Battle of Kulm

See Battle of Chlumec for the 1126 battle at Kulm
Battle of Kulm
Part of the German campaign of the Sixth Coalition

Painting by Alexander Kotzebue
Date29–30 August 1813[1]
Location
Kulm, Bohemia
50°41′50″N 13°56′20″E / 50.6972°N 13.9389°E / 50.6972; 13.9389
Result Coalition victory
Belligerents
 France  Russia
 Austria
 Prussia
Commanders and leaders
First French Empire Dominique Vandamme Surrendered
Strength
32,000[2]–37,000[1] Initially:
15,000–16,000[3]
Totally:
103,000[a]
Casualties and losses
13,000 to 25,000[b]

Details:
9,000 killed or wounded;
8,000 captured;
81 guns;
2 Imperial Eagles;
2 guidons.[1]		 11,000 to 12,319[c]

Details:
11,000 killed or wounded;
1,000 captured.[1]
Battle of Kulm is located in Europe
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War of the Sixth Coalition:
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The Battle of Kulm was fought near the town Kulm (Czech: Chlumec) and the village Přestanov in northern Bohemia. It was fought on 29–30 August 1813, during the War of the Sixth Coalition. A French corps under General Dominique Vandamme attacked Alexander Osterman-Tolstoy's Russian corps on 29 August. The next day, Friedrich von Kleist's Prussian corps hit Vandamme in the rear while Russian and Austrian reinforcements attacked the French front and left. Vandamme was defeated with the loss of between 13,000 and 25,000 men and 82 guns.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Bodart 1908, p. 456.
  2. ^ a b c d Clodfelter 2008, p. 178.
  3. ^ Velichko et al. 1915, pp. 384–388.
  4. ^ Eggenberger 1985, p. 224.
  5. ^ a b Leggiere 2015, p. 9.


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