Convention of Tauroggen

Signatures of General Ludwig Yorck and General Hans Karl von Diebitsch under the Tauroggen Convention of 30 December 1812

The Convention of Tauroggen was an armistice signed 30 December 1812 at Tauragė (now Lithuania) between General Ludwig Yorck on behalf of his Prussian troops and General Hans Karl von Diebitsch of the Imperial Russian Army.[1] Yorck's act is traditionally considered a turning point of Prussian history, triggering an insurgency against Napoleon in the Rheinbund. At the time of the armistice, Tauroggen was situated in the Russian Empire, 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of the Prussian border.[2]

  1. ^ Riehn 1990, p. 398.
  2. ^ Leggiere 2002, pp. 32–37.