Siege of Graudenz facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Siege of Graudenz
Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition
Map of the siege of Graudenz in 1807
Date 22 January – 11 December 1807 Location Graudenz, Prussia 53°29′33″N 18°46′34″E / 53.49250°N 18.77611°E / 53.49250; 18.77611 Result Prussian victory
Belligerents
French Empire  Grand Duchy of Hesse  Electorate of Saxony Polish insurgents	Kingdom of Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Marie François Rouyer Claude Victor-Perrin Johann Georg Schäffer von Bernstein Georg Friedrich August von Polenz	Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière
Strength
variable 7,000	4,500-5,709 men
Casualties and losses
	761 dead 88 captured 53 missing 826 deserted

The siege of Graudenz was a siege during the Napoleonic Wars between 22 January and 11 December, 1807. As part of the War of the Fourth Coalition the Prussian fortress at Graudenz in West Prussia was besieged by forces of the French Empire and its allies. The garrison, commanded by General Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière, withheld blockade and siege for some 11 months, long past the formal Peace of Tilsit. The French abandoned the siege after the borders between Prussia and the new Duchy of Warsaw were defined; Graudenz staying a Prussian possession until after World War I.

See also

• Battle of Grudziądz
• Battle of Grudziądz (1659)