. Napoeon’s army had been defeated and depleted in the French invasion of Russia. The French were also losing the Peninsular War and retreating everywhere.

Being outnumbered, he attacked. His allies in the Confederation of the Rhine changed sides, and Napoleon was defeated. It was the one of the largest battles before World War I. It involved about 600,000 soldiers, and the largest cavalry charge ever. It was part of the War of the Sixth Coalition. After this battle, and the later defence of Paris (1814), Napoleon was taken to the island of Elba.

Images for kids

  • Napoleon i Poniatowski Lipsk

    Napoleon and Poniatowski at Leipzig, by January Suchodolski

  • Woodville Richard Caton - Poniatowski's Last Charge at Leipzig 1912

    Poniatowski's Last Charge at Leipzig, by Richard Caton Woodville

  • Battle of Leipzig by Zauerweid

    Overview of the battlefield

  • Leontiy korennoj

    French soldiers sparing the life of Russian soldier Leontiy Korennoy for his bravery

  • Boutigny-Battle of Leipzig

    French infantry defending a barricade against a Prussian assault

  • A 19. magyar gyalogezred rohama a lipcsei csataban (1813)

    Troops of the 19th Hungarian Regiment engaging French infantry

  • Baschkiren gegen Franzosen

    French soldiers in skirmish with Bashkirs and Cossacks

  • Assault of Leipzig

    Swedish troops assaulting Leipzig

  • Napoleon.Leipzig

    Napoleon's retreat on 19 October 1813, showing the explosion of the bridge

  • Declaration of victory after the Battle of Leipzig, 1813 (by Johann Peter Krafft)

    Alexander I of Russia, Francis I of Austria, and Frederick William III of Prussia meeting after the battle

  • Russparis

    The Russian Army entering Paris, 1814

  • Völkerschlachtdenkmal Leipzig beim Nacht

    Völkerschlachtdenkmal: Monument to the Battle of the Nations, completed in 1913

  • Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-P011862, Breslau, Jahrhunderthalle

    Jahrhunderthalle in Breslau (modern Wrocław in Poland), also completed in 1913

See also

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