Battle of Saalfeld

Battle of Saalfeld
Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition

The death of Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, by Peter Edward Stroehling
Date10 October 1806[1]
Location
Saalfeld, Germany
50°39′00″N 11°22′01″E / 50.6500°N 11.3669°E / 50.6500; 11.3669
Result French victory[1]
Belligerents
France French Empire Kingdom of Prussia Prussia
Electorate of Saxony Saxony
Commanders and leaders
France Jean Lannes
France Claude Victor-Perrin
France Louis Gabriel Suchet
France Pierre Augereau
Kingdom of Prussia Prince Louis Ferdinand 
Strength
12,000[1]–12,800 men[2][3]
12 guns[2]
8,300[2]–9,000[1]
44 guns[2]
Casualties and losses
172[3]–200[2][1] killed or wounded 900 killed or wounded[3]
1,800 captured[3]
33 guns (15 Prussian, 18 Saxon)[2]
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The Battle of Saalfeld took place on 10 October 1806, at which a French force of 12,800 men commanded by Marshal Jean Lannes defeated a Prussian-Saxon force of 8,300 men under Prince Louis Ferdinand. The battle took place in Thuringia in what was the Ernestine duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. The battle was the second clash in the Prussian Campaign of the War of the Fourth Coalition.

  1. ^ a b c d e Bodart 1908, p. 371.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Smith 1998, p. 223.
  3. ^ a b c d Clodfelter 2017, p. 85.