Battle of the Katzbach

Battle of the Katzbach
Part of the German campaign of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of the Katzbach by Eduard Kaempffer
Date26 August 1813[1]
Location
near Liegnitz, Prussia
51°06′17″N 16°05′57″E / 51.10472°N 16.09917°E / 51.10472; 16.09917
Result Russo-Prussian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Prussia
 Russian Empire		 First French Empire French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Prussia Gebhard von Blücher
Kingdom of Prussia Ludwig Yorck
Russian Empire Osten-Sacken		 First French Empire Jacques MacDonald
First French Empire Jacques Lauriston
First French Empire François Bastien Sébastiani
Units involved
Army of Silesia Army of the Bober
Strength
80,000[1]–95,000[2] 60,000[1]–75,000[2]
Casualties and losses
1,000 killed and wounded (battle)
22,000 (campaign)[3]		 Unknown casualties (battle)
30,000 (campaign)[3][4]
103 guns[4]
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War of the Sixth Coalition:
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The Battle of the Katzbach on 26 August 1813, was a major battle of the Napoleonic Wars between the forces of the First French Empire under Marshal MacDonald and a Russo-Prussian army of the Sixth Coalition under Prussian Marshal Graf (Count) von Blücher.[5] It occurred during a heavy thunderstorm at the Katzbach river between Wahlstatt and Liegnitz in the Prussian province of Silesia.[6] Taking place the same day as the Battle of Dresden, it resulted in a Coalition victory, with the French retreating to Saxony.

  1. ^ a b c Bodart 1908, p. 454.
  2. ^ a b Clodfelter 2017, p. 166.
  3. ^ a b Hofschröer 1993, p. 54.
  4. ^ a b Leggiere 2015, p. 9.
  5. ^ Robinson 1814.
  6. ^ Kelly 1831, p. 702.